Carolinas a public school. How good can it be?
In a word, great. At Carolina we draw strength from several unusual and powerful combinations. We’re both the oldest public university in the nation and one of the leading research universities in the world. We offer an elite education in a non-elitist environment — a community known for its friendliness and its commitment to the public good. We pursue state-of-the-art research, including research in the basic and applied sciences, while maintaining the feel and the focus of an outstanding liberal-arts college. We serve our home state while opening our doors to the rest of the nation and the world. Most of these combinations, to one extent or another, derive at least in part from our status as a state-supported institution. Taken together, they make us a better, stronger, and much more interesting place — a place with a unique feel, a strong sense of mission, and a vibrant intellectual heritage.
