1050 Union University Drive
Jackson, Tennessee 38305

Union University is a four-year liberal arts university located on a 290-acre campus that is affiliated with the Tennessee Baptist Convention. Named one of the South's top tier universities for the 11th straight year by U.S. News & World Report, Union University offers bachelor's, master's and doctoral degrees.

All Union residence halls include a private bedroom for each student. All residence apartments are equipped with internet, cable, and phone connection. In addition, wireless network access is on hand in residence commons areas, as well as in each academic building and the Student Union Building. Students are offered filtered internet access, a Union email account, and private file storage space as part of the Union network.

Union University is in the midst of expansion and growth. There are plans to build a new residence hall every two years for the next decade. Additional classroom space, library facilities, and parking areas are part of the plan at the school's Germantown campus due to a rapidly growing student body. The past few years have seen an increase in enrollment in continuing studies program for non-traditional students, graduate studies in business and education, and several nursing degree programs. Other immediate goals include the Doctor of Pharmacy program that will require constructing a freestanding building, with state-of-the-art laboratories, technologically advanced classrooms and office space. Union has invested more than $60 million in on-campus improvements in the past decade.

Quick Facts:

Founded in 1823, Union University is the oldest institution affiliated with the Southern Baptist Convention.

There are more than 3,300 undergraduate and graduate students at Union University.

The student to faculty ratio is 11 to one.

Nearly 83 percent of Union's faculty hold the highest degree attainable in their fields, and 69 percent of Union classes have 20 students or less.

The Art Department is accredited by the National Association of Schools of Art and Design (NASAD) and is actively involved in Christians in the Visual Arts (CIVA).

In this year's U.S. News & World Report rankings, Union scored higher than ever before among southern master's universities.

There are more than 60 clubs, societies, fraternities, sororities and other social and academic organizations on campus.

Students from the Union biology department conduct research at the internationally renowned St. Jude Children's Research Hospital in Memphis every summer.

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