The University of North Carolina system was established in 1789. After the establishment of the branch, the original name was changed to the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, founded in 1789, is one of the top research universities in the world. This university is one of the three earliest public universities in American history and one of the five largest public universities. It is called "Palace X Ivy" and "New Ivy". Together with the University of California at Berkeley and the University of Michigan at ann arbor, it represents the highest level of public universities in the United States.
Faculty and alumni include 9 Nobel Prize winners, 23 Pulitzer Prize winners and 49 Rhodes scholars. Other famous alumni include a US president, a US vice president, 38 US governors, 98 US congressmen, 9 cabinet members, 39 Henry Luce scholars, 3 astronauts and founders and CEOs of many Fortune 500 companies.