ALL NEW UNDERGRADUATE AND GRADUATE STUDENTS entering UNC Charlotte are required to have a personal laptop computer to support their college experience. In addition, some colleges have additional requirements or recommendations:
|
College |
Additional Requirements / Recommendations |
|---|---|
|
Belk College of Business |
All students are required to have a laptop with the Windows operating system. |
|
Cato College of Education |
No additional requirements. |
|
College of Arts + Architecture: School of Architecture |
The NinerReady computer may not meet your needs. Faculty recommend a Windows computer with dedicated processor comparable to AMD Ryzen 7 5800H (20 MB total cache, 8 cores, 16 threads) and a graphics card comparable to the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 Ti, 4 GB GDDR6, a computer with 32 GB RAM, an external mouse, Adobe Creative Cloud software, and Rhino 3D Modeling software. |
| College of Arts + Architecture | If you are a Digital Media, Graphic Design or Illustration student, the NinerReady computer may not meet your needs. Faculty recommend a Mac computer with at least 32 GB RAM and 1TB SSD. As well as an external hard drive with at least 2-4 TB of space if you are doing video work. |
|
College of Computing and Informatics |
No additional requirements |
|
College of Health and Human Services |
No additional requirements |
|
College of Liberal Arts & Sciences |
No additional requirements. |
|
The William States Lee College of Engineering |
Recommended: Dedicated Graphics Video Card (2GB). |
Apple's new Mac Books (with an M1 chip) require a Virtual machine (ARM only). The latest version of Parallels Desktop may meet this need and can be purchased from https://software.charlotte.edu.