Founded February 12, 1897, as a living memorial to Abraham Lincoln, Lincoln Memorial University is a private, independent liberal arts and professional studies university. The picturesque and historic 1000 - acre main campus is located approximately 55 miles north of Knoxville in Harrogate, Tennessee - where Tennessee, Kentucky and Virginia merge at the Cumberland Gap. LMU offers over 40 undergraduate majors, minors and pre-professional programs leading to associate and bachelor's degree programs, as well as a variety of post-baccalaureate degree programs leading to master's, specialist, doctoral and professional degrees.
