Organization
The University of Memphis is governed by the Tennessee Board of Regents (TBR) system, consisting of 18 Board Members. The Board sets Policies and Guidelines that govern all TBR institutions. The Standing Committees of the Board, and some Ad Hoc Committees, meet prior to each Board meeting and include faculty and student representatives. Within this framework, the President of the University of Memphis is the day-to-day administrator of the university.
The University of Memphis today comprises a number of different colleges and schools:
- College of Arts and Sciences
- Fogelman College of Business and Economics
- College of Communication and Fine Arts
- College of Education
- Herff College of Engineering
- University College
- Loewenberg School of Nursing
- School of Audiology and Speech-Language Pathology
- Cecil C. Humphreys School of Law
- Graduate School
- School of Public Health
- Rudi E. Scheidt School of Music
The University of Memphis is host to several centers of advanced research:
- FedEx Institute of Technology
- Center for Earthquake Research and Information
- Institute for Intelligent Systems
- Advanced Distributed Learning Workforce Co-Lab
The University of Memphis Foundation, founded in 1964, manages the university endowment and accepts, manages and disburses private support to the University.
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