Why Carolina?
Connect
As mentors, advisers and prospective employers, more than 16,000 UNC Hussman alumni create a powerful network throughout North Carolina, the nation and more than 60 countries around the world.
Thrive
Balancing Southern charm with high-tech enterprise, Chapel Hill occupies one corner of North Carolina’s Research Triangle. The region is home to hundreds of cutting-edge companies and offers access to limitless cultural experiences.
Research and Creative Excellence
Our collaborative, interdisciplinary culture creates new knowledge, advances scholarship and inspires storytelling. The impact of our work helps address the big societal questions of our day.
World-class Resources
Carroll Hall, your academic home as a Hussman School student, nurtures creativity and fosters innovation. Students can use 360 video gear, eyetracking equipment, neuro headsets and our research lab, with its space customized for focus groups. The Park Library offers personalized research consultations, comfortable work space and access to a vast collection of research materials in print and online. Generous funding packages, including the prestigious Park Fellowships, for top applicants allow doctoral students to focus full-time on their academic and professional development.