About East Carolina University

East Carolina University (ECU) is a public research academe in Greenville, North Carolina. It is the fourth largest academic world in North Carolina.

Founded upon March 8, 1907, as a researcher training school, East Carolina has grown from 43 acres (17 ha) to roughly 1,600 acres (647 ha) today. The university’s academic services are located upon six properties: Main Campus, Health Sciences Campus, West Research Campus, the Field Station for Coastal Studies in New Holland, North Carolina, the Millennial Research Innovation Campus in Greenville’s warehouse district and an overseas campus in Certaldo Alto, Italy. ECU plus operates the Coastal Studies Institute. The nine undergraduate colleges, graduate school, and four professional schools are located on these four properties. All of the non-health sciences majors are located on the main campus. The College of Nursing, College of Allied Health Sciences, The Brody School of Medicine, and School of Dental Medicine are located on the health science campus. ECU is classified among “R2: Doctoral Universities – High research activity”.

There are eleven social sororities, 16 social fraternities, four historically black sororities, five historically black fraternities, one Native American fraternity, and one Native American sorority. There are greater than 400 registered clubs upon campus including fraternities and sororities.

Greenville is the county seat of and the most populous city in Pitt County, North Carolina, United States; the principal city of the Greenville metropolitan area; and the 11th-most populous city in North Carolina. Greenville is the health, entertainment, and speculative hub of North Carolina’s Tidewater and Coastal Plain. The city’s ascribed population as of the 2019 United States census estimate was 93,400 residents though the Greenville Metropolitan Area includes 117,798 people, making Greenville one of the densest municipalities in the state. In January 2008 and January 2010, Greenville was named one of the nation’s “100 Best Communities for Young People” by the America’s Promise Alliance. In June 2012, Greenville was ranked in the top ten of the nation’s “Best Small Places For Business And Careers” by Forbes magazine. In 2010, Greenville was ranked twenty-fourth in mid-city business bump and move ahead by Forbes Magazine.

The city was with known as “BMX Pro Town USA”, as it is home for many summit professional BMX riders. Greenville is the house of East Carolina University, the fourth-largest academic world in the University of North Carolina system, and Vidant Medical Center, the flagship hospital for Vidant Health and the teaching hospital for the Brody School of Medicine. The city has the fifth-highest percentage of residents in North Carolina – almost 30 percent – who have obtained bachelor’s degrees.