University of North Texas

The University of North Texas (UNT) is a public research university located in the Dallas–Fort Worth metroplex, United States. Its main campus is in Denton, with a satellite campus in Frisco. It serves as the flagship of the University of North Texas System, which also includes universities in Dallas and Fort Worth. UNT offers 114 bachelor's, 97 master's, and 39 doctoral programs. Founded in 1890, it was the 24th largest university in the United States by enrollment in 2023.

UNT is classified as an "R1: Doctoral University – Very High Research Activity" by the Carnegie system, the highest Carnegie designation for U.S. research institutions. It is designated a Hispanic-Serving Institution and Minority-Serving Institution by the U.S. Department of Education. UNT is also designated an Emerging Research University by the state of Texas and is one of four universities supported by the Texas University Fund.

As of fall 2023, UNT enrolled 46,724 students, making it the third-largest university in Texas. It is also the largest university in the Dallas–Fort Worth area. UNT shares Denton with Texas Woman's University, the largest primarily women's university in the United States. UNT's main campus covers 963 acres (3.90 km²), with academic buildings to the north and athletic facilities, including DATCU Stadium, to the south. The university's research park, Discovery Park, spans 300 acres (1.2 km²) and lies about five miles (8 km) to the north.

The university's athletic teams are the North Texas Mean Green. Its sixteen intercollegiate athletic teams compete in National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division I. North Texas is a member of the American Athletic Conference. UNT's official school colors are green and white and its mascot is an Eagle named Scrappy.

The University of North Texas's main campus is located in Denton, a city of approximately 170,000 in the northern part of the Dallas–Fort Worth metroplex, the fourth-largest metropolitan area in the United States. As the flagship of the University of North Texas System, UNT has steadily expanded its physical presence since 1975, when it acquired a medical school in Fort Worth.

In 1981, the medical school was reorganized as a separate institution under the UNT Board of Regents. In 2009, the University of North Texas at Dallas became the system's second stand-alone university, and that same year, the Texas Legislature approved the creation of the University of North Texas at Dallas College of Law, which opened in 2014 in Downtown Dallas. The UNT System itself was established by the board of regents in 1980, 90 years after the founding of the university, and formally recognized by the 78th Legislature in 2003.

In 2004, UNT opened Discovery Park in Denton, a 300-acre (1.2 km²) research and technology campus located five miles (8 km) north of the main campus. It houses facilities focused on science, engineering, and innovation. In 2011, the College of Visual Arts and Design opened the Design Research Center in Dallas's Design District.

To extend access to its academic and research programs, UNT Denton established a satellite campus in Frisco, a suburban city in the northern Dallas–Fort Worth area. Frisco is located approximately 30 miles (48 km) north of downtown Dallas and 25 miles (40 km) east of Denton. In 2018, UNT at Frisco opened Inspire Park and now serves about 2,000 students each semester across several Frisco and Collin County sites, including Hall Park and the Collin Higher Education Center in McKinney. In 2020, the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board approved the development of a new UNT branch campus on a 100-acre (0.40 km²) site donated by the city of Frisco.