East Carolina University (ECU) could be a public research university in Greenville, North Carolina. it's the fourth largest university in North Carolina.
Founded on March 8, 1907, as an educator training school, East Carolina has grown from 43 acres (17 ha) to almost 1,600 acres (647 ha) today. The university's academic facilities are located on six properties: Main Campus, Health Sciences Campus, West Research Campus, the sector Station for Coastal Studies in New Holland, North Carolina, the Millennial Research Innovation Campus in Greenville's warehouse district and a far off campus in Certaldo Alto, Italy. ECU also operates the Coastal Studies Institute. The nine undergraduate colleges, school, and 4 professional schools are located on these four properties. All of the non-health sciences majors are located on the most campus. the faculty of Nursing, College of Allied Health Sciences, The Brody School of medication, and faculty of medicine are located on the health science campus. ECU is assessed among "R2: Doctoral Universities – High research activity".
There are eleven social sororities, 16 social fraternities, four historically black sororities, five historically black fraternities, one Native American fraternity, and one Native American sorority. There are over 400 registered clubs on campus including fraternities and sororities.