University of North Carolina System | 29,717 followers on LinkedIn. 17 Institutions: Individually Remarkable, Collectively Extraordinary | Overview The University of North Carolina System is a multi-campus university dedicated to serving the state of North Carolina and its people through world-class teaching, research and scholarship, and outreach and service. More than 225,000 students are enrolled in the UNC System’s 16 university campuses across the state and the NC School of Science and Mathematics, the country’s first public, residential high school for gifted students. The UNC System is one of the strongest and most successful systems of public higher education in the nation.