Research, scholarship, and creative activity have taken on an increased level of vitality at UNCG. The Office of Research assists faculty in these efforts by coordinating activities related to research, technology transfer, compliance, and economic development.

Retaining the Public's Trust

This year "The Princeton Review" ranked UNCG # 2 nationally among the best bargains in public universities and in the top 136 colleges named "Best in the Southeast." For the sixth year in a row, "The Princeton Review" ranked UNCG among the nation's top colleges in the 2005 edition of "The Best 357 Colleges" guide. Students say UNCG "is a small university in comparison to other public universities, but it is big enough for a variety of people – poor and rich, rural and urban, in-state and out-of-state, and international."