University of North Carolina at Wilmington University of North Carolina at Wilmington The University of North Carolina Wilmington (UNCW), sometimes referred to as UNC Wilmington or affectionately as The Dub, is a public university in Wilmington, North Carolina. UNCW enrolls 16,886 undergraduate, graduate and doctoral students each year as part of the 17-campus University of North Carolina System. UNCW opened its doors on September 4, 1947 as Wilmington College. At the time the school operated as a junior college, offering freshman-level courses to 238 students during the first school year, 75% of whom were veterans returning from military service following World War II. Under the control
University of North Carolina at Charlotte 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 from Uptown Charlotte. UNC Charlotte is the largest institution of higher education in the Charlotte region, which is the second-largest banking center in the United States. The University has experienced rapid enrollment growth of 33.4% over the past 10 years, making it the fastest-growing institution in the UNC System, and contributing to more than 50% of the system's growth since 2009. The city of Charlotte had sought a public university since 1871