This $33.4 million, 87,000-square-foot facility will include 24,000 square feet of research labs and will connect with the Biology Building.
Flexible classroom spaces and cutting-edge technology will allow a global learning emphasis and will be the hallmarks of this $70 million building for business students.
In 2008, students voted to help fund a new multi-use facility. It will seat 30,000 fans, feature luxury suites and be the nation's first "green" collegiate stadium.
This 74,000-square-
foot building houses the Student Health and Wellness Center,
the Career Center, the Student Money Management Center, Counseling and Testing Services, and College Optical Express.
Exclusively for Honors College students, this 200-bed residence hall includes music practice rooms.
Open to all students, this 276-bed residence hall features semi-private and private rooms.
UNT is located in Denton, a student-friendly
college town only 35 miles north of the nation's fourth-largest metropolitan area, Dallas-Fort Worth, with an abundance of jobs, internship opportunities, entertainment, culture, shopping and professional sports.
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You want to get your college degree from a university that is widely respected. The University of North Texas is a student-centered public research institution with a legacy of excellence. It gives you more options than any university in the Dallas-Fort Worth region, offering 97 bachelor's, 101 master's and 49 doctoral degree programs.
UNT is the flagship of the UNT System and leads Texas with the number of Goldwater Scholars in math and science.
UNT provides a traditional college experience and the quality of a private university at an affordable cost. It has been named one of America's 100 Best College Buys® for 14 consecutive years, is one of only nine public U.S. universities that enrolls more than 4,000 Hispanics and 4,000 African Americans, and was recently named a "Best in the West" college by The Princeton Review.
Some of our nationally recognized academic programs are:
You probably want to choose a place where people will care about you and help you if you need it.
Many entering freshmen are undecided or undeclared. Professional academic advisors are available to help you select your major and to help guide you in course selection each year.
UNT offers flexible class schedules so you can plan around work and other activities. UNT offers literally thousands of classes each semester - including hundreds that are online.
Staff will walk you through the online registration process (and lots of other things) during freshman orientation. The First Year Experience provides mentors and a virtual community for transitioning to college and developing online friends.
Special help is available in a wide range of areas, including counseling, disability accommodation, health and wellness services, legal services, study skills development and tutoring. The Learning Center offers a free 24/7 online tutoring service.
Founded: 1890
Location: Denton, Texas (population 115,000)
Enrollment: More than 36,000, including students from 46 states and 145 countries (50 international exchange agreements with universities around the world)
Campus: 875 acres
Degrees offered: 97 bachelor's, 101 master's, 49 doctoral degree programs
Famous alumni: Grammy winner Norah Jones, self-help expert Dr. Phil McGraw, Pulitzer Prize winner Larry McMurtry, renowned granite sculptor Jesús Moroles, among others
Colors: Green and white
Athletic nickname: Mean Green; Mascot: Eagle
Athletic conference: Sun Belt (football champions 2001-2004, soccer champions 2001, 2004-2005, basketball champions 2007)
Average SAT score for entering freshmen: Significantly exceeds national and Texas averages
Minimum SAT score for students in the Honors College: 1200
Ethnicity of student body: 64.7 percent white, 12.8 percent African American, 12.0 percent Hispanic, 5.2 percent Asian, 6.3 percent other
Student organizations: 300 - plus a student newspaper, radio station and cable television station
Students living on campus: 6,049 in 14 residence halls
Cost of attending: $7,300 for Texas residents enrolled in 15 semester credit hours for two semesters in 2009-10 ($15,700 for nonresidents), plus fees related to instruction; room and board, $ 6,326
Scholarships awarded annually: $19 million
Financial aid awarded annually: $211.4 million
Web classes: Largest provider of online credit courses among Texas public universities
Research and services centers: 60, including several in the nearly 290-acre Discovery Park just north of campus
Play therapy: Largest training facility in the world
Forensics:The only accredited undergraduate forensic science program in Texas
Center for Spanish Language Media: One of the nation's first comprehensive training and research programs for Spanish language media
Library system: 6 million cataloged items in five facilities
Music: One of the most comprehensive music colleges in the nation
Logistics and supply chain management: One of the largest programs in the Southwest
Mechanical and Energy Engineering: Nation's first degree program in this area, which focuses on energy production