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<h2>A Community of Thinkers and Doers</h2>
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<p>Centennial Campus is a leading research park with an essential difference: <strong>proximity to talent</strong>. Unlike other university research campuses, we're inseparable from the university we serve — and from the wider Research Triangle.</p>
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<p>We're home to key NC State academic units, to labs, companies, core facilities, amenities and one of the world's most advanced libraries. Students, faculty, university staff, and corporate and public-sector partners rub shoulders and cross paths as part of a vibrant community.</p>
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<p>NC State is a national research powerhouse renowned for its real-world focus and its success in partnering with industry and government. We excel at both basic and applied research — at breaking new ground and bringing new products to market.</p>
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<h2>A World-Class Research Environment</h2>
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<p>Centennial Campus houses <strong>leading-edge facilities and laboratories</strong> for engineering, agriculture and life sciences, and textiles, as well as a host of acclaimed centers and institutes.</p>
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<p>The Office of Research and Innovation also oversees six <a href="https://research.ncsu.edu/initiatives/shared-core-facilities/">Shared Core Research Facilities</a> that offer cutting-edge equipment and instrumentation — as well as project consultation and hands-on training. Half of these core facilities are physically located on Centennial.</p>
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<p>NC State is one vertex in the Research Triangle, maintaining close ties to <a href="https://www.unc.edu/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">UNC Chapel Hill</a> and <a href="https://www.duke.edu/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Duke University</a>. We're also close to a host of other universities in North Carolina and along the Eastern Seaboard, as well as Washington, D.C. and nearby government agencies.</p>
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<h2>A Home for Top Researchers — and Emerging Talent</h2>
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<p>New and established faculty from around the world are attracted to NC State's top-tier research enterprise. Centennial Campus offers opportunities to engage with <strong>a wealth of minds tackling the world's most pressing problems</strong> — and it fosters collaboration between faculty, student talent, government agencies and the best in business.</p>
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<p>NC State is renowned for its cross-disciplinary approach. <em>Nature</em> ranks us among the top contributors to highly collaborative journal publications and our <a href="https://facultyclusters.ncsu.edu/">interdisciplinary faculty cluster program</a> is held up as a national model.</p>
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<p>Within North Carolina, we're the flagship university for startups and entrepreneurship. In 2018, 28 startups and spinoffs launched from the UNC System — and 21 of them came from NC State. We're known for our excellence in turning new ideas into products and services, and our flexible approach makes things straightforward for researchers and partners alike.</p>
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