North Carolina State University was founded with a purpose: to create economic, societal and intellectual prosperity for the people of North Carolina and the nation. What began as a land-grant institution teaching the agricultural and mechanical arts is now a preeminent research enterprise where world-leading faculty provide an unparalleled experiential education to high-performing students from around the globe. NC State University’s 12 colleges comprise 68 departments and programs offering more than 300 undergraduate and graduate degrees, as well as minors, certificates and other courses of study, across all major academic disciplines. The university’s 2,090-acre principal campuses are located in Raleigh, a city consistently rated among the best places to work and live in the country. Raleigh is one of the cornerstones of the state’s vibrant Research Triangle region, where industry leaders such as NC State partners SAS, Cisco, IBM, GlaxoSmithKline and Lenovo have created a high-tech hot spot. NC State’s pioneering research campus, Centennial Campus, houses more than 70 corporate, government and nonprofit partners who work side by side with dozens of NC State research and academic units. Centennial Campus is also home to the ultramodern James B. Hunt Jr. Library, winner of the prestigious Stanford Prize for Innovation in Research Libraries and one of the most technologically advanced learning and collaboration spaces in the world. NC State’s groundbreaking innovations in science and technology have led the federal government to select the university to lead some of the nation’s most ambitious research partnerships, including an institute creating the next generation of power electronics, a laboratory advancing the science of big data analysis, and a consortium fighting the illegal proliferation of nuclear weapons. NC State is the only university in the country leading two of the National Science Foundation’s Engineering Research Centers — one remaking the nation’s electrical grid, and the other developing self-powered health monitors that use nanotechnology. In addition, NC State was the first university in North America to establish an IBM Q Hub as part of the global IBM Q Network, a collaborative effort to advance quantum computing. NC State is a national leader in giving students the opportunity to learn how to solve real-world problems, so it’s no wonder that Princeton Review and Entrepreneur recognized the university as one of the nation’s best for undergraduate entrepreneurship. NC State alumni also enjoy the highest starting salaries among the state’s public university graduates, and they graduate with below-average debt. Year after year, NC State is nationally ranked as one of the best values in higher education for its combination of high academic standards, generous financial aid and affordable tuition. The university's programs in honors education, living-and-learning communities, study abroad, cooperative education and service learning give students boundless opportunities to develop the personal and professional skills they need to put knowledge into practice throughout their lives.

　　北卡罗来纳州立大学成立的宗旨是：为北卡罗来纳州及全国人民创造经济、社会和智力上的繁荣。最初作为一所授予的农业与机械艺术授予机构，如今已成为一家卓越的研究机构，世界顶尖教师为来自全球的高绩效学生提供无与伦比的体验式教育。北卡州立大学的 12 个学院包括 68 个系和项目，提供 300 多个本科和研究生学位，以及辅修、证书和其他课程，涵盖所有主要学科。该大学占地 2,090 英亩的主要校区位于罗利市，这座城市一直被评为全国最佳工作和居住地之一。罗利是该州充满活力的研究三角区的基石之一，北卡州立大学合作伙伴 SAS、思科、IBM、葛兰素史克和联想等行业领袖在这里打造了一个高科技热点。北卡州立大学开创性的百年校区——百年校区，汇聚了 70 多个企业、政府和非营利合作伙伴，与数十个北卡州立大学的研究和学术单位并肩工作。百年校区还拥有超现代的詹姆斯·B·亨特二世图书馆，该图书馆荣获享有盛誉的斯坦福研究图书馆创新奖，是全球技术最先进的学习与协作空间之一。北卡州立大学在科学与技术领域的突破性创新，促使联邦政府选择该校领导美国一些最具雄心的研究合作项目，包括打造下一代电力电子的研究所、推动大数据分析科学的实验室，以及打击非法核武器扩散的联盟。北卡州立大学是全国唯一领导国家科学基金会两个工程研究中心的大学——一个致力于重塑全国电网，另一个开发利用纳米技术的自供能健康监测器。此外，北卡州立大学是北美首个建立 IBM Q 中心的大学，作为全球 IBM Q 网络的一部分，该网络是推动量子计算发展的协作项目。北卡州立大学在为学生提供解决现实问题的机会方面处于全国领先地位，因此《普林斯顿评论与创业家》评选该校为全国本科创业领域最优秀的学校之一也就不足为奇了。北卡州立大学校友的起薪在全州公立大学毕业生中最高，且他们的毕业债务低于平均水平。年复一年，北卡州立大学凭借高学术标准、慷慨的经济资助和负担得起的学费，被评为全国高等教育中性价比最高的学校之一。大学的荣誉教育、生活与学习社区、海外学习、合作教育和服务学习项目为学生提供了无限机会，培养他们将知识付诸实践所需的个人和职业技能。