University of Memphis

The University of Memphis is a public research university in Memphis, Tennessee, founded in 1912 as West Tennessee State Normal School. It became Memphis State University and took its present name in 1994. The main campus sits in midtown Memphis; the Cecil C. Humphreys School of Law occupies the former customs house downtown on the Mississippi River.

Academic units include the College of Arts and Sciences, Fogelman College of Business and Economics, Herff College of Engineering, Loewenberg College of Nursing, the College of Education, the College of Communication and Fine Arts, the School of Public Health, and the law school. Research nodes include the FedEx Institute of Technology and the Institute for Intelligent Systems. Graduate strengths include education, business, engineering, law, music, and public health.

Enrollment is about 21,000 students, with several thousand in graduate and professional programs. International students are a modest share of the total and come from many countries. Faculty number about 1,000. Alumni include basketball player Anfernee Hardaway and graduates in education, music, and civic life in the Mid-South.

Graduate study includes master's degrees, the JD, the EdD, and PhD programs. Research doctorates combine coursework with a dissertation; the law school runs on the downtown campus. The academic year follows a United States semester calendar. Support includes assistantships and fellowships through the graduate school. Students live in midtown Memphis, with internships and research ties to the city's logistics firms, hospitals, and music industry.

In the Grad School Navigator directory, University of Memphis lists 2 graduate programs in finance & financial economics and health & medical sciences, all of them doctoral programs.