UNC Charlotte awarded R1 Carnegie classification, the highest recognition for research universities

The University of North Carolina at Charlotte has been awarded esteemed Research 1 – or R1 –  status by the Carnegie Classification of Institutions of Higher Education. It is the highest recognition that a doctoral university can receive. 

The prestigious classification, indicating “very high research activity,” affirms UNC Charlotte as an elite research institution. With this designation, Charlotte (and East Carolina University, whose R1 designation is also announced today) joins the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, North Carolina State University and Duke University as the only universities in North Carolina in this category.