The University of Tennessee Health Science Center

Public · TN

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School data & stats

TypePublic

LocationTN · South

SettingUrban

Undergrads394

Student:faculty7:1

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Community

Racial diversity46.5%

Gender diversity91.1%

International1.5%

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Overview

The University of Tennessee Health Science Center, based in Memphis, is Tennessee's public academic health center rather than a conventional university campus. Its mission centers on training physicians, dentists, pharmacists, nurses, and other health professionals through graduate and professional programs, with clinical training sites reaching across the state's major cities. There is essentially no traditional undergraduate experience here; the handful of undergraduate offerings are completion programs for students already working in health fields.

Academics

Programs run through separate professional schools in medicine, dentistry, pharmacy, nursing, health professions, and graduate health sciences, each with its own admissions track and accreditation. Clinical training draws on the hospital and clinic infrastructure around Memphis and UT's statewide network, giving students hands-on exposure well before they finish their programs.

Getting in

Entry is by professional or graduate program rather than a single undergraduate application, and each school sets its own prerequisite coursework, prior experience expectations, and interview process, typical of academic health centers. Most programs expect relevant undergraduate coursework and some prior clinical, research, or shadowing exposure.

After graduation

Graduates enter Tennessee's healthcare workforce in large numbers, and the center's residency and clinical placement programs give it real influence over the state's supply of physicians, dentists, and other health professionals, particularly in the Mid-South.

Worth knowing

This is not a destination for a first-year undergraduate application; it functions as the next step after a bachelor's degree earned elsewhere. For students planning toward medicine, dentistry, pharmacy, or nursing in Tennessee, it is one of the state's primary pipelines into the profession.

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Admissions

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Deadlines (2026–27 cycle)

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