General Questions Answered:

About the campus
The Denton city campus is the main campus of the university. UNT Discovery Park is about 5 miles from the main campus in Denton and houses the College of Engineering. This campus has begun operations from Dec 2003. 
The other campus is located at UNT-Health Science Center in Fort Worth (about 40 miles from Denton, 1.5 hour drive). The ISA is an active student organization managed by the students at the Denton campus. For UNT-HSC, please refer here for contact information.

Map
UNT Denton Main Campus: http://www.unt.edu/pais/map/campusmap.htm

Denton

Denton is located at the north of the triangle of cities formed by Dallas-Denton-Fort Worth. The main airport (DFW) is situated at the center, equidistant from all three cities and is about 25 miles from Denton. Denton is a university town with 2 major state universities, UNT and Texas Woman's University (TWU). It has a population of about 100,000. Current enrollment in UNT is 30000+ students most of which commute daily from Dallas and other cities. About 8000-10000 students stay in University housing (dormitory) or off campus locations in Denton. The weather in Denton is extreme in nature (similar to those in northern India). Summers are very hot (35-40 C; June-Oct), winters are mild (as compared to rest of USA; Nov-Feb)). We do have some days of snowfall but nothing to worry about. There is no monsoon season, we have rain all year round in the form of sudden thunderstorms. Its said that if you don't like the weather in Texas, wait a few minutes and it will change. August/Sept are the hottest months of the year.

Minimal recommended items : Cap, Shorts for summer; thick jacket, gloves, something to cover ears like monkey cap for winter

When to arrive
It is recommended that you arrive at least 7-10 days before the student orientation dates sent to you by the international office. During the orientation your documents are checked at the university and you shall be cleared to register for classes.

Arrival
Dallas is served by most airlines. Most Indian students arrive by Lufthansa (Frankfurt-DFW), British Airways (London-DFW or London-Chicago-DFW), American Airlines (NYC/LAX-DFW), Delta Airlines (NYC/Atlanta/Cincinnati-DFW), Continental Airlines (Cleveland-DFW). For your comfort, we recommend you arrive by any airline flying directly from Europe/SE Asia to Dallas (very few are available). We also recommend you try to arrive on the weekends and/or in the evenings.

Airport pickup and temporary accommodation
ISA can pickup arriving students from DFW (Dallas-Ft.Worth) Intl Airport, the most commonly arriving airport for international travelers. If you are flying in only from the US (domestic flight) on few selected airlines, you might be arriving at Dallas Love Field Airport. In either case, you need to inform the president by email at least 1 week in advance of your flight details. If the information does not reach in time, we cannot guarantee pickup although we will try to arrange for it. Once you arrive at the airport, you will collect your baggage and proceed to customs declaration. After customs you will be coming out into the foyer of the airport. We shall provide a contact number in our email response to you, please call the number from a public phone only if you have been waiting for at least 1 hour.  We will also provide temporary accommodation in most cases with existing students until you can find an apartment of your own.

Fees and Insurance

Refer UNT website for fee information: http://essc.unt.edu/saucs/tuition.htm

International students have to pay out-of-state tuition fee. When you a get a tuition waiver job on campus, you have to pay in-state tuition fee. Some states exempt international students from all tuition fee (but still ask you to pay other service fees) when they give a tuition fee waiver, but not Texas. So, even though you might get a tuition waiver at UNT, it does not mean a full waiver, but you end up paying about 50% of the out-of-state fee.

It is recommended that you get the recommended international student fees as per your I-20 for atleast 1.5 (one and half semester) and upto 2 semesters when you come from India. You can get a demand draft in favor of 'University of North Texas' for one semester fee. If the actual fee is more than the amount on the draft, you can pay the remaining by check. If the amount on the draft is more than the actual fee, you will get a refund check. It is also recommended that you get some cash, to take care of apartment deposit (refundable under certain conditions, varies from apartment to apartment) and the first month rent. You can get this in a combination of cash/traveler's check/demand draft in your favor. Also, you can send and receive money from India easily by post or demand draft later.

The university provides insurance through a company (United Healthcare Insurance Company) and that is valid for benefits at the UNT health clinic. UNT accepts only United Healthcare insurance, so getting insurance from India is not recommended. Health Insurance amount is included in the semester fee.

Financial Aid and jobs (for all students)
There are two types of campus jobs available. Jobs with or without partial tuition waiver (you pay about 1/3rd of  international student tuition fees).
Most departments have TA/RA positions but these are very competitive. In most cases, you will need to meet the concerned faculty after arriving here to be considered for these positions. Most departments prefer to consider students after having seen their performance in the first semester. However, you should also apply for these positions for the first semester directly to the dept. before you arrive, by the deadline for your dept. The Denton campus has about 8-10 computer labs for general access to all students. If you gain employment in any of these labs as a lab assistant and you are in a computer related program (like CS, BCIS), you are eligible for partial tuition waiver.
Campus jobs (non waiver) are available in numerous cafeterias, the bookstore, other locations. These are hourly paying jobs and the monthly income earned is enough to pay living expenses for off campus locations only.
Few scholarships are available for international students and most have the application deadline as March 31. More information on scholarships can be obtained from the International Advising Office.