Chairman Brint Ryan Phone +1 214-752-8585 Color Green and white | Number of students 36,000 (as 2014) Founded 1999 Chairperson G. Brint Ryan | |
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Type Public university system Established 1890 (forerunner institution founded)1980 (system created)2003 (system formalized) Chancellor Lee F. Jackson(2002–present) Vice-Chancellor Rosemary R. HaggettAcademic Affairs & Student SuccessJanet WaldronFinanceAllen ClemsonAdministration & Chief of StaffT.J. MortonGovernmental RelationsNancy S. FooterGeneral CounselJames MaguireFacilities Planning & Construction & Chief Architect Location 1901 Main St.Dallas, Texas 75201 Address 1901 Main St, Dallas, TX 75201, USA Subsidiaries University of North Texas, University of North Texas at Dallas, University of North Texas Health Science Center Similar University of North Texas, University of North Texas He, Texas A&M University–Commerce, Collin College, University of Texas at Dallas Profiles |
The University of North Texas System is a public university system, headquartered in Downtown Dallas, in the former Titche-Goettinger Building. It is the administrative overseer of four otherwise autonomous Texas institutions of higher learning: (i) the University of North Texas, a comprehensive research institution based in Denton, (ii) the University of North Texas Health Science Center in Fort Worth, and (iii) the University of North Texas at Dallas in South- and Downtown Dallas.
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History
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. As a reflection of growth, the UNT System was formalized in 2003 by the 78th Texas Legislature.
University of North Texas
The University of North Texas, the System's flagship institution, a four-year general education university in Denton, Texas.
University of North Texas Health Science Center
The University of North Texas Health Science Center (UNTHSC) is a graduate-level institution which includes the Texas College of Osteopathic Medicine (TCOM), the Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, the School of Public Health, the School of Health Professions, and the UNT System College of Pharmacy.
University of North Texas at Dallas
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.
Board of Regents
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.
Current regents, Governor Rick Perry appointees
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