UNC academic rankings: 11th among national universities, 39th in the world
Posted Sep 28, 2015
UNC was recently ranked 11th among national universities by Washington Monthly in its 2015 list, and 39th in the world by the Center for World-Class Universities of Shanghai Jiao Tong University in Shanghai, China.
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