As Tennessee’s statewide public academic health system, the University of Tennessee Health Science Center trains the next generation of health care providers for Tennessee, delivers care across the state, and researches the cures for the diseases that most affect Tennesseans. UT Health Science Center educates more than 3,100 students in Memphis, Knoxville, Chattanooga, and Nashville and more than 1,416 residents and fellows. In 1911, the University of Tennessee first launched its Memphis campus, dedicating it solely to health science education and research. Early programs in medicine, dentistry and pharmacy quickly grew, followed soon after by new programs in health professions, graduate health sciences and nursing. All evolved into stand-alone colleges. The UT Graduate School of Medicine in Knoxville, based at the UT Medical Center, became part of the UT Health Science Center in 1963. In 1974, the UT College of Medicine in Chattanooga, based at Erlanger Health System, joined the UTHSC system. In 2014, Saint Thomas-Ascension Health in Nashville began working with UT Health Science Center to create a Nashville campus.