I have spent one year at The University of North C...

I have spent one year at The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill for my exchange year (2014 - 2015) and I loved every seconds. People are welcoming, the professors are competent and close to their students, and Chapel Hill has a lot of opportunities to offer.

French: Excellent choice for a semester or a year in exchange within the framework of studies of letter, civilization, politics or commerce (this is not a college of engineers).

The campus is very large and beautiful. The UNC has an old history dating back to 1789, making it the first public university in the United States and the 5th best in the country. There are old buildings like the Wilson Library with its columns, brick-covered paths ...

A President of the United States (Polk), Michael Jordan or the inventor of Pepsi have been there. Community and sports life is very active and varied. It is possible to attend free matches of American football, baseball but especially basketball whose team is famous throughout the country. There is also a dedicated museum next to the basketball dome.

Of course, Chapel Hill is not a very big city, but there is so much to do on campus or on Franklin Street that you never get bored. And if you want to travel, the Enterprise agency allows you to rent a car to explore the surroundings. We even organized road trips to Asheville, Chicago or even Florida with other exchange students.

In addition, The Streets at Southpoint shopping center is huge and very pleasant (25 minutes by bus) with shops, restaurants and cinema. And 40 minutes away by bus, there is also Raleigh-Durham International Airport (RDU) which allows you to reach the country's major airports in a few hours.

We really have a lot of freedom. We make the schedule we want. It is necessary to follow at least 4 courses (with or without TD) which we arrange a little as we want in the week. There is therefore a lot of free time even if you have to work well before each lesson.

I advise you to live in the student dormitories on campus in order to be better integrated into student life. It's the cheapest, easiest, and closest to classrooms if you're north of campus. Most of the dormitories are collective rooms. Except a few south of the campus but it is further from the classrooms (15 minutes on foot, except by taking the free buses).

Granville Towers has more comfort but it is also more expensive.