UniversityCharlotte

University of North Carolina at Charlotte

University · Charlotte, NC

The University of North Carolina at Charlotte is a public research institution (R1-designated) located in Charlotte that offers more than 170 undergraduate majors, 150+ graduate programs, and online education options across ten colleges. With over 32,000 students and 400+ student organizations, the university conducts research and prepares students for careers in fields including business, engineering, education, health services, and construction.

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Region

Charlotte

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People

About Charlotte

Second only to New York as a US banking center, Charlotte carries Bank of America's and Truist's headquarters (the NCNB/First Union roots that built "Wall Street of the South") alongside a genuinely emerging battery and EV-materials cluster -- lithium recycling (Li Industries), battery separator manufacturing (Green New Energy Materials), and EV fast-charging hardware (Alpitronic's US headquarters). The region is also nicknamed "Race City USA": while NASCAR's own corporate headquarters sits in Daytona Beach, the vast majority of its teams' race shops -- Hendrick Motorsports, Team Penske, Joe Gibbs Racing, Richard Childress Racing -- are physically based here, making Charlotte the sport's real operational center of gravity even though its sanctioning body isn't headquartered here.

Region Stats

Total firms 36

VC / investors 4

Companies 26

Schools 6

Known For

Banking

Battery & EV Materials

Motorsports