Hey, what's up?

I'm Ferrari St Paul,
and this is YOUniversityTV,

where we put you in university.

Welcome to the University
of North Carolina-Charlotte.

What looks like a giant
fountain pen behind me

is actually known
as the Belk Tower,

and it marks the center
of campus.

Let's go check out
the rest of the school.

The University of North Carolina
Charlotte is located in

none other than
Charlotte, North Carolina.

I love going to
uptown Charlotte.

There's a lot of different
restaurants up there.

There's museums.

Blumenthal Theater,
went to go see Stomp.

Also there's a lot of different
malls around campus.

Conchord Mills is
20 minutes up the road.

There's the Whitewater Rafting
Center and students love that.

There are downtown nightclubs,
and students love to go dancing.

There's also a local
art district in the city

of Charlotte called NoDa.

I love going to
the Panthers games.

There's always something
to do in Charlotte.

The main campus is made up
of more than 1,000 acres

of plush landscaping with thick
woods and several manmade lakes,

surrounding
the 75 precast concrete

and utilitarian looking
buildings.

Right on campus, there are
two gorgeous gardens.

And students aren't
the only ones who stroll

through the flowers.

These gardens attract more
than 30,000 visitors each year.

Of the approximately 17,000
undergraduate students

enrolled at the school, 46% are
men and 54% are women,

representing 45 states
and 92 countries.

We are a selective university,
not a highly selective

university.

We try to make pathways for
students to be students here,

whether it's as freshmen
or as a transfer student.

The average incoming student has
an SAT score of around 1610,

or an ACT score of 23
and a weighted GPA of 3.7.

In-state students can expect to
pay around $4,000 for tuition,

while those coming from out of
state will pay around $14,500.

With room and board,
plus additional fees,

an in-state student will pay
a total of around $10,000,

and someone coming from out of
state will pay around $20,000.

We're one of
the few institutions

in the United States
that's been designated

by the National
Security Agency

as a National Center of
Academic Excellence

in information assurance,
education, and in research.

The university offers
89 baccalaureates,

62 masters degrees,
and 18 doctoral programs.

UNC Charlotte's first emphasis
is on teaching,

followed by research,
engineering,

and responsive public service.

We have very strong interactions
with the NASCAR community.

Students come here
to our labs and get a lot

of that hands-on experience.

So we've got two legends teams,
where our students will go

and actually race the cars down
at Lowe's Motor Speedway

on a fairly regular basis.

Students do all the driving.

They do all the work
on the cars.

We've got the first female that
NASCAR Research and Development

ever hired, came from
our program here.

And had two students that were
actually hired as the head

engineers for NASCAR teams
before they actually graduated.

With more than 1,000 faculty
members, nearly 85% hold

the highest degrees attainable
in their field.

And students will really get to
take advantage with a student

to faculty ratio of 14:1
and an average class size of 33.

My professors are
very smart, very intelligent,

but not so that they
can't relate to you.

You know, they always
want to try to help you,

and they try to--they try to
make things easy for you.

The Charlotte Forty-Niners have
14 varsity teams and compete at

the NCAA's Division I level.

Charlotte's men's basketball has
reached the NCAA tournament

eleven times, including
a trip to the Final Four,

and the Niner Nation is home
to several other champions,

including women's soccer,
men's baseball,

and women's outdoor/indoor
track and field teams.

Niner Nation is the spirit group
for all campus.

Faculty, students, staff,
everyone's Niner Nation.

School spirit and athletics
are by far the best here

at UNC Charlotte.

Our Belk Tower is actually
lit up green on game days

to get that school
spirit going on.

And everyone is wearing
their green and white.

We just love it, especially
when we're winning.

UNC Charlotte has 21 residence
halls in four different styles

where you can hit the pillow.

You can pick between
the green house, Greek village,

one of the learning communities,
or a place for women only,

no boys allowed.

The housing on campus
is absolutely amazing.

There's a lot of options
for people to choose from,

especially for freshmen.

Freshmen residence halls,
they have Olympics,

where they compete
against each other,

like I said, cookouts,
music shows, talent shows.

With 250 student organizations,
you have many options

to choose from.

They range from honor societies
to multicultural or political

to sports.

Plus, there are over
21 organizations

in the Greek community.

My favorite event is homecoming.

I love homecoming so much
because there's always so much

to do, not just the basketball
games.

But there's step shows,
there's comedy shows.

You can make your own
airbrushed tee-shirt, lip-gloss.

Everything is over homecoming,
and I love it.

This man may have once
walked the halls of Charlotte

believing he was invisible.

But now his hit song
has topped charts.

American pop singer and UNC
Charlotte grad, Clay Aiken,

got his start on the second
season of American Idol.

So if you're looking for
a university with a solid

academic reputation,
contemporary campus,

and a friendly atmosphere,
take a second glance

at the University of North
Carolina-Charlotte.

Well, thanks for joining us on
our tour of the University of

North Carolina-Charlotte.

I'm Ferrari St Paul
with YOUniversityTV,
and I will see you later.

I think probably
the digital forensics...

You know how many times
a day a helicopter flies over

UNC Charlotte?

None.

This is maybe the second one...

Geez.