Grounded in a legacy of 110 years of excellence, NCCU offers top-ranked programs in disciplines including the sciences, law, business and education.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Jawan Davidson
NCCU Department of Music student Jawan Davidson was awarded a $10,000 scholarship by the Recording Academy’s Black Music Collective (BMC) and Amazon Music’s Your Future Is Now initiative.
Kristi Vincent Johnson, Ed.D.
NCCU assistant professor and director of dance Kristi Vincent Johnson, Ed.D., has been named a North Carolina Campus Compact Engaged Faculty Scholar and is the first scholar representing an HBCU since the program’s founding in 2015.
Johnny Green Jr.
NCCU alumnus Nelson Cooper, ’15, has channeled his passion for baseball to co-establish an organization that introduces underserved youth to the sport.
New Graduate Student Orientation will occur on August 9 at 5:30 pm via WebEx.
Please save the date for University Conference 2021, which is scheduled for Tuesday, August 10, 2021, from 10 a.m.
NCCU will begin the Fall 2021 semester on August 16.