How friendly are Carolina professors? Is it hard to get to know them?
Not only is Carolina a premiere place for research, it’s also a first-rate teaching university. All students, including first-year students, learn from scholars who are recognized by their peers as the world’s leading teachers and researchers. These nationally recognized, award-winning professors are devoted to making themselves highly accessible to their students. In seminar rooms, in small groups meetings on the lawn, in the campus coffee shop, or in another city or country conducting field research, professors and students participate daily in exchanges of knowledge and ideas. All instructors hold regularly scheduled office hours where students may meet individually. They also encourage dialogue via email. Many students join faculty in activities such as field trips, discussion dinners, cultural events, and community-based learning projects.
