P resident
Dr. Shirley C. Raines
F ounded
1912 as West Tennessee State Normal School
C ampus S ize
1,607 acres and 237 buildings at eight sites
O perating B udget
$439 million
L oc al E conomic I mpact
$1.43 billion
E nrollment - F all 2011
Total: 22,725
Undergraduate: 17,966
Graduate: 4,340
Law School: 419
Full-Time: 68%
Part-Time: 32%
Men: 38%
Women: 62%
For a century, the University of Memphis
has been a catalyst for progress in the
city of Memphis, the state of Tennessee
and the surrounding Mid-South region.
From its inception as a normal school
dedicated to the education of public
school teachers to its role today as
an educator of technologically-savvy
graduates who face a complex world, the
University of Memphis has always fulfilled
its current mission while looking forward
to and planning for its future. Exceptional
students from Tennessee, from every
other state in the nation and from almost
100 countries around the world choose
to attend the University of Memphis.
They come here on the recommendation
of their major professors at European
universities; they come here to study
subjects that are offered nowhere else;
they come to study alongside men and
women who are recognized and respected
throughout the academic and scientific
communities as foremost in their fields.
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