2021 Ultimate Homecoming Experience
Get ready for the return of the Ultimate Homecoming Experience, Oct. 31 – Nov. 6, with multiple events for students, faculty and staff, alumni and friends!
North Carolina Central University
Featured Message
Preparing for Success in a Global Marketplace
Grounded in a legacy of 111 years of excellence, NCCU offers top-ranked programs in disciplines including the sciences, law, business and education.
Crush COVID Competition
The competition is on between NCCU and N.C. A&T State University to crush COVID-19 from July 1 to Sept. 17, 2021! The university with the most campus members vaccinated will receive bragging rights and a trophy at the Eagle-Aggie Football Game on Sept. 25, 2021.
COVID-19 Updates
NCCU is monitoring developments related to Coronavirus 2019, or COVID-19, closely. Learn important information about how the university is responding, review preventative measures and view resources from local, state, national and international agencies.
Tour NCCU Virtually Today
Experience the sloping hills and verdant green of North Carolina Central University. Discover special places on campus—including our classrooms, laboratories, residence halls and more. Our virtual tour is available 24 hours a day, seven days a week, and can be accessed from the comfort of your home.
NCCU in the News
National Science Foundation Invests $50 Million in Two University-Based Quantum Science Institutes
(Forbes)
Penn State Partners with Two Universities for Diversity in Materials Research
(The National Tribune)
North Carolina Central Sends Message in Shifting MEAC Landscape
(Sports Illustrated)
TNT Teams with Michael B. Jordan & WME Sports to Air HBCU Men’s College Basketball Showcase
(Yahoo! Entertainment)
College Athletes Are Doubling as Competitive Gamers after the COVID-19 Pandemic Halted Some College Sports Last Year
(Market Insider)
Trainees Explore Biomedical Careers during NIEHS Symposium
(Environmental Factor)
For more than a century, NC Central has prepared students to transform communities.
We made the commitment as the nation's first public liberal arts institution for African American students. We sustain it as a future-focused modern university.
Top-Ranked Programs and World-Class Faculty
As one of the nation’s preeminent community-engaged universities, we have produced leaders who are in touch with the world around them for more than 110 years. Students can discover NCCU’s competitive educational opportunities and graduate positioned for success in a number of industries.
Leading the Way
Johnson O. Akinleye, Ph.D., was elected as the 12th Chancellor of North Carolina Central University on June 26, 2017. Through his leadership, Dr. Akinleye has worked to expand the university’s academic partnerships, including new agreements with community colleges, and introduced to the campus a robust online, distance-education program (NCCU Online), K-12 initiatives, and a security strategy to increase safety for campus constituents.
Our Community
Efhe Ikharo and Derrick Stanfield
NCCU junior Efhe Ikharo and senior Derrick Stanfield have been named as 2021 HBCU Scholars by the White House Initiative on Historically Black Colleges and Universities, a program that recognizes outstanding student performance in higher education.
Charles Denton Johnson, Ph.D.
NCCU Department of History Assistant Professor Charles Denton Johnson, Ph.D., will be the principal investigator on a $148,817 grant from the American Council of Learned Societies (ACLS) to document the history of the Bragtown community in Durham.
Kevonne Holloway
Kevonne Holloway, ’00, was recently named managing director for Global Education, Reference and Continuity at Elsevier, an international leader in medical, and scientific information and analytics.
NC Central News
Students from the NCCU departments of Music and Dance will provide live performances on campus and in the local community during the month of October.
Clinical research science majors are getting a chance to move outside the classroom and into real-world laboratory settings through the IDEA Grant, a program of the Research Triangle Foundation.
North Carolina Central University held a news conference today, Sept. 20, 2021, as a follow up to an incident that occurred on Saturday, Sept. 18, 2021. Neither of the victims were students at NCCU.
Upcoming Events
Oct
01
University Choir members will sing under the stars with a special rendition of “Over My Head I Hear Music in the Air."
Oct
09
Students from NCCU’s Dance Program will perform “Memory Is Ritual: A Remembrance of Ourselves."
Oct
31
Save the date for the return of NCCU's Ultimate Homecoming Experience, Oct. 31 to Nov. 6, 2021.