University of Texas (UT)

The University of Tennessee area lies in the center of the city of Knoxville, surrounded by the downtown area and bordered by the Tennessee River.
The campus sits on a beautiful hilly area with a variety of trees and wildlife surrounding it. The area is surrounded by the river on two sides (the south and west side) and certain locations provide great views of the River and the mountains surrounding it.
Because of the hilly landscape, roads running through the campus area are laid out in a confusing manner, with many one-way streets and many main roads running curvy paths. Because there’s a large student body, most weekdays (even during the summer) it’s difficult to travel through the area via car, but the campus is mostly self-contained and the large, busy Cumberland Avenue sits to the north running through the city’s more important areas, leading to downtown and to the beginning of the west Knoxville area.
Any residences in the area are apartment complexes or dorms, with houses on the other side of Cumberland Avenue in the Fort Sanders area.
The UTPD patrol the campus area regularly, 24-hours a day.
Adjacent to the campus area are a number of restaurants, shops, and bars popular not just among the college crowd, serving as a decent stopping point for people living or working in any area of the city.

Well, it is the University of Tennessee that is in Knoxville, TN, not the University of Texas. As far as that goes, ask any resident of The University of Tennessee and they will tell you that Tennessee was the creator and first to use the "Power T." Texas stole it when they found that it wasn't patented or trademarked. Anyway...living at The University of Tennessee is great. Everything you could ever want is within walking or biking distance, which is good, since parking is expensive and a huge pain. Some of the parking is parallel parking and you inevitably get someone who does not know how to parallel park who will park next to you and either hit your car or make it hard for you to get out of your spot. Other times the only spot you can find is very far away from your destination, so in the end it is better to walk or take the trolleys where you need to go. Trolleys come every15 minutes and go everywhere on campus. Even if you are going just off campus you can take a trolley to the edge of campus and walk or bike the rest of the way. At night if you are on or off campus, you can call the ride on call and a van will come pick you up from parties, friends homes, downtown. U.T. doesn't want students walking very late alone, driving drunk, or having to ride with someone that is. There are also numerous locations around campus where you can go that are lighted and have phones in case of emergency. While there is some housing that is not University owned, there isn't much, literally only one building that I ever found. It is very old, inexpensive, but still safe and right behind some of the campus housing. All of the campus housing is accessible only by your student id cards, so in theory, only students can get in. There is a resident adviser on every floor, or at least every other floor. There is also one building, Andy Holt, that is apartment style housing versus dorm style. As far as things to do you have everything. There are exercise facilities, Intramural sports facilities, dining and some shopping on campus, and off campus options are close. There is greenspace where frisbee is often played, tennis courts, rugby fields, and of course, U.T. football games. Sorority and fraternities always have something going on, and the University has different activities it puts on to get the residents active, involved, and socializing. There is quite a bit of noise and activity abuzz as you can imagine. The traffic, residents, sports activities, the major hospital ant the edge of campus, all lend to a busy and noisy environment sometimes; and don't even imagine the noise, traffic, and activity when game time rolls around! All in all this campus is a great place to live when you are in school and you should have no worries about anything when trying to decide whether to live on campus or not while you are in school.