The UNC School of Public Health provides exceptional teaching, conducts ground-breaking research, and delivers dedicated service to people across North Carolina, the United States and around the world. Ranked the top public school of public health by U.S. News and World Report in 2007, the School's mission is to improve public health, promote individual well-being and eliminate health disparities.

The School, accredited by the Council on Education for Public Health, offers undergraduate and graduate programs on our campus located near UNC's schools of Medicine, Nursing, Dentistry and Pharmacy, and through our state-of-the-art distance-education programs. Our new research center and our many renovated labs and classrooms provide an environment highly conducive to the learning and creation of public health knowledge. 

Beyond campus, we teach, conduct research and serve communities across our state and nation and around the world. Our Office of Global Health organizes the School's global health activities. The School's service and outreach arm, the North Carolina Institute for Public Health, brings public health scholarship and practice communities together. Carolina Public Health Solutions, our newest initiative funded by the Gillings Gift, enables us to anticipate new public health challenges, quickly find solutions and accelerate the delivery of best practices to improve people’s lives.

To learn more about the field of public health, visit www.whatispublichealth.org.  Developed by the Association of Schools of Public Health, the site describes public health, its effect on our lives and the variety of public health careers.