University of North Texas System
Public university system in Texas From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Public university system in Texas From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The University of North Texas System is a public university system headquartered in Dallas, Texas.[3] It is the administrative overseer of three otherwise autonomous Texas institutions of higher learning: the University of North Texas, a research institution based in Denton; the University of North Texas Health Science Center in Fort Worth; and the University of North Texas at Dallas in South- and Downtown Dallas.
Type | Public university system |
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Established | 1890 (forerunner institution founded) 1980 (system created) 2003 (system formalized) |
Chairperson | Laura Wright |
Chancellor | Michael R. Williams (2022–present)[1] |
Students | 49,060 (as of 2021)[2] |
Location | , U.S. 32°46′54″N 96°47′43″W |
Campus | UNT System (Dallas) UNT (Denton) UNT Health Science Center (Fort Worth) UNT Dallas |
Colors | Green and white |
Website | www |
The UNT Regents initially created the system in 1980 to optimize management with the Texas College of Osteopathic Medicine, which, 5 years earlier (September 1, 1975) became part of UNT by way of merger.[4] As a reflection of growth, the UNT System was formalized in 2003 by the 78th Texas Legislature.
The University of North Texas (UNT), the System's flagship institution, a four-year general education university in Denton, Texas. As of Fall 2023, UNT has 46,940 students.
The University of North Texas Health Science Center (UNTHSC) is primarily a graduate-level institution which includes the Texas College of Osteopathic Medicine (TCOM), the School of Biomedical Sciences, the School of Public Health, the School of Health Professions, the UNT System College of Pharmacy, and the School of Nursing. UNTHSC started its first bachelors program in 2022.
The University of North Texas at Dallas (formerly known as the System Center and UNT Dallas Campus) is a university established as a branch campus of the University of North Texas in 2000. In April 2009, the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board certified this enrollment and granted UNT Dallas status as an independent general academic institution. Now, the freestanding school is known as the University of North Texas at Dallas, the first public university within Dallas city limits. Freshmen and sophomores were admitted for the first time in the fall of 2010. Initially operated as a unit within the UNT System, the University of North Texas at Dallas College of Law was founded in the fall of 2014, and was realigned within UNT Dallas on September 1, 2015.
UNT opened the Frisco satellite campus in Spring 2016. Undergraduate programs include criminal justice, sports management and, strategic corporate communication; M.B.A's are also available at this campus.
The system is governed by the University of North Texas Board of Regents, whose members are appointed by the governor to serve six-year terms. The system added its first student regent—a one-year appointment that does not carry voting rights—in February 2006.
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