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The College of Sciences makes NC State the university of choice for high-performing students, faculty and researchers from around the world who work together to solve society’s biggest problems.

Leading the Way in Science

The College of Sciences at NC State connects people and programs in the biological, physical, chemical, mathematical, statistical and earth-system sciences. Our college is where some of the brightest, most creative minds in science come together to tackle problems that affect us all.

We’re at the forefront of several growing areas of science — such as big data, bioinformatics, environmental health science, geospatial analytics and precision medicine — that examine the world’s grand challenges and teach students skills highly valued by employers.

Our faculty are award-winning innovators in their fields. And they’re training the next generation of scientists to lead the way in industry, laboratories, nonprofit research organizations, medicine, government agencies and numerous other workplaces.

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Faculty Excellence

Our faculty conduct groundbreaking research, share their work with the public through outreach and communication, and garner national and international awards and honors — all while educating the next generation of science leaders.

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Around the college

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Academics

We connect students with high-quality educational opportunities both inside and outside of the classroom.

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Carlos Goller, a Department of Biological Sciences faculty member who teaches in the Biotechnology Program, and a post-baccalaureate researcher, observe the growth of solid media on Comamonas testosteroni, an organism with bioremediation potential.

Research

Our college tackles the world’s grand challenges to develop innovative solutions that help us all.

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Lindsay Zanno leads a tour of her paleontology lab at the North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences

Outreach

Our scientists help the public understand their work through a variety of science communication and outreach activities.

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Departments

The six academic departments in our college cover a broad range of scientific disciplines.

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21 Elected Fellows

of the prestigious American Association for the Advancement of Science

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Find out more information, including who we are, where we are, how you can join us and how to reach us.

See Yourself at NC State Sciences

A major research award for NC State physicist Dali Sun!🔬🏆

Sun has received $1.35 million over five years from the Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation to explore how conducting polymers could help transport information through materials.
His work could help advance orbitronics, an emerging field exploring new ways to understand and use electronic properties.

⚡Read more about his research! Link in bio.

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A major research award for NC State physicist Dali Sun!🔬🏆 Sun has received $1.35 million over five years from the Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation to explore how conducting polymers could help transport information through materials. His work could help advance orbitronics, an emerging field exploring new ways to understand and use electronic properties. ⚡Read more about his research! Link in bio.

Big congratulations to Charles Henderson!🏆

@ncstate_physics physicist and director of interdisciplinary STEM research for our college has received the Jay Wright Forrester Award for research exploring how teaching innovations can spread across higher education. 🔬📚

Learn more about his award-winning work! Link in bio.

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Big congratulations to Charles Henderson!🏆 @ncstate_physics physicist and director of interdisciplinary STEM research for our college has received the Jay Wright Forrester Award for research exploring how teaching innovations can spread across higher education. 🔬📚 Learn more about his award-winning work! Link in bio.

Blink. 😉

You probably missed it. 🦠💨

Did you know that the microorganism Spirostomum contracts about 200 times faster than we can blink, and that NC State biophysicist Mary Elting helped uncover how?

Learn why the smallest organisms hold the biggest secrets through the link in our bio.

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Blink. 😉 You probably missed it. 🦠💨 Did you know that the microorganism Spirostomum contracts about 200 times faster than we can blink, and that NC State biophysicist Mary Elting helped uncover how? Learn why the smallest organisms hold the biggest secrets through the link in our bio.

One cell. Endless possibilities. 🧬⚛️

Physicist Julio Belmonte uses computer simulations to uncover how life develops from its very first stages.

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One cell. Endless possibilities. 🧬⚛️ Physicist Julio Belmonte uses computer simulations to uncover how life develops from its very first stages.

Thanks to the William A. Withers Endowment, future @ncstatechem students will have even more opportunities to learn, discover and succeed.

Learn more about the story behind the endowment through the link in our bio.

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Thanks to the William A. Withers Endowment, future @ncstatechem students will have even more opportunities to learn, discover and succeed. Learn more about the story behind the endowment through the link in our bio.

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October 13, 2026

A Perfect Storm: Waves and Tides Could Flood Bay Area Shorelines This Week

KQED
Dillon Amaya, a professor at North Carolina State University studying how climate change affects U.S. coastal waters, said warmer ocean-driven sea level rise, Kelvin waves, and surge from tropical cyclone Rachel are driving flooding in Southern California — and could foreshadow similar conditions elsewhere in the state this winter.

October 12, 2026

Rachel Moves in as ‘Unprecedented’ Conditions Bring SoCal Coastal Flooding

MSN
This Kelvin wave could keep sea levels elevated for months before its effects fade. And there’s already another Kelvin wave that he’s monitoring that’s coming up the coast of Mexico, said Dillon Amaya, an expert on Kelvin waves and an assistant professor at North Carolina State University’s Department of Marine, Earth and Atmospheric Sciences. It’s at least a few weeks away from Southern California.

October 09, 2026

Protected: Using Physics to Study the Ocean: Q&A With Park Scholar Vendela Gustafsson

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