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The 2024 Respect the Pack mural.

Campus Life

Discover NC State

There's so much to experience during your first week at NC State — where do you start? Our guide will help you settle into campus, connect with new friends and prepare to thrive in college. (Oh, and the week ends with a giant street festival. So definitely don't miss that.)

Help Honor Chancellor Woodson

After more than 14 years as NC State’s chancellor, Randy Woodson has announced his intention to retire.

Join us as we recognize our chancellor’s living legacy of leadership and service, celebrate the transformation he helped to create, and look to the future.

Think and Do With Us

An NC State education is the key to whatever door you want to open. We offer more than 100 undergraduate majors and more than 200 master’s and doctoral programs. Our students graduate ready for successful careers and meaningful lives.

Our Pack is strong, and we’re always looking for more thinkers and doers from all over the world to help us get even stronger.

Top 1% Worldwide

The Center for World University Rankings puts NC State among the best universities on the planet.

#5 Best Value Among U.S. Public Universities

U.S. News & World Report

We are so back. 🐺🐾‼️ It’s #Packapalooza! We’re capping off #NCStateWWW with an all-day block party celebrating the return of you, our Wolfpack. Meet you on Hillsborough Street from now ‘til 10 p.m.!
Did y’all hear that? 💥🔊

Enjoying the sights and ✨sounds✨ of #NCStateWWW so far — especially during @ncstatewellrec’s annual RecFest.

📆 Up next:
▪️ Student Involvement Fair
▪️ Packapalooza™️
🔗 Full schedule at the link in @ncstatedasa’s bio.

See Yourself Here

NC State’s campus is full of legendary landmarks, beautiful outdoor spaces, state-of-the-art facilities and ways to find — and celebrate with — your community. It’s a place to live, learn and thrive.

We Solve Problems

At NC State, we focus on real-world solutions for real-world problems. Our university is a research powerhouse where experts — and budding experts — work together across disciplines to make a difference in the world.

Whether we’re advancing quantum computing, creating wearable technology solutions, uncovering the causes of liver cancer or creating artificial intelligence tools, we’re always driving innovation.