History
A body was established within 1932 as the Consolidated University of N Carolina by using trio campuses; threesome thomas more were added in the Sixties. It assumed its present title July 1, 1972, with a incorporation of the left 10 state-supported little joe-month institutions. Its todays members & a years where it became section of the patterns come:

Appalachian State University (Boone) - 1972 East Carolina University (Greenville) - 1972 Elizabeth City State University (Elizabeth City) - 1972 Fayetteville State University (Fayetteville) - 1972 North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University (Greensboro) - 1972 North Carolina Central University (Durham) - 1972 North Carolina School of the Arts (Winston-Salem) - 1972 North Carolina State University (Raleigh) - 1932 University of North Carolina at Asheville - 1969 University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill - 1932 University of North Carolina at Charlotte - 1965 University of North Carolina at Greensboro - 1932 University of North Carolina at Pembroke - 1972 University of North Carolina at Wilmington - 1969 Western Carolina University (Cullowhee) - 1972 Winston-Salem State University (Winston-Salem) - 1972 North Carolina School of Science and Mathematics (Durham) - 1980 (residential high school, an attached institution)

Presidents
Consolidated University of North Carolina

Frank Porter Graham (1932-1949) William D. Carmichael (acting president, 1949-1950) Gordon Gray (1950-1955) J. Harris Purks (acting president, 1955-1956) William C. Friday (acting president, 1956-1957; president, 1957-1972)

University of North Carolina System
William C. Friday (1972-1986) C. D. Spangler (1986-1997) Molly Corbett Broad (1997-2006) Erskine Boyce Bowles (2006-)