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Chapel Hill, North Carolina, or simply Carolina Chapel Hill, often known as the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill,

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It is a public research university in North Carolina.

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As the system's flagship university, it is regarded as a public Ivy, or a public institution.

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which offers academic opportunities comparable to those found at Ivy League colleges.

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The institution started accepted students in 1795 after being chartered in 1789.

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making it one of the country's oldest public colleges.

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The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill is the sole participant among the contenders.

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It served as a public university in the eighteenth century and graduated students.

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The college welcomed its first students on February 12, 1795, becoming North Carolina's first public institution of higher learning.

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On the other hand, North Carolina adopted coeducation in 1877 thanks to President Kemp Plummer Battle.

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under Chancellor Robert, and started the secession process.

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Burton House in 1951, 156 years after the university's founding, when African-American graduate students were allowed admission.

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North Carolina established its own hospital, UNC Health Care, in 1952 for medical study and care.

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through UNC's Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center, and has since become an expert in cancer care.

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This is one of just 51 comprehensive national NCI centres.