
UNC Health Sciences at MAHEC
UNC Health Sciences at MAHEC brings together students and faculty from UNC’s schools of dentistry, medicine, pharmacy and public health, to create opportunities for interprofessional training, research, collaboration and innovation to improve the health and well-being of Western North Carolina.

Strengthening Our Mountain Communities
In 2017, the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and the Mountain Area Health Education Center (MAHEC) partnered to create an interprofessional health sciences branch campus called UNC Health Sciences at MAHEC. This campus includes the schools of medicine, dentistry, pharmacy and public health. Together, these schools aim to address healthcare disparities in North Carolina’s mountain region and emphasize the importance of developing a strong workforce of rural healthcare practitioners.
Building Workforce Excellence Together
The UNC Health Sciences branch campus addresses Western North Carolina’s biggest healthcare challenges by leveraging community partnerships, MAHEC’s national expertise in workforce development, and UNC-Chapel Hill’s world-class research and educational excellence.
- UNC Gillings School of Global Public Health: Ranked as the #1 public school of public health in the United States by U.S. News & World Report for the 2024-2025 period
- UNC Eshelman School of Pharmacy: Ranked as the #1 pharmacy school in the nation by U.S. News & World Report
- UNC School of Medicine: Ranked #1 in primary care by U.S. News & World Report
- UNC Adams School of Dentistry: Ranked as the #2 dental school globally by the Academic Ranking of World Universities