Description
University of North Carolina at Greensboro
University of North Carolina at Greensboro
Features
The Basics
Setting | City |
School Type | USA University |
Housing | |
School Website | http://www.uncg.edu |
State | North Carolina |
Nearest City | Greensboro |
Year Founded | 1891 |
Admission Requirement | HK F.6 |
Academic Calendar | Fall, Spring & Summer |
Level Offered | |
Enrollment | ~14,000 undergraduate; 2,500 postgraduate |
International Students | |
Student-Teacher Ratio | |
Map |
Most Popular Majors (in descending order)
• Business Administration and Management
• Psychology
• Nursing
• Communications
• Liberal Arts and Humanities
• Kinesiology and Exercise Science
• Sociology
• Biology
• Human Development
• English
Academic schools & programs
College of Arts & Sciences
Joseph M. Bryan School of Business & Economics
School of Education
School of Health and Human Sciences
Joint School of Nanoscience & Nanoengineering (one of the first such schools in the nation)
School of Music, Theatre & Dance
School of Nursing, Continual Learning
Graduate School, Warren Ashby Residential College and Lloyd International Honors College
Student Profile
75 percent of the students are undergraduates. While 89 percent are from North Carolina, the rest come from 45 other states and over 90 foreign countries. About 30 percent of the students live on campus.
Campus Facilities
A 10-story air-conditioned Jackson Library
Elliott University Center
A 2,300-seat Aycock Auditorium
Campus art center
State-of-the-art music building
Language clubs
Media clubs
2 gymnasiums
Tennis courts
6 practice golf greens
Student Recreation Center – it has amazing facilities that include an indoor pool, a rock climbing wall, and racquetball courts.
Student Life
UNCG students can get involved by joining about 200 organizations, including numerous fraternities and sororities. Student athletes can play at the intramural and club levels or try out for the UNCG Spartans varsity sports teams, which compete in the NCAA Division I Southern Conference.
Students like to go sports games, outdoor adventures during the weekend, and attending shows and concerts. Some like to have a cup of coffee at one of the local shops, enjoying wonderful performances by the great music and arts department, and walking around the beautiful campus.
Others might like the gaming center, a room devoted solely to the enjoyment of video games.
Many local students also like to interact with the international students, and eat.
Community Services
The office of Leadership and Service Learning offers students plenty of opportunities to get involved at UNCG and in the community through service learning and volunteer opportunities, including:
Tutoring and teaching at local schools
Garden and yard work in local community areas
Meal preparation and serving
Campus Buildings
Quad
Popular place for students get around, for food and fun.
The Fountain
It is a landmark on UNCG’s campus, and is a common meeting place for student groups. Visible from parts of the quad all the way to the Elliot University Center and from above in the Jackson Library and “the Caf,” the large steps and platform around the fountain are frequently home to demonstrations, performances, and fraternity/sorority functions.
Clock Towers
Students at the University also uphold the tradition of not walking beneath the four-faced clock tower located near the Rawk. It is said that those who walk under the clock will not graduate on time, and some students believe in this almost religiously, avoiding the bricks around the clock tower as well.
Stone Building
Students like to stroll in front of this building.
Taylor Garden
Taylor Garden, situated between the Elliott University Center and the Alumni House, is a quiet spot to study or meet friends.
Spartan Village
Apart from traditional residence hall, this Is a collection of four residence halls located across Lee Street and featuring apartment-style living for undergraduate students.
Weatherspoon Art Museum
This nationally renowned museum inside features one of the largest and most impressive collections of modern American art in the country.
Greensboro – About the city
It is the state’s third largest city and is a dynamic city, offering a splendid setting for a university. Greensboro has been rated by a national survey as the nation’s second most attractive place to live, based on climate, health, transportation, crime rate and prosperity.
Situated midway between Washington, DC, and Atlanta, Georgia, Greensboro is one hour’s drive from the Research Triangle (including Chapel Hill), two hours from the mountains, and about three hours from the Outer Banks and other beaches. In return, UNCG has enriched Greensboro with its widely diversified academic community for more than one hundred years.
*The greater Triad area, comprising Greensboro, Winston-Salem and High Point, has a population approaching one million.