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About UNT

As one of Texas' largest universities, we offer 97 bachelor's, 101 master's and 49 doctoral degree programs.

By providing access, welcoming diversity and strengthening our collaborations with our many educational, business and community partners, as well as building new partnerships across the globe, UNT's faculty and staff work each day to prepare students for the challenges they will meet in our changing world.

UNT governance and administration

Mission and plans

Deans and academic leadership

Faculty

 

At the heart of our efforts to carry out UNT's mission are the faculty. Faculty leadership in teaching, research, creative activities, performance and service activities has created national and international reputations for excellence for a number of academic programs within the university's 11 schools and colleges.

Faculty by college or school

Reports and facts

Research

 

Faculty and students engage in innovative research and creative activities that consistently break new ground. The exciting scholarship at UNT is broad based and far reaching, incorporating research in the humanities, social sciences and the arts, as well as the sciences, technology, engineering and mathematics.

Global partnerships

 

Fostering global understanding and promoting cultural appreciation are central to preparing tomorrow's successful global leaders. Our strategic international partnerships seek to improve quality of life, facilitate the exchange of ideas and culture, and allow for important research addressing global issues. UNT hosts visiting scholars and faculty from more than 50 countries and offers global learning and experience programs in more than 37 nations. UNT's campus also benefits from a rich diversity of international students.

Student access and success

As a public university, we bear a special responsibility to advance and improve society. Our faculty, staff and students take seriously this obligation to do more to make a difference.

  • UNT Emerald Eagle Scholars program gives academically talented undergraduates who have high financial need the best chance at success.
  • UNT's G-Force program supports Texas' Closing the Gaps initiative by staffing Go Centers in high schools, where students can get information from current college students about college life and details about aid and admissions.

Diversity

We have a history of maintaining an unpretentious and accepting atmosphere that welcomes anyone who strives to achieve his or her personal best. UNT possesses and values an increasing diversity among the individuals who make up its community. This is one of our greatest strengths.

  • Multicultural Center provides discipline-specific mentors and buddy system mentors who are available to help students with academics, social issues, and interpersonal and leadership skills, as well as cultural awareness.

Fine arts

More than 1,000 Musical concerts, art exhibitions and theater productions are offered by students and faculty annually.

  • The College of Visual Arts and Design, among the country's largest and most comprehensive public arts schools, offers lectures and artists' talks as well as rotating art exhibitions in four primary galleries.
  • The Murchison Performing Arts Center features two venues — Winspear Hall and the Lyric Theater — that showcase student talent. The outstanding acoustics in Winspear Hall are on par with the Meyerson Symphony Center in Dallas and the Bass Performance Hall in Fort Worth as premier music halls in North Texas.
  • The university's nationally recognized College of Music offers more than 1,000 concerts per year, most of them free. Concerts range from intimate solo and chamber music concerts to large scale choral, orchestral, jazz and operatic productions.
  • The Department of Dance and Theatre provides an eclectic mix of drama, comedy and dance concerts each year.

History and tradition