9201 University City Blvd
Charlotte, NC 28223-0001

The University of North Carolina at Charlotte, founded in 1946, is a research-intensive university, the fourth largest of the 16 institutions within the University of North Carolina system and the largest institution in the Charlotte region. UNC, located on a 1000-acre wooded campus eight miles from uptown Charlotte, has approximately 75 buildings.

UNC is comprised of seven professional colleges that include Colleges of Architecture, Arts and Sciences, business, Education, engineering, Health and Human Services, and Computing and Informatics. The University of North Carolina at Charlotte currently offers about 18 doctoral programs, 61 master's degree programs and 89 programs leading to bachelor's degrees. There are more than 900 full-time faculty and 23,000 plus students.

UNC's Belk College of business offers one of the largest business programs in the Carolinas. UNC is one of three colleges in the state to offer bachelor's, master's and a doctoral degree in business administration. The University of North Carolina at Charlotte is also the only university in the United States to provide a certificate in international public relations and a semester graduate-level international public relations study abroad program.

Quick Facts

The University of North Carolina at Charlotte is one of a generation of universities founded in metropolitan areas of the United States immediately after World War II in response to rising education demands generated by the war and its technology.

In 1969, UNC began offering programs leading to master's degrees. In 1992, it was authorized to offer programs leading to doctoral degrees.

The University of North Carolina at Charlotte boasts more than 75,000 living alumni and adds 4,000 to 4,500 new alumni each year.

The University of North Carolina at Charlotte uptown facility was established in January 1995 to increase educational access for people who work in or live near uptown Charlotte and to enhance UNC's connection with the Charlotte community. A majority of the uptown students are working toward their MBA.

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