where is north carolina university

The university most people mean by “North Carolina University” is the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, a public research university located in the town of Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States.

UNC–Chapel Hill’s campus sits on about 760 acres in Chapel Hill, which is in the central part of the state, roughly between the cities of Raleigh and Durham in what’s known as the Research Triangle. When you see “University of North Carolina” without a city name, it almost always refers to this Chapel Hill campus, even though there is a larger UNC System with many campuses across the state.

There are also other “University of North Carolina” campuses, such as the University of North Carolina at Charlotte in the city of Charlotte, North Carolina, so sometimes people use “North Carolina university” loosely and mean one of these specific branches.