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==Academics== ===Departments=== Tennessee Tech has bachelor's degree programs and graduate programs as well as doctoral programs in the fields of education, engineering, and environmental sciences. TTU emphasizes a focus in [[Science, technology, engineering, and mathematics|STEM]] degrees but also provides infrastructure for traditional programs including liberal arts and nursing.<ref name="academics">{{cite web | url = https://www.tntech.edu/academics/ | title = TTU Academics | publisher = Tennessee Technological University | access-date = September 3, 2014 | archive-date = September 5, 2014 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20140905055731/https://www.tntech.edu/academics/ | url-status = live }}</ref> [[File:Tennessee-technological-university-hh.jpg|right|210px|thumb|Henderson Hall, constructed in 1931 and placed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1985]] [[File:Laboratory-Science-Commons-se-TTU.jpg|210px|thumb|Laboratory Science Commons.]] * College of Agriculture and Human Ecology * College of Arts and Sciences * College of Business * College of Education * College of Engineering *College of Fine Arts * College of Graduate Studies * College of Interdisciplinary Studies *School of Art, Craft, & Design * Whitson-Hester School of Nursing ===Research Centers=== * '''Center for Energy Systems Research''' (CESR) is an interdisciplinary facility dedicated to research in various problems pertaining to energy and infrastructure. The facility pursues research in "[[solar energy]], [[energy storage]], [[smart grid|smart grid power systems]], [[power electronics]], [[wind energy]], distributed [[power plant]] performance improvement, cement, concrete, bridge and [[structural health monitoring|structure health monitoring]], [[flood#Flood forecasting|flood flow modeling]], [[computer-mediated communication|advanced communications]], and [[cyber security]]."<ref name="cesr">{{cite web | url = https://www.tntech.edu/engineering/research/cesr/welcome/ | title = TTU Research and Innovation | Center for Energy Systems Research | publisher = Tennessee Technological University | access-date = 2014-09-03 | archive-date = November 4, 2015 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20151104150633/https://www.tntech.edu/engineering/research/cesr/welcome/ | url-status = live }}</ref> * '''Center for Manufacturing Research''' (CMR) is a facility appropriated by the College of Engineering for the research in areas related to manufacturing. It has been designated as a Center of Excellence by the state of Tennessee.<ref name="cmr">{{cite web | url = https://www.tntech.edu/engineering/research/cmr/ | title = TTU Research and Innovation | Center for Manufacturing Research | publisher = Tennessee Technological University | access-date = September 3, 2014 | archive-date = November 4, 2015 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20151104162235/https://www.tntech.edu/engineering/research/cmr/ | url-status = live }}</ref><ref name="cmr-2">{{cite web | url = https://www.tntech.edu/engineering/research/cmr/mission | title = Center for Manufacturing and Research | Mission | publisher = Tennessee Technological University | access-date = 2014-09-03 | archive-date = October 30, 2015 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20151030143750/https://www.tntech.edu/engineering/research/cmr/mission | url-status = live }}</ref> * '''Center for the Management, Utilization & Protection of Water Resources''' is an interdisciplinary research center that focuses its research on biodiversity, enabling technologies and tools, [[water security]] and sustainability, and the water-energy-food nexus. It has been designated as a Center of Excellence by the state of Tennessee.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.tntech.edu/research/faculty-research-directory/centers-and-facilities/wrc/|title=TTU Water Center|work=Tennessee Tech|access-date=2018-07-11|language=en}}{{Dead link|date=January 2023 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> * '''Millard Oakley STEM Center for Teaching & Learning in Science, Technology, Engineering, & Mathematics''' (STEM) actively promotes and supports quality STEM outreach programs in the Upper Cumberland region and throughout the state of Tennessee. The staff at the center work with Tech faculty across several disciplines to offer standards-aligned STEM outreach programs, promote STEM-related activities, and disseminate STEM education resources.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.tntech.edu/stem/|title=Millard Oakley STEM Center|work=Tennessee Tech|access-date=2018-07-11|language=en|archive-date=November 5, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151105060329/https://www.tntech.edu/stem|url-status=live}}</ref> *'''Cybersecurity Education, Research, and Outreach Center''' (CEROC) aims to integrate university-wide existing activities and initiatives in cybersecurity education, research, and outreach. It has been designated as a National Center of Academic Excellence in Cyber Defense Education through 2021.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.tntech.edu/ceroc/|title=CEROC|work=Tennessee Tech|access-date=2018-07-11|language=en|archive-date=September 27, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200927220408/https://www.tntech.edu/ceroc/|url-status=live}}</ref> *'''Tennessee Cooperative Fishery Research Unit''' (TNCFRU) works closely with the Center for the Management, Utilization, and Protection of Water Resources to "enhance graduate education in fisheries and wildlife sciences and to facilitate research between natural resource agencies and universities on topics of mutual concern."<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.coopunits.org/Headquarters/index.html|title=Cooperative Research Units Program Headquarters|website=Cooperative Research Units|language=en-GB|access-date=2018-07-11|archive-date=July 11, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180711195916/https://www.coopunits.org/Headquarters/index.html|url-status=usurped}}</ref> ===Rankings=== {{Infobox US university ranking | USNWR_NU = 288 <small> (tie) </small> }}
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