The University of North Texas System is a public university system headquartered in

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. It is the administrative overseer of three otherwise autonomous Texas institutions of higher learning: the

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, a comprehensive research institution based in Denton; the

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; and the

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in South- and

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History

The UNT Regents initially created the system in 1980 to optimize management with the

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, 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.

Constituent institutions

University of North Texas

The

, the System's flagship institution, a four-year general education university in

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University of North Texas Health Science Center

The

(UNTHSC) is a graduate-level institution which includes the

(TCOM), the Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, the School of Public Health, the School of Health Professions, and the UNT System College of Pharmacy.

University of North Texas at Dallas

The

(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 The University of North Texas at Dallas College of Law (UNT Dallas College of Law) is a law school institution accredited by the American Bar Association (ABA). It is located at 106 S. Harwood St. in the UNT Dallas Law Center. The parent institu ...

was founded in the fall of 2014, and was realigned within UNT Dallas on September 1, 2015.

University of North Texas New College at Frisco

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is at the heart of the DFW economic boom located in one of the fastest-growing areas in the country and home to the $5 Billion Mile. UNT opened the Frisco satellite campus in Spring 2016. Undergraduate programs include Criminal Justice, Sports Management and, Strategic Corporate Communication; M.B.A's are also available at this campus.

Board of regents

The system is governed by the University of North Texas

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, whose members are appointed by the governor to serve six-year terms. The system added its first student regent — a one-year appointment that does not carry voting rights — in February 2006.

Chancellors

* 1980–1981:

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was appointed president and chancellor July 1980, making him UNT's eleventh president and first chancellor. He resigned August 27, 1981, to accept the presidency of

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. The Chancellor's post, at that time, oversaw the

and

. The position for a Chancellor was created by the UNT Board of Regents in 1980 and the system was formalized in 2003 by the 78th Texas Legislature. Vandiver's -month tenure in the dual role as president and chancellor is the shortest of either in the -year history of UNT. * 1982–2002: Alfred Hurley was appointed president and chancellor on February 1, 1982, making him UNT's twelfth president and second chancellor. He stepped down as president of UNT in October 2000 to become the system's first full-time chancellor. Hurley stepped down as Chancellor on August 31, 2002. He is currently ''

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'' Chancellor. Hurley had previously served 30 years in the

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, where, from 1966 to 1980, he headed the History Department at the

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and served as chairman of its Humanities Division. : His tenures as president, years, and chancellor, years, are the longest of either position in the histories of UNT and the UNT System. In August 2002, the Regents renamed UNT Administration Building — currently years old — in honor of Alfred F. and Johanna H. Hurley. * 2002–2017: Lee F. Jackson served the UNT System as Chancellor from September 1, 2002, to October 6, 2017.He was appointed Chancellor of the University of North Texas System after a 30-year career in government in Dallas and the State of Texas. Jackson began his career in the Dallas City Manager's Office, served 10 years in the Texas House of Representatives, and was elected four times as Dallas County Judge, chief elected official in the state's second largest county. He received many awards for regional leadership, initiated new programs in juvenile justice, air quality, and transportation, and helped establish the Sixth Floor Museum in downtown Dallas which examines the legacy of

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and the events surrounding his assassination there in 1963.

References

External links

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