UNC Charlotte is a dynamic research university committed to high quality graduate and undergraduate education. The University has recently opened a number of new academic buildings with state of the art classrooms and laboratories on the beautiful, wooded 1000-acre campus located in dynamic Charlotte. A wide array of bachelor's, master's, and doctoral degrees are offered in the College of Arts and Sciences and six professional colleges---Architecture, Business, Computing and Informatics, Education, Engineering, and Health and Human Services.  UNC Charlotte is renowned for business-university partnerships engaged in applied research in exciting fields such as optoelectronics, precision engineering, and information technology, involving undergraduate and graduate students in cutting-edge real-world research.