University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
 The Old Well | |
| Motto | Lux libertas |
|---|---|
| Type | Public |
| Established | 1789 |
| Endowment | $2.2 billion |
| Chancellor | Carol Folt |
| President | Erskine Bowles |
| Students | 28,136 |
| Undergraduates | 17,628 |
| Postgraduates | 8,177 |
| Location | Chapel Hill , , |
| Campus | Suburban |
| Nickname | Tar Heels |
| Mascot | Rameses the Sheep |
| Website | www.unc.edu |
| References:[1][2][3] | |
The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (UNC) is a university in Chapel Hill, North Carolina. It was founded in 1789. UNC is one of three schools that claim to be the oldest public university in the United States. To be more exact, UNC is the first school in the U.S. to hold classes and graduate students as a public institution; it began teaching students in 1795 and graduated its first students in 1798. (The University of Georgia was founded in 1785, but did not start teaching classes until 1801; The College of William & Mary was founded in 1693 and taught students at that time, but did not become a public school until 1906.)
References
[change | change source]- ↑ "Quick Facts". UNC News Services. 2007. Archived from the original on 2004-09-07. Retrieved 2008-05-23.
- ↑ "Organizational Chart" (PDF). UNC Office of the Chancellor. 2007. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2009-06-24. Retrieved 2008-05-23.
- ↑ "Student Data". UNC Office of Institutional Research and Assessment. 2007. Archived from the original on 2008-09-07. Retrieved 2008-05-23.
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