University Information

• Founded in 1946
• Doctoral/Research Intensive institution (reclassified in 2000 by the UNC Board of Governors)
• 4 th largest of 16 constituent members of the University of North Carolina
• Largest institution of higher education in Charlotte region
• 7 colleges:  College of Architecture, Arts and Sciences, Business, Education, Engineering, Health and Human Services, and Computing and Informatics
• UNC Charlotte's first emphasis is on teaching, followed by applied research and responsive public service
• 80 programs leading to Bachelor's degrees
• 58 programs leading to Master's degrees
• 12 programs leading to Doctoral degrees
• Largest research library in the Southern Piedmont region with nearly one million volumes
• 1000-acre wooded campus with approximately 75 buildings
• 8 miles from Uptown Charlotte
• #1 in the South by Carnegie Communications (ranked by students)
• #1 in producing start-up businesses
• Accreditation:  Commission of Colleges of the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools
• Approximately 900 faculty members (of the full-time instructional faculty, nearly 90% hold the highest degrees attainable in their fields); Student-faculty ratio is 15 to 1
• Enrollment:  over 20,000 (a growth of about 4 percent per year), including almost 4,000 graduate students
• More than 70,000 living alumni, with an addition of 4,000 to 4,500 new alumni annually