Contact Information
The Center for Optoelectronics and Optical Communications
University of North Carolina at Charlotte
9201 University City Blvd.
Grigg Hall, Room 235
Charlotte NC 28223
Voice: (704) 687-8117 | Fax: (704) 687-8241
Email: opticscenter@uncc.edu

Detailed Campus Maps


From Charlotte\Douglas Int'l Airport
Leave terminal on Airport Freeway Road, go straight at traffic light. Get in left lane to exit for Billy Graham Parkway North to I-85. Stay in right lane on Billy Graham Parkway through two traffic lights. Turn right onto I-85N, toward Concord. Go 11.2 miles to Exit 45a (Harris Blvd East). Go half a mile to UNC Charlotte\Hwy 29. Turn left on 29. The new entrance to UNCC is the first right after the 2nd light. The Optoelectronics Center is in Grigg Hall, the brick building on the right just inside the new entrance.

From north of Charlotte via I-85
Take exit 45A (Harris Blvd East). Merge onto Harris. Go half a mile to UNC Charlotte\Hwy 29. Turn left on 29. The new entrance to UNCC is the first right after the 2nd light. The Optoelectronics Center is in Grigg Hall, the brick building on the right just inside the new entrance.

From north of Charlotte via I-77
Take exit 18 (Harris Blvd). Turn left (East) onto Harris and go about 7 miles to reach UNC Charlotte\Hwy 29. Turn left on 29. The new entrance to UNCC is the first right after the 2nd light. The Optoelectronics Center is in Grigg Hall, the brick building on the right just inside the new entrance.

From south of Charlotte via I-85
Take Exit 45a (Harris Blvd East). Go half a mile to UNC Charlotte\Hwy 29. Turn left on 29. The new entrance to UNCC is the first right after the 2nd light. The Optoelectronics Center is in Grigg Hall, the brick building on the right just inside the new entrance.

From south of Charlotte via I-77
Take I-77 North to I-85 North. Take I-85 North for about 5.5 miles to reach Exit 45A (Harris Blvd East) then follow above directions "From south of Charlotte via I-85".

From east of Charlotte via US 74
Turn right onto Harris Blvd and travel about 9.5 miles to UNC Charlotte\Hwy 29 exit. Turn right on 29. The new entrance to UNCC is the first right after the 2nd light. The Optoelectronics Center is in Grigg Hall, the brick building on the right just inside the new entrance.

From Concord area via US 29
Turn left onto Harris Blvd and go 1/2 mile to UNC Charlotte\Hwy 49 exit.
At bottom of exit ramp, turn left on 49; campus is 1 mile on left.