The University of North Carolina at Pembroke is a Master' s-level university with a vibrant community of more than 7,100 students.
With a wide array of bachelor's and master's degree offerings, fantastic Pembroke faculty, and a diverse community of cultures, ideas, and organizations at their fingertips, UNCP students are poised to excel in life.
Each student is an individual at UNCP. Our students get a chance to make names for themselves – to stand out in a warm and welcoming community that wants them to succeed – and experience a rare combination of opportunities, cultures, and ideas that can't be found anywhere else.
Located in the Southeast North Carolina town of Pembroke, UNCP has a rich American Indian history and is one of the safest campuses in the University of North Carolina system. With small class sizes, a low student-faculty ratio, and one of the most diverse campuses in the nation, UNCP is a growing university that empowers students to go on to live vibrant, fulfilling lives.
Pembroke now serves a distinctly diverse student body and encourages inclusion and appreciation for all people's values. UNC Pembroke exists to promote excellence in teaching and learning, at the master's and undergraduate levels, in an environment of free inquiry, interdisciplinary collaboration, and rigorous intellectual standards.
Our diversity and commitment to personalized teaching uniquely prepare our students for rewarding careers, postgraduate education, leadership roles, and fulfilling lives. We cultivate an international perspective, rooted in our service to and appreciation of our multi-ethnic regional society, which prepares citizens for engagement in the global community. Students are encouraged to participate in activities that develop their intellectual curiosity and mold them into responsible stewards of the world.
UNCP faculty and staff are dedicated to active student learning, engaged scholarship, high academic standards, creative activity, and public service. We celebrate our heritage as we enhance the region's intellectual, cultural, economic, and social life.
The University of North Carolina at Pembroke will challenge students to embrace differences, adapt to change, think critically, communicate effectively, and become responsible citizens. Working from a strong foundation in the liberal arts, we will increase opportunities to infuse our curriculum with interdisciplinary innovation while promoting undergraduate and graduate research and international options.
The University of North Carolina at Pembroke gives its students a strong foundation in the liberal arts – the arts, humanities, natural, and social sciences – to help UNCP students become learning experts. With 41 undergraduate and 18 graduate programs, as well as countless internship opportunities, you'll be an active and engaged learner at UNCP. Your excellent critical-thinking skills, paired with sound reasoning, writing, and communication abilities, will give you the confidence you need to navigate life's adventures.
Through their participation in research, UNC Pembroke's faculty, students, and staff embrace engaged scholarship as a means to further the Institution's mission to "enhance the intellectual, cultural, economic, and social life of the region."
Research not only invigorates our campus's intellectual climate but also serves to improve the quality of life in our community and region. As our undergraduate and graduate students work alongside our scientists, scholars, and artists, they gain requisite skills for successful careers that will allow them to drive knowledge and innovation for everyone's future.
When you become a student at The University of North Carolina at Pembroke, you're joining a vibrant community of Braves that actively engages the world. We challenge ourselves to grow each day and strive to achieve great things, not only for ourselves individually, but for our university too.
You can embody the spirit of the Brave, too. When you experience our more than 80 campus organizations, thriving NCAA Division II athletics programs, and a welcoming spirit unlike any other, it won't take long to see what being a Brave is all about.
Pembroke's commitment to offering students adequate education possible has a profound effect on the kinds of things you will experience. At UNCP, you will have a chance to collaborate with professors on projects, use sophisticated pieces of equipment and write papers and theses under the guidance of faculty interested in you and your work. As a result, Pembroke students report high satisfaction levels with their programs and professors— and terrific job placements.
Our strong emphasis on the liberal arts – the arts, humanities, natural, and social sciences – will help you become a learning expert. When life throws a problem at you with no clear-cut solution, you'll have the edge you need to be successful.
With countless opportunities to learn, explore and strengthen the skills you care about most, as well as the benefits that come from small class sizes, excellent faculty, and a tightly-knit community that cares, UNC Pembroke students get a unique opportunity to make a name for themselves here.
Our faculty and staff are some of the best you'll find anywhere. With nearly 60 percent of our instructors holding at least a Ph.D., they're an incredibly knowledgeable teaching professional group. They are truly willing to go the extra mile to make sure their students are successful. Nearly half of our classes have fewer than 20 students. Classes aren't held in massive auditoriums, allowing students to find the personal attention they need to truly build on and master the concepts key to their success.
UNC Pembroke calls the small town of Pembroke, N.C., home. It's a welcoming community that cares about you and ultimately wants to help you meet your goals in life. That sentiment is echoed by our students, faculty, and an administration that wakes up every morning, striving to achieve success. You'll have all the support you need to thrive at UNC Pembroke.
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