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About UNT

The University of North Texas is a student-focused public research university and the flagship of the UNT System. With about 36,000 students, we are one of Texas’ largest universities and the largest, most comprehensive university in the Dallas-Fort Worth region.

  • Graduate students comprise 22 percent of UNT’s student body, numbering more than 7,700
  • We offer 82 master’s and 35 doctoral degree programs
  • Many graduate programs are rated among the state’s and nation’s best
  • The median graduate class size is 12 students
  • Leading researchers and renowned faculty members collaborate with graduate students on research and other projects
  • UNT offers more than 80 research centers and cross-disciplinary research clusters
  • Our libraries house more than 6 million cataloged items and 10 million files of digital content

We are located in Denton, a town of 122,000 people about 40 miles north of Dallas and Fort Worth, the country’s fourth-largest metropolitan area. Learn more about UNT at www.unt.edu or join us on Facebook at www.facebook.com/northtexas.