Carolina Housing

Choose Carolina Housing for a safe, affordable place to put your feet up while you put roots down and immerse yourself in Tar Heel life. Forge life-long friendships, enjoy the convenience of walk-from-anywhere activities and discover all that UNC-Chapel Hill offers, right outside your door.

Make yourself at home

Facts & Figures

  • 8,481students live on campus
  • 9-monthlease follows the academic year, instead of 12-month leases at rental properties
  • 89%of students recommend living on campus
  • 121,333packages delivered by campus package centers in one year
  • 93%of students feel safe in their residence hall

Around Campus

  • News

    • New paradigm adds a ‘fourth trimester’ to transform care for new mothers

      A study by UNC-Chapel Hill researchers recommends enhancing attentiveness to the individual needs of new mothers and transforming postpartum care from a single encounter to an ongoing process.

    • An investment in people

      Carolina received a $10 million commitment from the John William Pope Foundation that will provide support for the Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center, UNC Horizons, the track and field program, and the Philosophy, Politics and Economics Program.

    • Defining a ‘shared purpose’

      Chancellor Carol L. Folt is featured in Inc. magazine discussing the Blueprint for Next and how Carolina has thrived from a clear sense of purpose.

    • Events

      • FedEx Global Education Center301 Pittsboro StreetChapel HillNC27516 |

        View photography from around the world in this exhibition featuring work by University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill alumni, faculty, staff and students. All photography on display was submitted as part of UNC’s annual Carolina Global Photography Competition.

      • The Sonja Haynes Stone Center150 South RoadChapel HillNC27599 |

        Los Angeles-based artist Toni Scott brings her creative talents to the Stone Center through a special installation project.

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        Wilson Library200 South RdChapel Hill27599 | Free

        Bayard Wootten was a single mother in 1904 when she borrowed a camera and started taking and selling pictures to support her family. By the end of her life, she had made more than a million images and had gained a reputation as a true pioneer. Her work is featured in this exhibition March 27 - November 4, 2018.