Institutions
Within its seventeen campuses, UNC houses two medical schools and one teaching hospital, ten nursing programs, a school of dentistry, and a school of pharmacy, as well as a veterinary school, two law schools, 15 schools of education, three schools of engineering, and a school for performing artists. The oldest university, the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, first admitted students in 1795. The smallest and newest member is the North Carolina School of Science and Mathematics, a residential two-year high school, founded in 1980 and a full member of the University since 2007. The largest university is North Carolina State University, with 33,819 students as of 2009 Fall.
While the official names of each campus are determined by the North Carolina General Assembly, abbreviations are determined by the individual school.
| Official name |
Official abbrev. | Location | Enrollment |
Carnegie Classification | Founded | Joined system | References |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Appalachian State University |
ASU, App State (for athletics) |
Boone, Watauga County | 16,968 | Master's University | 1899 | 1972 | |
| East Carolina University |
ECU, East Carolina (for athletics) |
Greenville, Pitt County | 27,654 | Doctoral/Research University | 1907 | 1972 | |
| Elizabeth City State University |
ECSU | Elizabeth City, Pasquotank County | 3,264 | Baccalaureate College | 1891 | 1972 | |
| Fayetteville State University |
FSU | Fayetteville, Cumberland County | 6,283 | Master's University | 1867 | 1972 | |
| North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University |
NC A&T | Greensboro, Guilford County | 10,614 | Doctoral/Research University | 1891 | 1972 | |
| North Carolina Central University |
NCCU, NC Central (for athletics) |
Durham, Durham County | 8,587 | Master's University | 1909 | 1972 | |
| North Carolina School of Science and Mathematics | NCSSM | Durham, Durham County | 650 | - | 1980 | 2007 | |
| North Carolina State University at Raleigh |
NCSU, State, NC State, (for athletics) |
Raleigh, Wake County | 33,819 | Doctoral/Research University | 1887 | 1932 | |
| University of North Carolina at Asheville |
UNCA | Asheville, Buncombe County | 3,897 | Baccalaureate College | 1927 | 1969 | |
| University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill |
UNC-Chapel Hill, UNC North Carolina (for athletics) |
Chapel Hill, Orange County | 28,916 | Doctoral/Research University | 1789 | 1932 | |
| University of North Carolina at Charlotte |
UNC Charlotte, Charlotte (for athletics) |
Charlotte, Mecklenburg County | 24,701 | Doctoral/Research University | 1946 | 1965 | |
| University of North Carolina at Greensboro |
UNCG | Greensboro, Guilford County | 21,306 | Doctoral/Research University | 1891 | 1932 | |
| University of North Carolina at Pembroke |
UNCP | Pembroke, Robeson County | 6,661 | Master's University | 1887 | 1972 | |
| University of North Carolina at Wilmington |
UNCW | Wilmington, New Hanover County | 12,924 | Master's University | 1947 | 1969 | |
| University of North Carolina School of the Arts |
UNCSA | Winston-Salem, Forsyth County | 872 | Special Focus Institution | 1963 | 1972 | |
| Western Carolina University |
WCU, Western Carolina (for athletics) |
Cullowhee, Jackson County | 9,429 | Master's University | 1889 | 1972 | |
| Winston-Salem State University |
WSSU | Winston-Salem, Forsyth County | 6,427 | Baccalaureate College | 1892 | 1972 |
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