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A "Best Buy" university by The Fiske Guide to Colleges, 2017

#2 Nationally for "Making an Impact" by The Princeton Review, 2018

#7 in National Public Liberal Arts College by U.S. News & World Report, 2018

News

UNC Asheville Awarded Nearly $2 Million Grant from the Windgate Foundation for STEAM Initiatives and Center for Craft Partnership

UNC Asheville has been awarded a second three-year grant from the Windgate Foundation. Learn More

UNC Asheville to Name the Mullen and James Humanities Hall in Honor of Long-Serving, Pioneering Faculty Emeriti, Oct. 19

UNC Asheville will recognize the significant contributions of four recently retired faculty members. Learn More

Upcoming Events

Mystical Arts of Tibet - Weeklong Residency by Monks of the Drepung Loseling Monastery

The monks of the Drepung Loseling Monastery will return to UNC Asheville Oct.22-26 for a residency… Learn More

Annual African Americans in WNC and Southern Appalachia Conference

The fifth annual African Americans in Western North Carolina and Southern Appalachia Conference returns to… Learn More

McIntosh County Shouters in Concert

The McIntosh County Shouters will bring the "ring shout" - probably the oldest surviving African-American… Learn More