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About University of Tennessee at Chattanooga

The University of Tennessee at Chattanooga, also known as UTC or simply Chattanooga, is a SACS (Southern Association of Colleges and Schools) accredited university located in Chattanooga, which is the seat of Hamilton County, situated in the US state of Tennessee, with a population estimated at a number of more than 155 00 inhabitants, during the 2000 census, fact which makes it the fourth-largest city in the state, after Memphis, Nashville and Knoxville.

UTC was founded in 1886, as Chattanooga University, becoming U.S. Grant University in 1889, in 1907, its name being changed to University of Chattanooga, 62 years later merging with Zion College/Chattanooga City College, forming the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga as part of the University of Tennessee System.

Today, UTC is known for many of its nationally ranked programs, such as the one in Business, Engineering, English, Nursing or Chemistry. Overall, the university offers its students over 140 undergraduate majors and concentrations, more than 50 undergraduate minors, as well as nearly 100 graduate programs and concentrations, including a highly ranked master's program in Industrial and Organizational Psychologyand Ph.D. programs in Physical Therapy, Computational Engineering and Education.

Athletics

UTC's athletic teams are known as the Chattanooga Mocs, who compete in NCAA Division I (FCS for football) in the Southern Conference, in various sports, including in men's basketball, which has been among the best in the Southern Conference since joining the league in 1977-78. The university's athletic programs has been ranked as a national top 100 athletic program by The National Association of Collegiate Director’s of Athletics (NACDA) in the Division I Learfield Sports Director’s Cup, the teams having experinced success in many of their sports, over the years, including in basketball, in which they won a total of 27 titles, wmong which 10 are SoCon Tournament titles and 10 regular-season league championships, the other 7 being division titles.

Notable Alumni

Among the most resonant names, on the list of notable alumni, students or faculty, there are: Burwell Baxter Bell - U.S. Army general, Leslie Jordan - Emmy-winning actor, Dr. Irvine W. Grote - chemist, inventor of the active ingredient in Rolaids and Bufferin, Dennis Haskins - actor, Hugh Beaumont - actor (most notably portrayed Ward Cleaver on Leave It to Beaver), and Dr. North Callahan - author and historian whose papers and book collection now reside in the UTC Lupton Library.