Knowee
Questions
Features
Study Tools
4.2
Overall Quality
Reputation
4.7
Food
3.6
Clubs
4.3
Facilities
4.3
Internet
3.8
Location
4.3
Opportunities
4.5
Safety
4
Social
4.3
Happiness
4.3

Basic Information

Location

  • Chapel Hill, NC

Institution Overview

  • Public/Private: Public research university
  • Established: December 11, 1789; 234 years ago (1789-12-11)
  • Founder: William Richardson Davie

Academic information

Degree Courses

  • Over 70 courses of study

Key Area

  • Biomedical Engineering
  • Superfund Research and Arsenic Reduction
  • Health Sciences Research
  • Translational and Mechanistic Research
  • Interdisciplinary Undergraduate Research

Student and Staff Numbers

  • Students: 32,234 (Fall 2023)
  • Undergraduates: 20,681 (Fall 2023)
  • Postgraduates: 11,553 (Fall 2023)
  • Academic Staff: 4,234 (Fall 2023)

Notable Alumni

  • Michael Jordan
  • Andy Griffith
  • Mia Hamm
  • Erskine Bowles
  • John Edwards

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Students talk about this school

Good reviews
Overall 5
Yasss Chapel Hill
Overall 5
UNC is hands down the best University in the nation! If you have the opportunity to attend, take it! I promise you will not regret your decision!
Overall 5
UNC really provides so many opportunities for students, stuffs and faculties! Great weather, have to mention it!
Overall 5
great
Overall 5
This is the greatest school on earth.
Overall 5
best years off my life, will definitely miss it.
Overall 5
best school
Overall 5
BEST. SCHOOL. EVER.
Overall 4.9
UNC is a great University. I'm an international student and I studied here during the COVID -19 pandemic. The support received during this period was good, they did not discriminate my Non-citizen status and I felt very well. Professors are good mentors and my partners at School were very friendly. I really recommend UNC for International Students.
Overall 4.9
UNC-CH is definitely one of the best schools in the country. Everyone who gets in is dedicated to learning and wants to be there. The sports, especially this year boosts the mood and makes you feel proud to be a Tar-Heel. My family has gone here for generations and that wouldn't happen if it weren't an amazing place to be.
Bad reviews
Overall 1.1
Very poor bio and chem professors. Most of them can not teach, but will give exam problems based off of their research. Other departments are okay, but extremely poor Biology and Chem professors. It is sad you that no matter how much you study, the exams are totally unrelated.
Overall 1.4
chapel hill more like FLOP-el hill
Overall 1.4
The chemistry department is terrible. They have a flipped classroom system just to allow for laziness. Professors teach one thing the exam is another. Pretty unbelievable how bad professors can be
Overall 1.8
You have to be political correct and there is no real freedom speech whatsoever. It is in a hillbilly town where people think they are cool. The parking is absolutely horrible! Don’t follow the social media hyper liberal narrative. Come and feel the campus and this place if you have chance for summer school or study abroad opportunity.
Overall 1.9
From an out-of-state perspective, there is absolutely nothing special about UNC. If anything it is much less than you would get at another university for the same price - speaking from experience. Main drawbacks are food, facilities, and workload some professors feel they need to assign.