Thanks for your interest in visiting Rocky Top! Explore the three tour options below to help build your Big Orange experience.
Campus Tour
Your campus visit will begin with a 30 minute admissions information session, followed by our 90-minute walking tour. During the tour, you will get a great overview of campus, academics, and student life—all presented from a student’s perspective. For inquiries, please email tours@utk.edu.
Transfer Tour
Your campus visit will begin with a 30 minute transfer admissions information session, followed by our 90-minute walking tour. During the tour, you will get a great overview of campus, academics, and student life—all presented from a student’s perspective.
Group Tour
We offer 60-minute guided walking group tours for high school and community college students. Groups may also request a student panel, admission information session, and other opportunities relevant to student interests. Group tours will be available only on Monday, Tuesday, and Thursday during the fall semester.
Please email visits@utk.edu 2-3 months in advance to request a group tour as dates fill quickly. Once a group tour request has been granted, we will email written confirmation including all details of your visit experience. Please note—group tours are only considered final upon receipt of written confirmation. In order to provide the best experience for our guests, we accommodate one group tour per day.
Walk-In Policy
While we are unable to accommodate individuals or groups on guided tours on a walk-in basis, guests are welcome to register for a self-guided tour. Feel free to follow along on your phone using our digital guide! You can also download and print a PDF of the self-guided tour below or pickup a booklet in the Visitors Center with the illustrated map. The approximate walking time is two hours.
Additional Information
Special Accommodations
We are dedicated to making our campus visit experience accessible to everyone. You will be able to select the needed accommodations on the campus tour registration form. Please give us two weeks notice for accessibility accommodations such as a wheelchair and three weeks notice for speech accommodations such an ASL or language interpreter. Please note that we may not be able to provide all requested accommodations.
School Excuses
Please request a school excuse for your campus visit upon check-in for your campus or self-guided tour. School excuses are only provided in-person upon check-in on the day of your campus visit.
Questions?
Our team is here to help! Contact us at 865-946-TOUR (8687) or tours@utk.edu, or check out our Campus Visit FAQ page.
Maps & Directions
The Visitors Center is located in the Student Union, 1502 Cumberland Avenue, Suite 282.
Please park in the Vol Hall Garage, 1545 White Avenue. Parking validation will be provided when you check in for your tour. To check-in for your campus tour, please follow the sidewalk signs to the Student Union. Enter through the front doors of the Student Union and proceed up the stairs to Suite 281.