The water tower, gardens, with surviving gazebos and outdoor statuary from the Acklen era, are part of the college campus.

[16] The university was awarded the Japanese Foreign Minister's Commendation for their contributions to the promotion of mutual understanding between Japan and the US on December 1, 2020.

[17][18] The first radio station in Nashville went on air in May 1922 when Boy Scout[19] John "Jack" DeWitt Jr., a 16-year-old high school student, installed a twenty-watt transmitter at Belmont.

[21] In 1951, the Tennessee Baptist Convention bought Ward–Belmont College, the finishing school operated in Nashville by Ward–Belmont, Inc., which was facing severe financial difficulties.

[citation needed] The convention established the co-educational Belmont College in March 1951, selecting R. Kelly White as president.

[citation needed] In 1959, Herbert Gabhart succeeded White and Belmont was accredited by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools.

[23] After settlement talks failed, the Tennessee Baptist Convention Executive Board filed a lawsuit on September 29, 2006, against Belmont seeking the return of approximately $58 million.

[24] Belmont severed its ties with the Tennessee Baptist Convention in 2007, with the announcement that it would be a Christian university without any denominational affiliations.

[28] On January 26, 2011, President Bob Fisher announced that Belmont has added sexual orientation to the university's non-discrimination policies.

Belmont Provost Thomas Burns and Bridge Builders President Robbie Maris announced the decision to recognize the student group in a joint statement.

[33] Two years later, Belmont University announced that they would merge with Watkins College of Art, Design & Film, located in Nashville.

[34] Belmont and Watkins planned to evaluate employment needs based on the number of students transferring, existing capacities, and related considerations.

[34][35] In May 2021, Belmont sold the former Watkins College campus for $22.5 million, funds which the university states will underwrite scholarships for students of the visual arts.

In 1983, notable Tennessee businessman Jack C. Massey, provided a portion of the initial funding to begin Corrections Corporation of America, along with Thomas Beasley.

[47] Belmont University offers bachelor's degrees in over 130 academic majors in twelve colleges with 29 master's and eight doctoral programs.

[57] Belmont's Mike Curb College of Entertainment & Music Business (CEMB) consists of current/former authors, performers, expert witnesses (for industry lawsuits), artist managers, lawyers, record label executives, songwriters, and others.

The former dean of the CEMB, Jim Van Hook, is a legendary Nashville label head, especially as part of the Christian music industry.

One of the hallmarks of the program is its internship program, which sends hundreds of students annually out into the Nashville, New York, and Los Angeles music industries to intern for record labels, management companies, publishing companies, booking agencies, publicists, recording studios, law firms, and other businesses.

[58] Belmont is located in an urban setting near Nashville's Midtown district, with the campus sandwiched by the Hillsboro-West End, Music Row, Edgehill, and Belmont-Hillsboro neighborhoods.

[59] The building has three stories of classroom space that contain learning labs equipped with Sim Man mannequins that respond to the actions of the nursing students.

In 2015, the university opened its R. Milton and Denice Johnson Center, home to Belmont's Curb College, Department of Media Studies, Motion Pictures and Harrington Place Dining.

Bruin is Middle English forbear from the Dutch fable "History of Reynard the Fox", translated by William Caxton.