University of North Carolina at Greensboro College Portrait

The University of North Carolina at Greensboro is one of the sixteen campuses of The University of North Carolina, the birthplace of public higher education in America. Administered by President Erskine Bowles and overseen by The UNC Board of Governors, each campus is headed by its own chancellor and Board of Trustees.

For more than a century, The University of North Carolina at Greensboro has been educating students from North Carolina, the nation, and the world. Our nationally recognized programs and faculty, combined with a diverse range of opportunities for the development of a student's interests and leadership skills, make the UNCG experience a uniquely enriching and challenging one. The success of our graduates serves as testimony to the effectiveness of a UNCG education. They are widely respected by potential employers as well as graduate and professional schools. UNCG alumni are noted for their life-long contributions to their professions and service to their communities. Daily they act to fulfill UNCG's motto of "service."

The University of North Carolina Greensboro is classified by The Carnegie Foundation as a Doctoral/Research-Intensive University. The University was established in 1891 and became coeducational in 1963. The 210-acre campus is located 1 mile from the center of Greensboro, a city of 258,671. The Greensboro/Winston-Salem/High Point Combined Statistical Area has a population of approximately 1,535,926.