Presiding Professors of the University of North Carolina
- David Ker (1794-1796)
- Charles W. Harris (1796)
- Joseph Caldwell
(1796-1797)
- James S. Gillespie (1797-1799)
- Joseph Caldwell
(1799-1804)
Presidents of the University of North Carolina
- Joseph Caldwell
(1804-1812)
- Robert Hett Chapman (1812-1816)
- Joseph Caldwell
(1816-1835)
- Elisha Mitchell (acting
president, February-December 1835)
- David Lowry Swain (1835-1868)
- Solomon Pool (1869-1872)
(Presidency vacant 1872-1874)
- Charles Phillips (chairman of the faculty, 1875-1876)
- Kemp Plummer Battle (1876-1891)
- George Tayloe Winston (1891-1896)
- Edwin Anderson Alderman (1896-1900)
- Francis Preston Venable (1900-1913)
- Edward Kidder Graham (acting president, 1913-1914; president, 1914-1918)
- Marvin Hendrix Stacy (chairman of the faculty, 1918-1919)
- Harry Woodburn Chase (1919-1930)
- Frank Porter Graham (1930-1949)
Chancellors of the University of North Carolina
- Robert Burton House (dean of administration, 1934-1945; chancellor, 1945-1957)
- William Brantley Aycock (1957-1963)
Chancellors of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
- William Brantley Aycock (1963-1964)
- Paul F. Sharp (1964-1965)
- J. Carlyle Sitterson (1965-1972)
- N. Ferebee Taylor (1972-1980)
- Christopher C. Fordham (1980-1988)
- Paul Hardin (1988-1995)
- Michael Hooker (1995-1999)
- William O. McCoy (acting and interim chancellor, 1999-2000)
- James Moeser (2000- )