Blount College, the University of Tennessee's forerunner, was established in Knoxville in 1794, two years before Tennessee became a state. Located near the center of Knoxville's present business district, Blount College was nonsectarian in character, which was unusual for an institution of higher education in that day. The university has remained nondenominational and is said to be the oldest such institution west of the Appalachian Divide.
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Tennessee State University is located in Nashville, Tennessee.
University of Tennessee was created in 1794.
The University of Tennessee is bigger than Tennessee Technical University, based on size & the amount of students that are currently enrolled at UT.
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Tennessee State University is traditionally a mostly black university.
Peyton Manning attended the University of Tennessee.
University of Tennessee at Chattanooga was created in 1886.
University of Tennessee system was created in 1968.
University of Tennessee Press was created in 1940.
Tennessee Temple University was created in 1946.
Masonic University of Tennessee was created in 1848.