This fall, the University of North Carolina System’s 16 universities welcomed 18,719 transfer students, an 8.2% increase since fall 2024, and the highest number on record. Of those, 10,840 students transferred from community colleges to UNC System institutions.
The UNC Board of Governors and the Committee on Budget and Finance will meet on Oct. 16, 2025, at the UNC System Office in Raleigh.
The UNC Board of Governors will host the UNC Boards of Trustees Workshop on Wednesday, Oct. 15, 2025 in Raleigh.
This fall, North Carolina’s public universities enrolled more than 23,000 military-affiliated students, a 6% increase since fall 2024. It’s the fourth consecutive year the UNC System has seen enrollment increase among this group, which includes veterans, active-duty military and students from military families.
The UNC System achieved record enrollment this fall, with the total number of students up 3.4% over 2024. For the first time, North Carolina’s public universities surpassed a quarter of a million students.
The UNC Board of Governors will meet in regular session on Sept. 18, 2025.
The UNC Board of Governors Committee on Budget and Finance will meet in special session on Sept. 15, 2025.
In the coming academic year, the University of North Carolina System will work to support mental health for K-12 students, with plans to train up to 420 future teachers and principals in Youth Mental Health First Aid.
North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University, the nation’s largest historically Black college or university, has formalized a new partnership with Project Kitty Hawk to power at least seven degree programs designed for adult learners.
Two University of North Carolina Board of Governors committees will be meeting in special session on Friday, Aug. 8, 2025.
Starting this fall, more than 62,000 North Carolina public high school seniors will be offered direct admission to select institutions in North Carolina as part of the NC College Connect program.
The UNC Board of Governors will meet in special session on Thursday, July 24, 2025.
The UNC System has named a select group of 36 participants to the sixth cohort of the Executive Leadership Institute.
More than 1 million people in North Carolina attended college but left before earning a degree or credential. The UNC System is working to welcome many of those people back to the classroom — and help them graduate – — by expanding its partnership with ReUp Education.
The UNC Board of Governors Committee on Budget and Finance will meet in special session on Wednesday, June 18, 2025.
Four recent graduates of University of North Carolina System institutions will serve as Presidential Scholars for the 2025-26 academic year.
Dr. S. Keith Hargrove, immediate past provost and senior vice president for academic affairs at Tuskegee University, was elected chancellor of Elizabeth City State University today by the UNC Board of Governors.
Dr. Jeffrey Stringer, the Clarke-Pearson Distinguished Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, has received the 2025 Oliver Max Gardner Award for his transformative work in maternal healthcare in low-resource settings around the world.
The UNC Board of Governors will meet in regular session on Thursday, May 15, 2025
The UNC Board of Governors Committee on University Personnel will meet in special session on Monday, May 12, 2025.
The UNC Board of Governors Presidential Assessment Committee will hold a special meeting on Tuesday, April 29, 2025.
The UNC Board of Governors will meet in regular on Thursday, April. 10, 2025, at the UNC System Office in Raleigh.
The UNC Board of Governors Committee on Budget and Finance will meet in special session at 10 a.m. on Monday, April 7, 2025.
The North Carolina Teaching Fellows Commission has selected 530 teaching fellows for the 2025-26 academic year – the highest number of awards since the program’s return in 2017.
Kevin Howell, a longtime higher education leader at NC State University, was elected its 15th chancellor today by the University of North Carolina Board of Governors.
The UNC Board of Governors Committee on University Personnel will hold a special virtual meeting on Tuesday, March 18, 2025.
Since 2016, the University of North Carolina Board of Governors has voted to keep tuition rates flat for resident undergraduates at all 16 of its universities. The University of North Carolina System, subject to a constitutional mandate to provide affordable, high-quality higher education for all North Carolinians, is committed to helping more students graduate on time, and with less debt.
Dr. Heather Hulburt Norris, who has served as interim chancellor at Appalachian State University since April of 2024, was elected the university’s next chancellor today by the UNC Board of Governors.
Dr. Angela Lamson of East Carolina University is the winner of the 2024 Governor James E. Holshouser, Jr. Award for Excellence in Public Service.
A college history, math, or science course should be challenging for students. But transferring to a public university should be easy. That’s why the University of North Carolina System has enacted rules to make those transfers easier for undergraduates.