- Education in Memphis, Tennessee
Memphis, Tennessee is home to a range of public and private institutions serving various educational needs. At the primary and secondary levels the metropolitan area is served by theMemphis City Schools system, the Shelby County Schools in the surrounding suburbs and a number of private schools, including some with religious affiliations. Major post-secondary institutions include theSouthwest Tennessee Community College , theUniversity of Memphis ,Christian Brothers University ,Rhodes College and theUniversity of Tennessee Health Science Center .Private schools
*Bishop Byrne High School
*Briarcrest Christian School
*Christian Brothers High School (all-boys')
*Concord Academy
*Evangelical Christian School
*First Assembly Christian School
*Hutchison School (all-girls')
*Immaculate Conception Cathedral High School (all-girls')
*Lausanne Collegiate School
*Memphis Catholic High School
*Memphis Jewish High School
*Memphis University School (all-boys')
*St. Agnes Academy-St. Dominic School (all-girls')
*Westminster Academy (Tennessee) Colleges and Universities
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Crichton College
*Christian Brothers University
*LeMoyne-Owen College
*Memphis College of Art
*Memphis School of Preaching
*Rhodes College (formerly Southwestern at Memphis)
*Southwest Tennessee Community College
*University of Memphis (formerly Memphis State University)
*University of Tennessee Health Science Center (Colleges of Dentistry, Medicine, Nursing, Pharmacy, Graduate Health Sciences and Allied Health Sciences).eminaries
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Memphis Theological Seminary
*Mid-America Baptist Theological Seminary
*Harding University Graduate School of Religion t. Jude Children's Research Hospital
Memphis is also home to
St. Jude Children's Research Hospital , a world class medical research facility.1996 Nobel LaureatePeter Doherty conducts research at this facility. There are also several other major medical teaching institutions in the city, including theUniversity of Tennessee Health Science Center (Colleges of Medicine, Dentistry, Pharmacy and Allied Health Sciences), theSouthern College of Optometry and theBaptist Memorial College of Health Sciences .History
The Memphis Training School for Nurses, progenitor of the School of Nursing, was chartered September 28,
1887 . [ [http://www.utmem.edu/nursing/about%20the%20college/history.php University of Tennessee-Memphis Website - School of Nursing History] ]The University of Tennessee College of Dentistry was founded in 1878 making it the oldest dental college in the South, and the third oldest public college of dentistry in the United States. [ [http://www.utmem.edu/dentistry/ University of Tennessee-Memphis Dentistry Website] ]
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