North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University

Inception: 1891 land-grant university. One of America’s leading Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs).

Focus: top producer of African American engineers and technologists. Nationally accredited AACSB School of Business & Economics. School of Agriculture and Environmental Sciences, largest among HBCUs. Interdisciplinary programs in international studies, entrepreneurship, and motorsports.

Legacy: civil rights. Four black A&T freshmen, the Greensboro Four, sat down and requested service at the segregated Woolworth’s lunch counter on February 1, 1960. Jibreel Khazan (formerly Ezell Blair Jr.) Franklin McCain Sr., Joseph McNeil and the late David Richmond’s courageous act of civil disobedience is credited with beginning the movement which played a prominent role in the sit-ins of the 1960s.

 

Location: 1601 East Market Street, Greensboro, North Carolina, 27411. Located 300 miles south of Washington, D.C. and 349 miles north of Atlanta. Campus is located in the heart of the Piedmont Triad east of Charlotte and west of Raleigh/Durham.

Type of institution: public interdisciplinary university within the University of North Carolina System (UNC).

Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching Classification: High Research Activity University

Vision: North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University is a learner-centered community that develops and preserves intellectual capital through interdisciplinary learning, discovery, engagement, and operational excellence.

 

Colleges and Schools

  • School of Agriculture and Environmental Sciences
  • College of Arts and Sciences
  • School of Business and Economics
  • School of Education
  • School of Technology
  • College of Engineering
  • School of Nursing
  • School of Graduate Studies

Degree programs:baccalaureate, master's and doctoral levels. More than 99 undergraduate degree programs, more than 50 master's degree programs, and Ph.D. degrees in mechanical, electrical and industrial engineering, energy and environmental studies, and leadership studies.

Deans

Waltrene Canada Library Services
Quiester Craig School of Business and Economics
Joseph Graves Division of University Studies
Patricia Price Lea School of Nursing
Thomas Hassell Graduate Studies
Joseph Monroe College of Engineering
Michael Plater College of Arts and Sciences
Alton Thompson School of Agriculture and Environmental Sciences
Lelia Vickers School of Education
Earnest Walker (Interim) School of Technology

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