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- The legislature chartered the University of North Carolina in 1789, and construction on the campus in Chapel Hill began in 1793. The university became the first public institution of higher learning in the U.S. to open its doors in 1795 when it completed construction on its first building, Old East, and admitted its first students.
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The University of North Carolina was the first public university in the nation. In 1789, William Richardson Davie wrote the act that established the University. In 1793, he and fellow trustees laid the cornerstone of the first building, Old East.
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The title of oldest public university in the United States is claimed by three universities: the University of Georgia, the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, and the College of William and Mary.
The first public institution of higher education in North Carolina, the school opened on February 12, 1795. Until the 1970s, the university was simply known as the University of North Carolina.
The university was named a Public Ivy by Richard Moll in his 1985 book The Public Ivies: A Guide to America's Best Public Undergraduate Colleges and Universities, and in later guides by Howard and Matthew Greene.
The First Public University. William Richardson Davie laid the cornerstone of Old East at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill — the first public university in America — on October 12, 1793, charting the course of American higher education. Read the complete Carolina Story….
Opening its doors to students in 1795, the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill upholds the distinction of being one of the oldest public universities in the country and the first public university to award degrees during the eighteenth century.
The university was chartered (that is, given permission to operate) by the state of North Carolina in 1789, and the university welcomed its first student in 1795. It was the first public university in the colonies—and therefore in the entire United States.
