East Carolina University

Alpha Phi Sorority sisters Marylynn Schrock, left, Isabella Vicidomini, Kaili Andre show how happy they are to be back on campus for the 2023 Spring Semester.

Pirate Success

ECU is home to more than 27,000 enrolled students. Learn more about how our Pirates succeed during and after their time in Pirate Nation.

Barking Buddies

Humane Society of Eastern North Carolina Community Engagement Coordinator Morgan May introduces Scout to ECU students during a fundraiser hosted by Alpha Omicron Pi and Delta Tau Delta. Learn more about fraternity and sorority life at ECU.

Students at the Nancy Darden Child Development Center look at worms being use to make compost. The compost will be put in the garden at the center.

Did You Know?

ECU’s College of Health and Human Performance holds an annual prevention science film festival. This year’s prevention science initiative focuses on maternal and child health.

Welcome Back, Pirates!

ECU students made their return to campus Jan. 9 for the start of the spring semester. Learn more about ECU’s academic programs.

Warm Welcome from Pirate Nation

ECU Chancellor Philip Rogers speaks to Dr. Ariane Peralta’s microbial ecology class on the first day of ECU’s spring semester.

First in NC and #6 nationwide

Princeton Review award for best colleges

The Princeton Review: 2022 Best 387 Colleges

#1 in medical grads practicing in North Carolina

in producing medical grads who practice in N.C.

Graduate programs, U.S. News & World Report

For commitment to economic engagement

Top Colleges for Diversity, Ten-time recipient

Children with cerebral palsy have hope for better limb function thanks to an innovative study led by ECU’s College of Allied Health Sciences.

The guidance musician and artist Scott Avett received from ECU’s School of Art and Design still resonates more than 20 years later.

As exercise proves beneficial for Parkinson’s patients, ECU physical therapy students design a service project to increase treatment access.

Pirate alumni Peter and Sophia Ku have chosen to honor the kindness shown to them by establishing an endowment to support ECU.

The ECU Educational Foundation achieved the highest single-year fundraising total in its history with generous donors investing $36,743,828 million in new gifts.