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University of Tennessee Knoxville
527 Andy Holt Tower, Knoxville, TN 37996 United States |
#225 in Best Global Universities
University Data
Total number of students
27,308
Number of international students
1,125
Total number of academic staff
1,635
Number of international staff
271
Number of undergraduate degrees awarded
5,270
Number of master's degrees awarded
1,612
Number of doctoral degrees awarded
620
Number of research only staff
312
Number of new undergraduate students
6,087
Number of new master's students
881
Number of new doctoral students
577
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Rankings
University of Tennessee Knoxville is ranked #225 in Best Global Universities. Schools are ranked according to their performance across a set of widely accepted indicators of excellence. Read more about how we rank schools.
Global Universities Rankings
Subject Rankings
- #205in Agricultural Sciences (tie)
- #311in Biology and Biochemistry (tie)
- #136in Biotechnology and Applied Microbiology (tie)
- #99in Chemical Engineering
- #96in Chemistry (tie)
- #99in Civil Engineering (tie)
- #795in Clinical Medicine (tie)
- #490in Computer Science (tie)
- #108in Condensed Matter Physics
- #158in Economics and Business
- #154in Electrical and Electronic Engineering (tie)
- #105in Energy and Fuels
- #138in Engineering
- #280in Environment/Ecology
- #209in Food Science and Technology
- #352in Geosciences (tie)
- #59in Materials Science
- #219in Mathematics
- #125in Microbiology
- #99in Nanoscience and Nanotechnology
- #97in Physical Chemistry (tie)
- #146in Physics (tie)
- #143in Plant and Animal Science
- #2in Polymer Science
- #228in Social Sciences and Public Health (tie)
2022-2023 Indicator Rankings
Thirteen indicators were used to calculate this institution's overall Best Global Universities rank. Here is a breakdown of how this institution ranked relative to other schools for each indicator.
Global score
61.7
Global research reputation
#397
Regional research reputation
#98
Publications
#244
Books
#340
Conferences
#301
Normalized citation impact
#437
Total citations
#231
Number of publications that are among the 10% most cited
#216
Percentage of total publications that are among the 10% most cited
#310
International collaboration - relative to country
#260
International collaboration
#840
Number of highly cited papers that are among the top 1% most cited
#207
Percentage of highly cited papers that are among the top 1% most cited
#338
Agricultural Sciences overall score
44.4
Agricultural Sciences global research reputation
#164
Agricultural Sciences regional research reputation
#45
Agricultural Sciences publications
#115
Agricultural Sciences normalized citation impact
#268
Agricultural Sciences total citations
#142
Agricultural Sciences number of publications that are among the 10% most cited
#167
Agricultural Sciences percentage of total publications that are among the 10% most cited
#261
Agricultural Sciences international collaboration - relative to country
#351
Agricultural Sciences international collaboration
#261
Agricultural Sciences number of highly cited papers that are among the top 1% most cited
#292
Agricultural Sciences percentage of highly cited papers that are among the top 1% most cited
#336
Biology and Biochemistry overall score
36.4
Biology and Biochemistry global research reputation
#403
Biology and Biochemistry regional research reputation
#58
Biology and Biochemistry publications
#311
Biology and Biochemistry normalized citation impact
#293
Biology and Biochemistry total citations
#303
Biology and Biochemistry number of publications that are among the 10% most cited
#271
Biology and Biochemistry percentage of total publications that are among the 10% most cited
#238
Biology and Biochemistry international collaboration - relative to country
#434
Biology and Biochemistry international collaboration
#412
Biology and Biochemistry number of highly cited papers that are among the top 1% most cited
#218
Biology and Biochemistry percentage of highly cited papers that are among the top 1% most cited
#175
Biotechnology and Applied Microbiology overall score
36.8
Biotechnology and Applied Microbiology publications
#173
Biotechnology and Applied Microbiology conferences
#83
Biotechnology and Applied Microbiology normalized citation impact
#112
Biotechnology and Applied Microbiology total citations
#158
Biotechnology and Applied Microbiology number of publications that are among the 10% most cited
#128
Biotechnology and Applied Microbiology percentage of total publications that are among the 10% most cited
#91
Biotechnology and Applied Microbiology international collaboration - relative to country
#232
Biotechnology and Applied Microbiology international collaboration
#150
Biotechnology and Applied Microbiology number of highly cited papers that are among the top 1% most cited
#88
Biotechnology and Applied Microbiology percentage of highly cited papers that are among the top 1% most cited
#66
Chemical Engineering overall score
63.9
Chemical Engineering publications
#240
Chemical Engineering conferences
#244
Chemical Engineering normalized citation impact
#31
Chemical Engineering total citations
#133
Chemical Engineering number of publications that are among the 10% most cited
#101
Chemical Engineering percentage of total publications that are among the 10% most cited
#27
Chemical Engineering international collaboration - relative to country
#97
Chemical Engineering international collaboration
#87
Chemical Engineering number of highly cited papers that are among the top 1% most cited
#89
Chemical Engineering percentage of highly cited papers that are among the top 1% most cited
#36
Chemistry overall score
68.9
Chemistry global research reputation
#648
Chemistry regional research reputation
#82
Chemistry publications
#178
Chemistry normalized citation impact
#31
Chemistry total citations
#97
Chemistry number of publications that are among the 10% most cited
#85
Chemistry percentage of total publications that are among the 10% most cited
#46
Chemistry international collaboration - relative to country
#248
Chemistry international collaboration
#453
Chemistry number of highly cited papers that are among the top 1% most cited
#38
Chemistry percentage of highly cited papers that are among the top 1% most cited
#11
Civil Engineering overall score
46.0
Civil Engineering publications
#168
Civil Engineering conferences
#139
Civil Engineering normalized citation impact
#74
Civil Engineering total citations
#144
Civil Engineering number of publications that are among the 10% most cited
#139
Civil Engineering percentage of total publications that are among the 10% most cited
#83
Civil Engineering international collaboration - relative to country
#10
Civil Engineering international collaboration
#28
Civil Engineering number of highly cited papers that are among the top 1% most cited
#89
Civil Engineering percentage of highly cited papers that are among the top 1% most cited
#70
Clinical Medicine overall score
34.3
Clinical Medicine global research reputation
#595
Clinical Medicine regional research reputation
#162
Clinical Medicine publications
#839
Clinical Medicine normalized citation impact
#196
Clinical Medicine total citations
#678
Clinical Medicine number of publications that are among the 10% most cited
#852
Clinical Medicine percentage of total publications that are among the 10% most cited
#800
Clinical Medicine international collaboration - relative to country
#1099
Clinical Medicine international collaboration
#912
Clinical Medicine number of highly cited papers that are among the top 1% most cited
#728
Clinical Medicine percentage of highly cited papers that are among the top 1% most cited
#557
Computer Science overall score
31.7
Computer Science global research reputation
#452
Computer Science regional research reputation
#85
Computer Science publications
#315
Computer Science conferences
#351
Computer Science normalized citation impact
#360
Computer Science total citations
#317
Computer Science number of publications that are among the 10% most cited
#362
Computer Science percentage of total publications that are among the 10% most cited
#459
Computer Science international collaboration - relative to country
#288
Computer Science international collaboration
#363
Computer Science number of highly cited papers that are among the top 1% most cited
#548
Computer Science percentage of highly cited papers that are among the top 1% most cited
#621
Condensed Matter Physics overall score
49.2
Condensed Matter Physics publications
#113
Condensed Matter Physics conferences
#104
Condensed Matter Physics normalized citation impact
#122
Condensed Matter Physics total citations
#114
Condensed Matter Physics number of publications that are among the 10% most cited
#121
Condensed Matter Physics percentage of total publications that are among the 10% most cited
#142
Condensed Matter Physics international collaboration - relative to country
#148
Condensed Matter Physics international collaboration
#112
Condensed Matter Physics number of highly cited papers that are among the top 1% most cited
#98
Condensed Matter Physics percentage of highly cited papers that are among the top 1% most cited
#96
Economics and Business overall score
41.6
Economics and Business global research reputation
#264
Economics and Business regional research reputation
#73
Economics and Business publications
#140
Economics and Business normalized citation impact
#54
Economics and Business total citations
#110
Economics and Business number of publications that are among the 10% most cited
#99
Economics and Business percentage of total publications that are among the 10% most cited
#54
Economics and Business international collaboration - relative to country
#318
Economics and Business international collaboration
#327
Economics and Business number of highly cited papers that are among the top 1% most cited
#140
Economics and Business percentage of highly cited papers that are among the top 1% most cited
#136
Electrical and Electronic Engineering overall score
59.2
Electrical and Electronic Engineering publications
#212
Electrical and Electronic Engineering conferences
#186
Electrical and Electronic Engineering normalized citation impact
#109
Electrical and Electronic Engineering total citations
#170
Electrical and Electronic Engineering number of publications that are among the 10% most cited
#155
Electrical and Electronic Engineering percentage of total publications that are among the 10% most cited
#104
Electrical and Electronic Engineering international collaboration - relative to country
#185
Electrical and Electronic Engineering international collaboration
#173
Electrical and Electronic Engineering number of highly cited papers that are among the top 1% most cited
#189
Electrical and Electronic Engineering percentage of highly cited papers that are among the top 1% most cited
#213
Energy and Fuels overall score
50.9
Energy and Fuels publications
#143
Energy and Fuels conferences
#27
Energy and Fuels normalized citation impact
#130
Energy and Fuels total citations
#128
Energy and Fuels number of publications that are among the 10% most cited
#115
Energy and Fuels percentage of total publications that are among the 10% most cited
#99
Energy and Fuels international collaboration - relative to country
#215
Energy and Fuels international collaboration
#134
Energy and Fuels number of highly cited papers that are among the top 1% most cited
#125
Energy and Fuels percentage of highly cited papers that are among the top 1% most cited
#124
Engineering overall score
65.1
Engineering global research reputation
#413
Engineering regional research reputation
#69
Engineering publications
#178
Engineering conferences
#244
Engineering normalized citation impact
#177
Engineering total citations
#134
Engineering number of publications that are among the 10% most cited
#120
Engineering percentage of total publications that are among the 10% most cited
#187
Engineering international collaboration - relative to country
#310
Engineering international collaboration
#370
Engineering number of highly cited papers that are among the top 1% most cited
#115
Engineering percentage of highly cited papers that are among the top 1% most cited
#215
Environment/Ecology overall score
51.8
Environment/Ecology global research reputation
#309
Environment/Ecology regional research reputation
#68
Environment/Ecology publications
#176
Environment/Ecology normalized citation impact
#404
Environment/Ecology total citations
#212
Environment/Ecology number of publications that are among the 10% most cited
#240
Environment/Ecology percentage of total publications that are among the 10% most cited
#432
Environment/Ecology international collaboration - relative to country
#592
Environment/Ecology international collaboration
#520
Environment/Ecology number of highly cited papers that are among the top 1% most cited
#205
Environment/Ecology percentage of highly cited papers that are among the top 1% most cited
#316
Food Science and Technology overall score
32.7
Food Science and Technology publications
#86
Food Science and Technology conferences
#192
Food Science and Technology normalized citation impact
#256
Food Science and Technology total citations
#201
Food Science and Technology number of publications that are among the 10% most cited
#224
Food Science and Technology percentage of total publications that are among the 10% most cited
#252
Food Science and Technology international collaboration - relative to country
#37
Food Science and Technology international collaboration
#34
Food Science and Technology number of highly cited papers that are among the top 1% most cited
#222
Food Science and Technology percentage of highly cited papers that are among the top 1% most cited
#250
Geosciences overall score
29.0
Geosciences global research reputation
#198
Geosciences regional research reputation
#91
Geosciences publications
#344
Geosciences normalized citation impact
#231
Geosciences total citations
#332
Geosciences number of publications that are among the 10% most cited
#300
Geosciences percentage of total publications that are among the 10% most cited
#190
Geosciences international collaboration - relative to country
#419
Geosciences international collaboration
#384
Geosciences number of highly cited papers that are among the top 1% most cited
#346
Geosciences percentage of highly cited papers that are among the top 1% most cited
#322
Materials Science overall score
71.4
Materials Science global research reputation
#213
Materials Science regional research reputation
#46
Materials Science publications
#107
Materials Science normalized citation impact
#62
Materials Science total citations
#76
Materials Science number of publications that are among the 10% most cited
#72
Materials Science percentage of total publications that are among the 10% most cited
#76
Materials Science international collaboration - relative to country
#148
Materials Science international collaboration
#200
Materials Science number of highly cited papers that are among the top 1% most cited
#49
Materials Science percentage of highly cited papers that are among the top 1% most cited
#41
Mathematics overall score
46.6
Mathematics global research reputation
#307
Mathematics regional research reputation
#69
Mathematics publications
#357
Mathematics normalized citation impact
#78
Mathematics total citations
#250
Mathematics number of publications that are among the 10% most cited
#207
Mathematics percentage of total publications that are among the 10% most cited
#61
Mathematics international collaboration - relative to country
#326
Mathematics international collaboration
#299
Mathematics number of highly cited papers that are among the top 1% most cited
#88
Mathematics percentage of highly cited papers that are among the top 1% most cited
#38
Microbiology overall score
38.2
Microbiology global research reputation
#45
Microbiology regional research reputation
#34
Microbiology publications
#166
Microbiology normalized citation impact
#109
Microbiology total citations
#146
Microbiology number of publications that are among the 10% most cited
#141
Microbiology percentage of total publications that are among the 10% most cited
#107
Microbiology international collaboration - relative to country
#198
Microbiology international collaboration
#202
Microbiology number of highly cited papers that are among the top 1% most cited
#110
Microbiology percentage of highly cited papers that are among the top 1% most cited
#86
Nanoscience and Nanotechnology overall score
50.9
Nanoscience and Nanotechnology publications
#112
Nanoscience and Nanotechnology conferences
#182
Nanoscience and Nanotechnology normalized citation impact
#128
Nanoscience and Nanotechnology total citations
#104
Nanoscience and Nanotechnology number of publications that are among the 10% most cited
#110
Nanoscience and Nanotechnology percentage of total publications that are among the 10% most cited
#155
Nanoscience and Nanotechnology international collaboration - relative to country
#99
Nanoscience and Nanotechnology international collaboration
#138
Nanoscience and Nanotechnology number of highly cited papers that are among the top 1% most cited
#86
Nanoscience and Nanotechnology percentage of highly cited papers that are among the top 1% most cited
#88
Physical Chemistry overall score
65.3
Physical Chemistry publications
#134
Physical Chemistry conferences
#274
Physical Chemistry normalized citation impact
#128
Physical Chemistry total citations
#105
Physical Chemistry number of publications that are among the 10% most cited
#105
Physical Chemistry percentage of total publications that are among the 10% most cited
#167
Physical Chemistry international collaboration - relative to country
#198
Physical Chemistry international collaboration
#279
Physical Chemistry number of highly cited papers that are among the top 1% most cited
#72
Physical Chemistry percentage of highly cited papers that are among the top 1% most cited
#70
Physics overall score
65.4
Physics global research reputation
#329
Physics regional research reputation
#55
Physics publications
#97
Physics normalized citation impact
#249
Physics total citations
#100
Physics number of publications that are among the 10% most cited
#92
Physics percentage of total publications that are among the 10% most cited
#314
Physics international collaboration - relative to country
#191
Physics international collaboration
#384
Physics number of highly cited papers that are among the top 1% most cited
#130
Physics percentage of highly cited papers that are among the top 1% most cited
#339
Plant and Animal Science overall score
64.2
Plant and Animal Science global research reputation
#181
Plant and Animal Science regional research reputation
#43
Plant and Animal Science publications
#72
Plant and Animal Science normalized citation impact
#393
Plant and Animal Science total citations
#90
Plant and Animal Science number of publications that are among the 10% most cited
#96
Plant and Animal Science percentage of total publications that are among the 10% most cited
#341
Plant and Animal Science international collaboration - relative to country
#595
Plant and Animal Science international collaboration
#519
Plant and Animal Science number of highly cited papers that are among the top 1% most cited
#132
Plant and Animal Science percentage of highly cited papers that are among the top 1% most cited
#355
Polymer Science overall score
99.6
Polymer Science publications
#51
Polymer Science conferences
#96
Polymer Science normalized citation impact
#1
Polymer Science total citations
#13
Polymer Science number of publications that are among the 10% most cited
#15
Polymer Science percentage of total publications that are among the 10% most cited
#11
Polymer Science international collaboration - relative to country
#30
Polymer Science international collaboration
#37
Polymer Science number of highly cited papers that are among the top 1% most cited
#1
Polymer Science percentage of highly cited papers that are among the top 1% most cited
#1
Social Sciences and Public Health overall score
49.5
Social Sciences and Public Health global research reputation
#158
Social Sciences and Public Health regional research reputation
#63
Social Sciences and Public Health publications
#188
Social Sciences and Public Health normalized citation impact
#399
Social Sciences and Public Health total citations
#209
Social Sciences and Public Health number of publications that are among the 10% most cited
#190
Social Sciences and Public Health percentage of total publications that are among the 10% most cited
#319
Social Sciences and Public Health international collaboration - relative to country
#450
Social Sciences and Public Health international collaboration
#614
Social Sciences and Public Health number of highly cited papers that are among the top 1% most cited
#241
Social Sciences and Public Health percentage of highly cited papers that are among the top 1% most cited
#398