About North Carolina State University

North Carolina State University, one of the nation's leading state universities, is in Raleigh, the capital of North Carolina. A metropolitan city of more than 250,000 people, Raleigh is a center of education, government, commerce, and cultural affairs.

The University was founded under the federal Morrill Act of 1862, which provided public land endowments to establish a college in each state. As a land-grant university, North Carolina State University provides broad academic offerings and opportunities for extensive public involvement. Its activities reach national and international proportions through large-scale academic, research, and extension programs.

The rich and varied academic programs include some 23 bachelor of arts and 73 bachelor of science programs, 91 master's degree fields, and 54 doctoral degrees. A large number of course opportunities are available through video-based instruction in all 100 of North Carolina's counties.

The NCSU College of Engineering is among the 10 largest engineering schools in the nation with an undergraduate enrollment of over 6,000 and a graduate enrollment of over 1,200. The College of Engineering offers undergraduate and graduate degree programs in computer science and in nine major engineering disciplines: biological, chemical, civil, electrical and computer, industrial, materials, mechanical and aerospace, nuclear, and textile engineering.

The College of Engineering has more than 200 full-time faculty members who teach some 255 undergraduate and 335 graduate courses. In 1994 the faculty in the College of Engineering received over $32 million in funding for 225 research projects.

For more information on NC State University, see the NCSU Home Page