University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

===Rankings and reputation===

{{Infobox US university ranking
| QS_W = 132=
| USNWR_NU = 22
| USNWR_W = 41
| THE_WSJ = 33
| THES_W = 72
| ARWU_W = 31
| ARWU_NU = 20
| Forbes = 28
| Wamo_NU = 24
}}

For 2023, ''[[U.S. News & World Report]]'' ranked UNC-Chapel Hill 4th among the public universities and 22nd among national universities in the United States.<ref>{{Cite web |title=US News Best Universities 2022 |url=https://www.usnews.com/best-colleges/rankings/national-universities |access-date=October 6, 2020 |archive-date=February 23, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170223062922/https://www.usnews.com/best-colleges/rankings/national-universities |url-status=live }}</ref> The Wall Street Journal ranked UNC-Chapel Hill 3rd best public university behind [[University of Michigan]] and [[University of California, Los Angeles|UCLA]].<ref>{{Cite news|last=Smith|first=Fleming|date=2019-09-04|title=The Top Public Schools in the WSJ/THE College Rankings|language=en-US|work=[[The Wall Street Journal]]|url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/the-top-public-schools-in-the-wsj-the-college-rankings-11567640004|access-date=2020-08-14|issn=0099-9660|archive-date=August 11, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200811060125/https://www.wsj.com/articles/the-top-public-schools-in-the-wsj-the-college-rankings-11567640004|url-status=live}}</ref>

The university was named a [[Public Ivy]] by Richard Moll in his 1985 book ''The Public Ivies: A Guide to America's Best Public Undergraduate Colleges and Universities'', and in later guides by Howard and Matthew Greene.<ref>{{cite book|last=Moll|first=Richard|title=The Public Ivies: A Guide to America's Best Public Undergraduate Colleges and Universities|publisher=Viking|location=New York, NY|year=1985|isbn=0-670-58205-0|url=https://archive.org/details/publicivysguidet0000moll}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|last1=Greene|first1=Howard|last2=Greene|first2=Matthew W.|title=The Hidden Ivies: Thirty Colleges of Excellence|publisher=Cliff Street Books|location=New York, NY|year=2000|isbn=0-06-095362-4}}</ref> 

The university is a large recipient of National Institute of Health grants and funds. For fiscal year 2020, the university received $509.9 million in NIH funds for research. This amount makes Chapel Hill the 10th overall recipient of research funds in the nation by the NIH.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://report.nih.gov/award/index.cfm?ot=&fy=2020&state=&ic=&fm=&orgid=&distr=&rfa=&om=n&pid= |title=NIH Awards |date=October 13, 2020 |access-date=October 13, 2020 |archive-date=August 21, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210821145012/https://report.nih.gov/award/index.cfm?ot= |url-status=live }}</ref>