University of North Texas System

University of North Texas System

UNT headquarters in Dallas
Type	Public university system
Established	1890 (forerunner institution founded) 1980 (system created) 2003 (system formalized)
Chairman	Brint Ryan
Chancellor	Lee F. Jackson (2002–present)
Vice-Chancellor	Rosemary R. Haggett Academic Affairs & Student Success Janet Waldron Finance Allen Clemson Administration & Chief of Staff T.J. Morton Governmental Relations Nancy S. Footer General Counsel James Maguire Facilities Planning & Construction & Chief Architect
Students	36,000 (as 2014)
Location	1901 Main St. Dallas, Texas 75201
Campus	UNT System (Dallas) UNT (Denton) UNT Heath Science Center UNT Dallas
Colors	Green and white
Website	www.untsystem.edu

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.

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.

The University of North Texas, the System's flagship institution, a four-year general education university in Denton, Texas.

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.

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.