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University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill


This article is about the research university in Chapel Hill, North Carolina. For the multi-campus university system, see University of North Carolina.

University of North Carolina
at Chapel Hill
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill seal.svg
Former names
University of North Carolina (1789–1963)
MottoLux libertas[1] (Latin)
Motto in English
"Light and liberty"[1]
TypePublic research university
EstablishedDecember 11, 1789 (1789-12-11)[2]
FounderWilliam Richardson Davie
Parent institution
University of North Carolina
AccreditationSACS
Academic affiliations
Endowment$5.16 billion (2021)[3]
ChancellorKevin Guskiewicz[4]
Academic staff
8,623 (Fall 2021) [5]
Total staff
12,961 (Fall 2021)[5]
Students31,705 (Fall 2022)[6]
Undergraduates20,029 (Fall 2022)[6]
Postgraduates11,676 (Fall 2022)[6]
Location
Chapel Hill
,
North Carolina
,
United States

35°54′31″N 79°02′57″W / 35.90861°N 79.04917°W / 35.90861; -79.04917
CampusSmall City,[7] 729 acres (3.0 km2)[8]
NewspaperThe Daily Tar Heel
Colors  Carolina Blue
  White[9]
Nickname
Sporting affiliations
NCAA Division I FBS – ACC
MascotRameses
Websitewww.unc.edu
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill logo.svg

The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (UNC, UNC-Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, or simply Carolina[11]) is a public research university in Chapel Hill, North Carolina. It is the flagship of the University of North Carolina system and is considered to be one of the "Public Ivies". After being chartered in 1789, subsequent to the first land-grant university, the University of Georgia, the university first began enrolling students in 1795, making it one of the oldest public universities in the United States. Among the claimants, the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill is the only one to have held classes and graduated students as a public university in the eighteenth century.[12]

The first public institution of higher education in North Carolina, the school opened its doors to students on February 12, 1795. The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill became coeducational under the leadership of President Kemp Plummer Battle in 1877, and began the process of desegregation under Chancellor Robert Burton House when African-American graduate students were admitted in 1951, 156 years after the university opened its doors.[13][14] In 1952, North Carolina opened its own hospital, UNC Health Care, for research and treatment, and has since specialized in cancer care through UNC's Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center which is one of only 51 national NCI designated comprehensive centers.[15]

The university offers degrees in over 70 courses of study and is administratively divided into 13 separate professional schools and a primary unit, the College of Arts & Sciences.[16] Five of the schools have been named: the UNC Kenan–Flagler Business School, the UNC Hussman School of Journalism and Media, the UNC Gillings School of Global Public Health, the UNC Eshelman School of Pharmacy, and the UNC Adams School of Dentistry. All undergraduates receive a liberal arts education and have the option to pursue a major within the professional schools of the university or within the College of Arts and Sciences from the time they obtain junior status. It is classified among "R1: Doctoral Universities – Very high research activity", and is a member of the Association of American Universities (AAU).[17][18] According to the National Science Foundation, UNC spent $1.14 billion on research and development in 2018, ranking 12th in the nation.[19]

The campus covers 729 acres (3 km2) of Chapel Hill's downtown area, encompassing the Morehead Planetarium and the many stores and shops located on Franklin Street. Students can participate in over 550 officially recognized student organizations. The student-run newspaper The Daily Tar Heel has won national awards for collegiate media, while the student radio station WXYC provided the world's first internet radio broadcast.[citation needed] UNC Chapel Hill is one of the charter members of the Atlantic Coast Conference, which was founded on June 14, 1953. Competing athletically as the Tar Heels, UNC has achieved great success in sports, most notably in men's basketball, women's soccer, and women's field hockey.[citation needed]

UNC's faculty and alumni include 9 Nobel Prize laureates, 23 Pulitzer Prize winners,[20][21] and 51 Rhodes Scholars.[22][23] Additional notable alumni include a U.S. President,[24] a U.S. Vice President,[25] 38 Governors of U.S. States, 98 members of the United States Congress, and nine Cabinet members as well as CEOs of Fortune 500 companies, Olympians and professional athletes.

  1. ^ a b Thelin, John R. (2004). A History of American Higher Education. Baltimore, MD: JHU Press. p. 448. ISBN 0-8018-7855-1. Retrieved October 15, 2020.
  2. ^ Battle, Kemp P. (1907). History of the University of North Carolina: From its beginning until the death of President Swain, 1789–1868. Raleigh, NC: Edwards & Broughton Printing Company. p. 6. Retrieved October 15, 2020.
  3. ^ As of February 18, 2022. U.S. and Canadian Institutions Listed by Fiscal Year 2021 Endowment Market Value and Change in Endowment Market Value from FY20 to FY21 (Report). National Association of College and University Business Officers and TIAA. February 18, 2022. Archived from the original on July 12, 2022. Retrieved June 19, 2022.
  4. ^ "Office of the Chancellor". Office of the Chancellor – UNC Chapel Hill. February 6, 2019. Archived from the original on February 4, 2019. Retrieved February 6, 2019.
  5. ^ a b "Analytic Reports | OIRA". The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Office of Institutional Research and Assessment. 2021. Archived from the original on March 26, 2022. Retrieved July 26, 2022.
  6. ^ a b c "Carolina by the Numbers". The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill OIRA. Retrieved April 28, 2023.
  7. ^ "College Navigator - University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill". nces.ed.gov. Archived from the original on November 7, 2021. Retrieved November 7, 2021.
  8. ^ "Quick Facts". UNC News Services. 2007. Archived from the original on September 7, 2004. Retrieved April 5, 2008.
  9. ^ "Color Palette". Archived from the original on September 28, 2019. Retrieved May 29, 2020.
  10. ^ Cite error: The named reference ncaaschools was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  11. ^ Wootson, Cleve R., Jr (January 8, 2002). "UNC Leaders Want Abbreviation Change". The Daily Tar Heel. Chapel Hill, NC. Archived from the original on November 7, 2012. Retrieved July 9, 2012.
  12. ^ "220 Years of History – UNC System Office". Northcarolina.edu. Archived from the original on June 11, 2019. Retrieved January 25, 2019.
  13. ^ "UNC Women's History | Carolina Women's Center". Womenscenter.unc.edu. Archived from the original on February 3, 2013. Retrieved December 21, 2012.
  14. ^ "North Carolina Collection-UNC Desegregation". Lib.unc.edu. Archived from the original on January 19, 2013. Retrieved December 21, 2012.
  15. ^ "About UNC Lineberger". UNC Lineberger. Archived from the original on October 12, 2021. Retrieved November 22, 2020.
  16. ^ "Schools". The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Archived from the original on December 14, 2019. Retrieved January 14, 2020.
  17. ^ "Carnegie Classifications Institution Lookup". Carnegie Classification of Institutions of Higher Education. Center for Postsecondary Education. Archived from the original on July 26, 2020. Retrieved July 26, 2020.
  18. ^ "AAU Member Universities" (PDF). www.aau.edu. Archived (PDF) from the original on May 4, 2022. Retrieved June 8, 2022.
  19. ^ "Table 20. Higher education R&D expenditures, ranked by FY 2018 R&D expenditures: FYs 2009–18". ncsesdata.nsf.gov. National Science Foundation. Archived from the original on September 30, 2020. Retrieved July 26, 2020.
  20. ^ "Pulitzer Prizes and the UNC School of Media and Journalism". UNC School of Media and Journalism. Archived from the original on November 24, 2017. Retrieved August 13, 2021.
  21. ^ "Two DTH graduates win Pulitzer Prizes". The Daily Tar Heel. Archived from the original on January 26, 2019. Retrieved January 25, 2019.
  22. ^ "Carolina's Rhodes Scholars – UNC General Alumni Association". Archived from the original on August 28, 2019. Retrieved January 25, 2019.
  23. ^ "UNC's 51 Rhodes Scholars". November 23, 2020. Archived from the original on April 12, 2021. Retrieved November 23, 2020.
  24. ^ Bergeron, Paul H. "James K. Polk (1795–1849)". North Carolina History Project. Archived from the original on November 23, 2018. Retrieved January 25, 2019.
  25. ^ "U.S. Senate: William Rufus King, 13th Vice President (1853)". Senate.gov. Archived from the original on April 10, 2019. Retrieved January 25, 2019.

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