University of North Carolina–Chapel Hill

The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill is a public research university and the flagship of the University of North Carolina System. It was chartered in 1789 and enrolled its first students in 1795. It is the first public university in the United States to admit students. Its campus in Chapel Hill covers about 730 acres, and it forms one corner of the Research Triangle with Duke University and North Carolina State University.

Its schools include the College of Arts and Sciences, the Kenan-Flagler Business School, the School of Law, the School of Medicine, the Gillings School of Global Public Health, the Eshelman School of Pharmacy, the Hussman School of Journalism and Media, the School of Information and Library Science, the School of Social Work, the School of Education, the School of Nursing, the Adams School of Dentistry and the School of Government. UNC is best known for public health, pharmacy, medicine and the social sciences. Research centers include the Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center, the Carolina Population Center and UNC Health.

UNC enrolls about 32,000 students, and more than a third of them are graduate and professional students. Most students come from North Carolina, and the international share is concentrated in graduate programs. Nobel laureates Oliver Smithies and Aziz Sancar did their prize-winning work or later research on the faculty. Its alumni include James K. Polk, Thomas Wolfe and Michael Jordan.

The Graduate School oversees roughly 100 doctoral and master's programs. The best known are the MPH, the PharmD, the MSLS and doctoral programs in biomedical and social science. PhD students are supported through assistantships, training grants and fellowships such as the Royster Society of Fellows. UNC runs on semesters. Chapel Hill is a college town within commuting distance of Research Triangle Park.

In the Grad School Navigator directory, University of North Carolina–Chapel Hill lists 168 graduate programs across 41 subjects: 70 master's programs and 85 doctoral programs, with the widest choice in public health, biology and health & medical sciences. University of North Carolina–Chapel Hill holds rank 35 in the GSN Overall University Ranking.