Dual Degrees

• Law - UNC Law's student body is among the most highly credentialed and intellectually diverse in America.
• Public Health - The nationally ranked UNC's School of Public Health draws students and faculty from across North Carolina and around the world.
• City and Regional Planning - The Department of City and Regional Planning at UNC Chapel Hill has been educating planners since 1946.
• Information and Library Science - Currently ranked #1 in the nation by U.S. News & World Report; SILS consistently takes a leadership role in today's ever-changing information and library science landscape.

How to apply

Requirements

• First year: you complete the required courses in one program.
• Second year: you complete the required first year of the other program.
• The remainder of the curriculum is a prescribed number of elective courses from the two programs.

Dual Degree Comparison
	Law School	School of Public Health	City and Regional Planning	Information and Library Science
Degree	MBA/JD	MBA/MHA MBA/MSPH	MBA/MRP	MBA/MSIS
Duration	4 years total (versus 5 separately)	3 years total (versus 4 separately)	3 years total (versus 4 separately)	3 years total (versus 4 separately)
Suggested Order of Years	Most students complete the first year of law school first.	May begin in either program. Roughly half of students start in each program.	May begin in either program. While most students complete first year in business school, there are benefits to beginning in the planning department.	May begin in either program.
Faculty Contact	, Boshamer Professor of Law	, Director of the HPAA Masters Program	, Chair of Planning and Director of the Dual Degree Program
Student Contact				No student contact at this time