Description of North Carolina School of Science and Mathematics
NCSSM opened in 1980 and recruits statewide to educate academically talented 11th and 12th grade students who show promise of exceptional development and/or special interest in science and mathematics. Students accepted to NCSSM are required to live on the Durham campus at the historic site of the former Watts Hospital. Approximately 560 juniors and seniors attend the public high school, living in five residence halls on campus. In 2003, the North Carolina Legislature approved a bill granting tuition costs for any UNC system university to all graduates of NCSSM, starting with the class of 2004. Information about NCSSM is available by contacting local school guidance counselors, science and mathematics teachers, principals or headmasters of North Carolina secondary schools.