Explore. Experience. Excel.

UT students turn ideas into reality while developing key skills, such as critical thinking, communication and collaboration.

Faculty and Student Research

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Learn Effectively

UT emphasizes active learning in the classroom and field research outside it, allowing students to act on what they have learned. Students who learn by doing, learn more effectively.

Office of Community Engagement

Leadership Studies Minor

Summer Off-Campus Research Opportunities

Student Employment

Students working in athletic training lab.

Learn By Doing

Experiential education allows students to use the theories and skills gained in the classroom to solve real-world problems, giving them an edge on the competition for jobs and graduate school.

Students working in a forensic science lab.

Related Programs

Inquiry-based Experiential Education

Learning by Doing: Inquiry-based Experiential Education is a campus-wide initiative to increase the practical and real-world opportunities for UT students.

Undergraduate Research and Inquiry

Grants and Travel Funding

Pillars of Experiential Education