University of North Carolina Wilmington

It is part of the University of North Carolina system and enrolls 18,848 undergraduate and graduate students each year.

The school became a four-year liberal arts college in 1963, following legislation from the North Carolina General Assembly.

At the time, it operated as a junior college offering freshman-level courses to 238 students during the first school year, 77% of whom were veterans returning from military service following World War II.

The Fiske Guide to Colleges, U.S. News & World Report and The Princeton Review are among the publications that have included UNCW in their rankings of universities.

[16] The expansion added study spaces, computing stations, the data Visualization and Analysis Lab, an expanded MakerStudio, an exhibit gallery and other resources.

[17] The expansion project started construction in May 2022 and resulted in a three-story addition of roughly 80,000 square feet.

Some notable Lumina events included a multi-part, high-definition screening of BBC's Planet Earth series over the span of several weekends, and a yearly 24-hour movie marathon called Hawk-In.

[25][26] Loggerhead and Terrapin Halls were completed in 2021 and consist of 775 bed spaces, mainly for first- and second-year students in semi-suite style.

Adjacent to Schwartz Hall are the University Suites, and the Fraternity and Sorority Village, which consist of seven pod-style buildings housing 400 students.

[36] Seahawk Landing contains similar two, three, and four bedroom apartments, with a combined 662 students living in seven buildings.

Seahawk Landing contains a pool, accessible only to residents, with a convenience market open to the public.

[38] Fraternities and sororities have continued to grow at UNCW with membership now around 9.8% percent of the overall student population,[39] falling slightly below the national average.

The National Pan-Hellenic Council has 6 historically black organizations, three fraternities and three sororities.

They are NCAA's Division I members fielding 18 teams, 8 varsity athletic teams for men (baseball, basketball, cross country, golf, soccer, swimming, tennis, track & field) and 10 for women (basketball, cross country, golf, soccer, softball, swimming, tennis, track & field, volleyball, beach volleyball).

Main entrance on South College Road
Arches next to Morton and Leutze halls
Cameron Hall, the main building of the Cameron School of Business
Main entrance of Randall Library
Construction of the Randall Library annex in July 2023
Chancellor's Walk, the center of campus, around midafternoon
Leutze Lake and the campus clock tower at the end of Chancellor's Walk
Entrance of Brooks Field