Chartered in 1789, the University of North Carolina was one of the first public universities in the United States and the only one to graduate students in the eighteenth century. Originally comprising a single campus in Chapel Hill, today it is a multi-campus system composed of all 16 of North Carolina's public universities, as well as the NC School of Science and Mathematics, the nation's first public residential high school for gifted students. Commonly referred to as the University of North Carolina system or the UNC system to differentiate it from the original campus in Chapel Hill, the university system has a total enrollment of over 183,000 students and confers over 75% of all bachelor degrees in North Carolina in 2008. UNC system campuses conferred 43,686 degrees for 2008–2009, the bulk of which were Bachelor's level with 31,055 degrees awarded.

Das System der University of North Carolina setzt sich aus 16 Hochschulen an diversen Standorten im US-Bundesstaat North Carolina zusammen. Das staatliche Universitäts-System bietet eine gute Ausbildung bei gleichzeitig niedrigen Studiengebühren.

L'université de Caroline du Nord () est une université américaine répartie sur 16 différents campus, le plus connu étant celui de l'Université de Caroline du Nord à Chapel Hill.

Nordkarolinas universitet i Chapel Hill (engelska University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill), eller UNC, är ett universitet i Chapel Hill i den amerikanska delstaten Nordkarolina. Universitetet grundades 1789.