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Academics at ECU

Immerse yourself in a vibrant and academically rigorous community built around twelve colleges and schools, including eight that offer undergraduate degree programs.

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Find your passion

Still deciding on a major? Explore degrees offered at ECU.

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Chart your course

With more than 170 degree options, ECU offers opportunities for every interest. Apply now to claim your treasure.

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Elite Research Institution

ECU is an R1 research institution, a designation given to the top research universities in the U.S.

ECU is recognized as a top research university

Number one in producing medical grads who practice in N.C.

in producing health care professionals in N.C.

Graduate programs, U.S. News & World Report

Innovation and Economic Prosperity University APLU CICEP

For commitment to economic engagement

An ECU dance alumna shares a veterans dance program with students and the broader community through a new documentary and accessible practice.

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ECU’s workforce pipeline program showed one student what his “rare” major could mean to a large, local employer.

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Pickleball connects students and community, encouraging interaction and research on the sport’s role in well-being.

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Two Brody School of Medicine alumni head up public health policy, emergency preparedness in the Detroit Public Health Department.

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The 30th and final Polar Bear Plunge on Jan. 30 closes out a beloved ECU tradition.

Student: Sofia Azam

Faculty: David Carraway

Explore ECU through the lenses of our university’s photographers.

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ECU Flickr gallery

Take a quick, by-the-numbers look at our university.

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ECU is the only university in North Carolina with a dental school, medical school, and college of engineering at the same institution.

Feb

ECU Chamber Singers

St. James United Methodist Church

7:30 pm to 9:00 pm

Mar

Spring Break

Mar

Pirates Aboard Admitted Student Celebration