Students can start a new chapter in their lives and become the people they want to be. There are plenty of choices regarding how to get involved outside of the classroom.
Student organizations
More than 300 student organizations, including 30 fraternities and sororities, contribute to an engaging college experience. Select from academic, multicultural, political, professional, religious/spiritual, service, spirit and special interest groups, or get active in club sports. UNT offers many opportunities to develop leadership skills.
Residence Life
UNT is the largest residential campus in the Dallas-Fort Worth region, housing more than 6,000 students. Studies show that students who live on campus get the most out of their college experience. Perhaps just as important to students is being able to sleep later - some roll out of bed 10 minutes before their first class.
Arts and culture
Music and the arts are a vital part of the UNT campus because of our excellent degree programs in these areas. Concerts, exhibitions, performances and film screenings abound, often featuring students or their work.
The arts at UNT
- Union Gallery
- Union Fine Arts Series
- College of Music Events
- Murchison Performing Arts Center
- College of Visual Arts UNT Galleries
- Dance and Theatre Arts
Giving back
UNT students learn the value of partnership through community service opportunities that are woven into the classroom experience and campus life. Innovative class projects in 2007, for example, allowed kinesiology students to devote more than 4,000 hours to helping schoolchildren with disabilities practice physical activity, and the College of Public Affairs and Community Service has service learning partnerships with nearly 500 organizations in the Dallas-Fort Worth region. UNT’s Volunteer Center also links those who want to serve with those who need assistance, including off-campus projects that support community needs and on-campus projects such as Beautification Day.
Cultural diversity
UNT strives to create a welcoming environment where may different perspectives and voices are supported. Working to make the student experience as inclusive as possible, assures that students are prepared to succeed on the global stage.
Since 1996, UNT undergraduates have participated in the National Student Exchange, which allows them to study for up to two semesters at one of more than 190 member colleges and universities in 48 states, Guam, Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands and Canada while remaining enrolled at UNT.
Numerous opportunities to study abroad invite UNT students to examine the world while immersed in carefully constructed, discipline-specific, challenging experiences.
Discipline-specific mentors and buddy system mentors from the Multicultural Center also are available to help students with academics, social issues, and interpersonal and leadership skills, as well as cultural awareness.
Connect quickly
All new UNT students participate in mentoring programs, a virtual community and other initiatives provided by UNT’s First-Year Experience, which connects students to campus resources and plugs them into UNT’s academic and social community so they are more likely to graduate. UNT mentors include returning students, faculty and staff members who are trained to provide guidance and support.