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Explore Carolina

From research initiatives to student life and Tar Heel traditions, check out what’s going on at Carolina.

  • A global map, with a large blue star placed over Chapel Hill, N.C., and various lines pointing to smaller blue stars spread across the world to indicate where students traveled over the summer.

    Tar Heels experience the world this summer

    Carolina’s Global Guarantee supported students in study abroad programs, internships and other international learning opportunities.

  • A student holding up a Carolina Blue sticker reading

    The Heels are home

    For 8,000-plus students, the arrival of the fall semester marks the start of their Tar Heel journeys. For thousands more, it's a return to the place they've learned to love.

  • A crowd of students walking on campus in between classes at UNC-Chapel Hill.

    Meet a new Tar Heel

    Each time a new school year arrives, the number of Tar Heels grows larger as thousands of first-years, transfers and graduate students become a part of the Carolina community.

  • Incoming UNC-Chapel Hill students participating in an orientation activity and contorting their bodies to spell the letter

    Previewing life at Carolina

    At summer orientation, members of the Class of 2027 learned what being a Tar Heel is all about and shared their excitement for what’s ahead.

  • Jasmine Baker speaks into a headset from a press box at a baseball field.

    Tar Heels at work

    Summer is a great time for Tar Heels to take lessons learned in the classroom and apply them in professional settings, picking up valuable experience for their careers ahead.

  • Overhead view of a student working at a desk

    Making the most of summer

    Hundreds of incoming students, undergraduate students and graduate students have enriched their lives through Carolina's summer programs.

  • Art hanging from a line.

    The Arts at Carolina and in Chapel Hill

    Central to the Carolina experience, the arts at Carolina are vibrant thanks to our students, faculty and staff and community members.

  • Research center without walls

    Researchers at the North Carolina Collaboratory apply their academic research to find innovative, real-world solutions in service to the people of North Carolina.