Research University
The College of Engineering's atom probe and electron microscopes provide researchers with capabilities that are unique among public universities in the nation.
UNT shares characteristics with research institutions around the nation*, such as:
- Awarding more than 50 doctoral degrees annually.
- Creating new knowledge in both basic and applied research, with strong researchers attracted to and retained on the faculty.
- Outfitting library and laboratory resources, including sophisticated computing capabilities, and receiving millions of dollars each year in research grants.
- Cultivating an international orientation and sustaining a multicultural student body.
- Supporting a university press and the importance of the visual and performing arts.
Students and faculty work together in UNT's 60 research centers and institutes to advance knowledge and improve society. This includes work being done in the Spanish Language Media Center, the nation's first comprehensive training and research program for Spanish-speaking media professionals. More research facilities are located in the 285-acre UNT Research Park just north of campus.
UNT has 60 research centers and institutes where students work with faculty to find solutions to real-world problems.
Recent projects led by UNT researchers have:
- used magnetic resonance imaging to measure changes in brain activity that occur during the learning process — from the first try to a completely learned skill.
- investigated web advertising in conjunction with cultural theories, some of the first original research in the area.
- used zebrafish to model human genetics and then predict how best to counteract blood clots in human blood vessels.
For more information, visit www.unt.edu/ospa and www.unt.edu/untresearch.
*Reinventing Undergraduate Education: A Blueprint for America's Research Universities. The Boyer Commission on Educating Undergraduates in the Research University (1998). Retrieved from naples.cc.sunysb.edu/Pres/boyer.nsf/webform/preface (excerpt) on 7/31/07.