Freed-Hardeman University is a primarily undergraduate
university in Henderson, Tennessee in the United States of America. The university is affiliated with
the Church of Christ, whose roots are in the Restoration or "Campbellite" movement. Freed-Hardeman is primarily
undergraduate and residential, meaning it enrolls full-time students of traditional college age. The university also serves some
commuting, part-time, and older adult students on-campus and through distance-learning programs. The university offers a limited
number of master's-level graduate programs. Arts, science, and
professional degrees are conferred.The university is governed by a board of trustees who are members of churches of Christ. Courses are offered by twelve
academic departments organized into six schools -- Arts and Humanities, Biblical Studies, Business, Education, Sciences and
Mathematics, and the Honors College. The Loden-Daniel Library, provides service to undergraduate & graduate students as well
as faculty and staff.It traces its origin to the 1869 charter of a private high school and college for Henderson, the Henderson Male and Female
Institute. It was known at various times as the Henderson Masonic Male and Female Institute; West Tennessee Christian College;
Georgie Robertson Christian College; National Teachers' Normal and Business College; and (as of 1919) Freed-Hardeman College. In
February of 1990, it became Freed-Hardeman University.