University of North Carolina at Charlotte
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Former names
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Charlotte Center of the University of North Carolina (1946–1949) Charlotte College (1949–1965) |
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| Type | Public |
| Established | 1946 |
| Endowment | US$181.5 million |
| Chancellor | Philip L. Dubois |
| Provost | Joan Lorden |
| Vice-Chancellor | Arthur Jackson |
| Dean | Christine Reed Davis |
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Academic staff
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1,456 |
| Students | 28,721 |
| Undergraduates | 23,284 |
| Postgraduates | 5,138 |
| Location | Charlotte, North Carolina, U.S. |
| Campus | Suburban 1,000 acres (4 km²) |
| Colors | Green and White |
| Athletics | NCAA Division I – C-USA |
| Sports | 17 varsity sports |
| Nickname | 49ers |
| Mascot | Norm the Niner |
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UNC System APLU CUMU ORAU |
| Website | www |
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| University rankings | |
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| National | |
| Forbes | 488 |
| U.S. News & World Report | 194 |
| Washington Monthly | 122 |
The University of North Carolina at Charlotte, also known as UNC Charlotte, UNCC, or Charlotte, is a public research university located in Charlotte, North Carolina, United States. UNC Charlotte offers 21 doctoral, 64 master's, and 90 bachelor's degree programs through nine colleges: the College of Arts + Architecture, the College of Liberal Arts & Sciences, the Belk College of Business, the College of Computing and Informatics, the Cato College of Education, the William States Lee College of Engineering, the College of Health and Human Services, the Honors College, and the University College.
UNC Charlotte has three campuses: Charlotte Research Institute Campus, Center City Campus, and the main campus, located in University City. The main campus sits on 1,000 wooded acres with approximately 85 buildings about 8 miles (13 km) from Uptown Charlotte.
The university is the largest institution of higher education in the Charlotte region, which is the second largest banking center in the United States.
The city of Charlotte had sought a public university since 1871 but was never able to sustain one. For years, the nearest state-supported university was 90 miles (140 km) away. The city submitted a bid in the late 1880s for what would become North Carolina State University, but lost to the city of Raleigh after a local farmer offered to donate land for the campus. In 1946, the city sought a state-run medical school; instead, the state expanded the existing two-year school at UNC-Chapel Hill.
On September 23, 1946, the State of North Carolina opened the Charlotte Center of the University of North Carolina with an enrollment of 278 students. It was founded to serve the education needs of returning World War II veterans. Like many of the United States' "post–World War II" universities, it owes its inception to the G.I. Bill and its effects on public education. In 1949, when the state began closing the centers, the Charlotte Center was taken over by the city school district and became Charlotte College, a two-year institution. It was first funded by student tuition payments, then by local property taxes. Classes were held at Central High School near uptown Charlotte, but by 1957, enrollment increased to 492, and the school's leaders began searching for a permanent site for the campus. They decided on a 250-acre (1 km²) tract of land northeast of the city near the Cabarrus County border. The college became state-supported in 1958 upon joining the newly formed North Carolina Community College System and moved to its current location in 1961.
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