Strengths shape who you are and are a powerful tool to understand how you engage with others.
Start your journey by knowing your CliftonStrengths. Once you know your strengths, learn more about those values and tendencies. Whether in the classroom, in student organizations, or with your peers at UT, we believe in you, and this tool can be instrumental in reaching your success.
Students at UT participate in multiple experiences to discover, leverage, and utilize their strengths. Beginning in orientation, you will take the CliftonStrengths assessment, an online assessment that measures your talents and ranks them in a unique order.
“Each person’s greatest room for growth is in the areas of his or her greatest strengths.”
—Donald O. Clifton
Since January 2020, more than 18,000 UT students have taken the strengths assessment.
Below are the top strengths of each incoming class.
Fall 2020
- Restorative
- Achiever
- Empathy
- Adaptability
- Positivity
Fall 2021
- Restorative
- Achiever
- Competition
- Adaptability
- Empathy
Fall 2022
- Restorative
- Achiever
- Competition
- Relator
- Positivity
Fall 2023
- Restorative
- Achiever
- Competition
- Relator
- Adaptability
Need to Take the Assessment or Access Your Report?
The University of Tennessee offers the CliftonStrengths assessment free to all students. As a student, you will be asked to reflect upon the results of this assessment, and it will be utilized in a variety of coursework and training, so we encourage you to take the assessment seriously.
If you would like to take the assessment, you can request access on this request form.
If you have already taken the assessment and need to access your results, you can do so on the UT Portal. Choose Single Sign On and type utk as the organization or institution name.
Students should email strengths@utk.edu if they have any questions.
Learn about Your Strengths
Once you have taken the assessment and received your top strengths, we encourage you to learn more about them and what they mean for you.
Leverage Your Strengths to Help You Succeed
When people lean into their strengths to help them complete any given task, they are more likely to feel fulfilled and accomplished. Use this resource to learn about some examples of how you can lean into your top five strengths to help you succeed.
Prepare for Your Academic Success Coaching Session as Part of First Year Studies
First-year students will have an opportunity to meet with their academic success coach to develop a strengths-based plan for achieving success inside and outside the classroom. Before this meeting, you can review your report and consider:
- How can you use your strengths to achieve academic success?
- How can you leverage your strengths to foster social connections on campus
- How can your strengths to support your well-being?