North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University (NC A&T) is a land-grant doctoral/research intensive university located in Greensboro, North Carolina. Founded in 1891, NC A&T now (fall 2005) enrolls 11,103 students from across the United States and 33 foreign countries. NC A&T is the largest historically black university in North Carolina.

NC A&T currently (as of 2004) is the nation's leading producer of African American engineers with both B.S. and PhD degrees. The university also is the nation's No. 1 producer of minorities with degrees (as a whole) in science, mathematics, engineering and technology. NC A&T is also a leading producer of minority certified public accountants, landscape architects, and veterinarians. NC A&T offers bachelor’s, master’s and doctoral level programs in engineering, all fully accredited by ABET, the nation’s foremost engineering accrediting body. The School of Business and Economics is also fully accredited in all undergraduate accounting and business programs by AACSB International. NC A&T is a member school of the Thurgood Marshall Scholarship Fund.

The North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University (A&T) was established as a “mechanic college” for the “Colored Race” by an act of the General Assembly of North Carolina, ratified March 9, 1891. The act read in part: "That the leading objective of the college shall be to teach practical agriculture and the mechanic arts and such learning as related thereto, not excluding academic and classical instruction." This college was established along with what North Carolina Agricultural and Mechanical College, now known as North Carolina State University, but due to sperate but equal whites and blacks could not attend college together.

Due to the seperation, the College operated in Raleigh (at the private Shaw University) until 1893 when it moved to the city of Greensboro, which donated $11,000 in cash and 14 acres (57,000 m²) of land for its campus. The original course of study of A&T included languages and literature, mathematics, business, agriculture and military science. Female students were a part of the college from 1893 until 1901, but were not enrolled again until 1928. In 1915, the name of the College became the Negro Agricultural and Technical College of North Carolina by act of the NC General Assembly. In 1967, the name of the College was changed to North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University.

The presidents and chancellors of A&T have been Dr. John O. Crosby (1892-1896), Dr. James B. Dudley (1896-1925), Dr. Ferdinand D. Bluford (1925-1955), Dr. Warmoth T. Gibbs (1956-1960), Dr. Samuel D. Proctor (1960-1964), Dr. Lewis C. Dowdy (1964-1980), Dr. Cleon F. Thompson, Jr. (1980-1981), Dr. Edward B. Fort (1981-1999), and Dr. James C. Renick (1999-2006). Lloyd Hackley has been interim chancellor since the departure of Renick. Stanley F. Battle was named in November 2006 to take the post permanently on July 1, 2007.

NC A&T is a historically black college and is a constituent institution of the University of North Carolina System. The school colors are blue and gold. The school athletic teams are called the "Aggies". The School's Marching Band is known as The Blue & Gold Marching Machine. On the A&T seal are the words "mens et manus" (minds and hands), reflecting on A&T's early focus on agriculture and technical skills.

A&T is currently working on many projects in the engineering field, most notably being the Center for Advanced Materials and Smart Structures, headed by Dr. Jagannathan Sankar.

Website: http://www.ncat.edu

School Legends

1. Rev. Jesse Jackson
2. Al Attles
3. Calvin "Cal" Irvin
4. Don Corbett