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What is Centennial Campus?
  • A complementary mixture of university faculty, students and research centers with industry and government counterparts.
  • A blend of large, small and entrepreneurial businesses.
  • Clusters of buildings in R&D neighborhoods with multidisciplinary themes based on the University's strengths in cutting-edge research and client-driven training programs:
    • Information & Communications Technologies
    • Biosciences and Biotechnology
    • Advanced Materials
    • Education
  • Intensive partnership formation among industry, government and university residents in a pedestrian-scale community.
  • Advanced technology infrastructure for network communications.
  • A proposed transit corridor, linking Centennial Campus and NC State's adjacent main campus labs, classrooms, libraries, concerts and athletic events.
  • A proposed Executive Conference Center and Hotel for meetings, training and entertaining.
  • Easy, pedestrian access to community courtyards, restaurants and shops.
  • Residential neighborhoods within walking distance of the R&D neighborhoods.
  • Recreational amenities, including the Lonnie Poole golf course, which is an 18-hole-championship golf course, and miles of jogging and biking trails.
Virtual Tour
Take a walk on the Centennial Campus Bridge.
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