About Us

The University of North Texas System inspires courageous discovery that empowers our students, campuses, and communities to pursue a brighter vision for tomorrow.

UNT System is the only university system based in and exclusively focused on the Dallas-Fort Worth region.

We embrace our role in creating opportunities through education and developing the workforce of tomorrow for North Texas. 

Purpose
With our heart in North Texas, we transform lives and create economic opportunity through education.

Vision
By 2030, UNT System will be one team, values-driven, and customer-focused with an emphasis on innovation, curiosity, and excellence.

Values
Learn more about our core Values and Behaviors.

• Courageous Integrity
• Be Curious
• We Care
• Better Together
• Show Your Fire

 

 

UNT System Headquarters

UNT System Headquarters, also referred to as UNT System Administration, was founded in 1999 and provides governance and service to UNT System component institutions in the areas of legal, finance, audit, academic affairs and student success, facilities and construction, human resources, information technology and government relations. The purpose of UNT System Headquarters is to lead, serve and inspire. Like its counterpart central administrative offices across Texas, the UNT System:

• Provides executive leadership
• Represents the University of North Texas System and its component institutions in all legal matters
• Leads the development of educational mission, policy, and programs and facilitates and coordinates new initiatives and academic and student affairs planning and implementation
• Oversees system-wide financial planning and analysis, including coordination of the annual institution budgets within the UNT System
• Supervises compliance with federal, state, and local laws and with Board of Regents policies
• Provides a full range of professional design, development and management support for facilities planning and construction
• Establishes state and federal legislative and policy priorities for the System in collaboration with the Board of Regents institutional leadership and engages constituencies and stakeholders at all levels of government on issues impacting higher education
• Coordinates relationships with the region’s communities and organizations and other university systems