In addition to undergraduate and graduate-level teacher licensure programs and pathways, Theory and Practice in Teacher Education offers non-licensure master’s degree programs, EdS degree programs, PhD programs, and graduate certificates / additional endorsements.
Undergraduate students
- TPTE Undergraduate teacher licensure admissions information (for new college students or new transfer students without a bachelor’s degree)
- all other University of Tennessee, Knoxville Undergraduate programs admissions information
Graduate students
- Information on choosing the right teacher licensure program
- TPTE Graduate programs admissions general information
- Job Embedded Practitioner Licensure – for additional information, contact BeATeacher@utk.edu (for those who have a bachelor’s degree and wish to teach in a high-demand field (ESL, math, science, special education, or world languages) while working
- Post-Baccalaureate Internship Program (for those who have already obtained a bachelor’s degree and are looking to earn your teaching license)
- Additional Endorsements and Graduate Certificates (for those who are already licensed to teach but wish to add an endorsement to a license or to obtain graduate certificate)
- all other Bailey Graduate School of Education programs admissions information
- all other University of Tennessee, Knoxville Graduate programs admissions information
Transfer students
For information on tuition and fees, please visit
Funding opportunities are available from a variety of sources for both undergraduate and graduate students. We also offer graduate student assistantships across our programs.
Undergraduate funding opportunities, visit:
- Our giving / support opportunities page which lists our available scholarships and endowments
- OneStop and
- Undergraduate Admissions
Graduate funding opportunities, visit
- Our giving / support opportunities page which lists our available scholarships and endowments
- Bailey Graduate School of Education and
- the University of Tennessee, Knoxville Graduate School
Additionally, any teacher who has more than 5 years of experience teaching in a Title I school should research the U.S. Department of Education’s Teacher Licensure Loan Forgiveness program. For more information about this program, please click here.
College of Education, Health and Human Services (CEHHS) Office of Advising and Student Services
The CEHHS Office of Advising and Student Services can help answer questions on licensure, verification of teaching experiences for schools/jobs, academic advising, petitions for course substitution, override and overload requests, teacher licensure senior privilege and more.
The College of Education, Health and Human Services (CEHHS) Office of Professional Licensure, which provides information on the job embedded practitioner licensure, is housed in the CEHHS Office of Advising and Student Services.
College of Education, Health and Human Services (CEHHS) Office of School-Based Experiences
The Office of School-Based Experiences can help answer questions on preservice teacher candidates school placements, clinical experience requirements, teacher performance assessment (edTPA), ProCADS, teacher education orientation, deferral, withdrawal, or change in program pathway, and any forms you must fill out related to these issues.