The University of North Carolina Chapel Hill is the flagship public research university of North Carolina and the oldest public university in the United States, founded in 1789 and located in Chapel Hill at the heart of the Research Triangle. It consistently ranks among the top public universities nationally and internationally across a broad range of disciplines. Programs in computer science, data science, environmental science, statistics and analytics, applied sciences, and information science reflect the breadth of its STEM and computational offerings, and the university operates major research centers in data analytics, environmental modeling, and materials science. UNC's research enterprise generates hundreds of millions of dollars annually in sponsored funding from federal agencies, pharmaceutical companies, and technology firms clustered in the Research Triangle Park. Graduates are among the most successful in the country, pursuing doctoral programs at elite institutions and careers in technology, data science, environmental research, and government science policy.

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