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UNC Campus Visit
We look forward to welcoming you to campus for an in-person visit. For more information about BBSP and the Chapel Hill area, be sure to check out our Admitted Students page.
BBSP Campus Visits – Schedule of Events
Note: Attendance at all activities is optional, though dinners are strongly recommended. Our buses are set up for pick-up and drop-off at specific times, and you are more than welcome to use them. If our rented buses are not operating at a specific time needed, we encourage you to look into the Chapel Hill Transit, which is free and runs throughout Chapel Hill.
Important Links for your visit
- We will communicate throughout the visit using a SLACK channel. Please join the workspace.
- Sign-up in advance for our tours on Friday and Saturday. We have multiple tours available and for organization reasoning, we ask you sign up for the tours you want to attend in advance. TOURS
Thursday
Airport Arrival Information
- BBSP staff will be at the airport to greet you. Please find us in Terminal 2 at the special events desk located in the baggage claim area (ground floor) directly across from baggage claim #4. If you arrive at Terminal 1, follow the signage to Terminal 2. There is a walkway between terminals, and when you arrive at Terminal 2, go down one level to baggage claim. Please check in with our staff as soon as you arrive to RDU.
- We have shuttles running to campus leaving the airport at 12:30pm, 2:30pm, and 5pm. Our staff will help you load these shuttles at the assigned times.
- In case of flight delays or changes, please contact us on the Slack channel #campus-visits-travel-issues we have created. You may also email the Admissions Director, Jeff Steinbach (jsteinba@email.unc.edu).
Drivers/Local Applicants Arrival Information
If you are not staying at the hotel but planning on attending the dinner with current students, please arrive to the hotel no later than 6pm to check-in with our staff who will help you find your dinner group. Free parking is available in the parking deck next to the hotel: Carrboro Municipal Parking Lot.
The hotel address is: Hampton Inn Carrboro: 370 E Main St Unit 100, Carrboro, NC 27510
5pm – 6pm: IMSD Meet and Greet
Location: Hickory Tavern
Address: Hickory Tavern: 370-110 E Main St, Carrboro, NC 27510
6:15 – 6:45pm: Dinner Reservations: Dinner with Current Students
Location: Meet in Hotel Lobby
Address: Hampton Inn Carrboro: 370 E Main St Unit 100, Carrboro, NC 27510
Friday*
*All day Friday, the Office of Graduate Education (OGE) will be a dedicated quiet area for any visiting applicants. Feel free to use the space to take a break and if you have a online class or meeting we can make our offices available. The OGE is located in Bioinformatics Bldg, main floor across from the auditorium. All are welcome! Bonus – our office is always stocked with coffee and snacks!
6:30am – 8:30am: Breakfast at Hotel
Address: Hampton Inn Carrboro: 370 E Main St Unit 100, Carrboro, NC 27510
8:30am: Bus Loads to Travel to Campus
Location: Hotel Entrance
9am – 12pm: Campus Tours
Location: Genetic Medicine Building Courtyard
Address: 120 Mason Farm Rd, Chapel Hill, NC 27514
12 – 1:30pm: Lunch: Meet & Greet with Student Groups
Location: Genetic Medicine Building Lobby
Address: 120 Mason Farm Rd, Chapel Hill, NC 27514
1:30pm – 3:15pm: Research Showcase
Location: Genetic Medicine Building Lobby
Address: 120 Mason Farm Rd, Chapel Hill, NC 27514
3pm – 4:30pm: Social with Current Students & Faculty
Location: Genetic Medicine Building Courtyard
If raining: Genetic Medicine Building Lobby and Bioinformatics Building Lobby
*Buses will shuttle people back to the hotel at 3pm, 4pm & 4:30pm. PLEASE NOTE THE LAST SHUTTLE LEAVES AT 4:30PM.
Address: 120 Mason Farm Rd, Chapel Hill, NC 27514
6pm – 9pm: Dinner at Faculty Homes
Location: Individual Faculty Houses, Leaving from Hotel
9:30pm – 11:30pm: Grad Student Socials
Location: Steel String Brewery or Hotel Lobby
- Games & Insomnia Cookies @ Hotel Lobby. Address: Hampton Inn Carrboro: 370 E Main St Unit 100, Carrboro, NC 27510
- One Drink on Us @ Steel String Brewery, a five minute walk from the hotel. Address: 106 S Greensboro St, Suite A, Carrboro, NC 27510
Saturday
6:30 – 8:30am: Breakfast in Hotel
8-9am: Load luggage on Buses
Location: Hotel Entrance
FOR DRIVERS: Please put your luggage into your car before participating in tours.
If you have a special circumstance and need your luggage, please reach out to a member of our team at the hotel for assistance.
Address: Hampton Inn Carrboro: 370 E Main St Unit 100, Carrboro, NC 27510
9am – 12:30pm: Explore the Area with Current Students
Location: Meet in Hotel Lobby
Address: Hampton Inn Carrboro: 370 E Main St Unit 100, Carrboro, NC 27510
12:30 – 2pm: Lunch with Faculty & Students
Location: Hotel Conference Room
Address: Hampton Inn Carrboro: 370 E Main St Unit 100, Carrboro, NC 27510
2pm – 4pm: Departure to Airport
Location: Hotel Lobby
Address: Hampton Inn Carrboro: 370 E Main St Unit 100, Carrboro, NC 27510
FAQs
To maximize our budget and help as many accepted applicants visit UNC as possible, we are asking visitors to stay 2 applicants to a room unless they have a documented medical need.
To maximize our budget and help as many accepted applicants visit UNC as possible, we are asking visitors to stay 2 applicants to a room unless they have a documented medical need.
We won’t be able to cover the costs of other meals or transportation not mentioned above.
- Casual clothes (dressing in layers is helpful this time of year)
- Comfortable walking shoes (some labs require closed-toed shoes for a tour)
- Umbrella or poncho if rain is in the forecast
- Good-quality face mask (optional based on personal preference)
- Rapid COVID test kit
- Insurance card (in case medical treatment is needed)
- Computer or smart device (in case quarantining is needed)
- UNC campus has lifted the indoor mask mandate (as of 3/7/22). Please see the current recommendations here: https://carolinatogether.unc.edu/
- Attendance at all planned events is optional based on your interest and comfort level
- We recommend that visitors bring COVID tests with them in case they might be needed








UNC Virtual Visit
Details will be coming soon…
Lab and Campus Tours (YouTube Link)
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- Our current students have created videos of their labs and some other areas on campus.
- Curious about life as a UNC graduate student? Check out more content, including a 360 virtual tour of campus, apartment tours, and conversations with current graduate students here.