University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

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Chartered in 1789, the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill is the oldest public university in the United States, as well as the flagship campus for the 17-member UNC system. It is also the eleventh largest research university in the United States, conducting $1.1 billion worth of sponsored research activity and performing 62% of all UNC system research. Home to fifty research centers, 30,000 students, two Nobel Laureates, and over 150 faculty members of National Societies, UNC is one of only eight public institutions in the country to rank in the top 25 of all measures of excellence.

Source: research.unc.edu

The Old Well in early September on the campus of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. | © The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 2015