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The University of North Texas (UNT), based in Denton, is a public institution of higher education and research committed to a wide array of sciences, engineering fields, liberal arts, fine arts, performing arts, humanities, public policy, and graduate professional education. Ten colleges, two schools, an early admissions math and science academy for exceptional high-school-age students from across the state, and a library system comprise the university. Its research is driven by about 34 doctoral degree programs. During the 2013–2014 school year, the university had a budget of $865 million, of which $40 million was allocated for research.〔 North Texas was founded as a nonsectarian, coeducational, private teachers college in 1890; and, as a collaborative development in response to enrollment growth and public demand, its trustees ceded control to the state in 1899. In 1901, North Texas was formally adopted by the State.〔"Denton Normal School," Dallas Morning News, May 25, 1901, pg. 2〕 ==Population, economic setting, and major location developments== The Denton campus is located in the largest populated region of Texas under two categories defined by the U.S. Census: (i) core based statistical area (CBSA; Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington — 4th largest, nationally) and (ii) combined statistical area (CSA; Dallas-Fort Worth — 7th largest, nationally). From an economic perspective, the Denton campus lies within the Dallas-Fort Worth–Arlington metropolitan area, as defined by the U.S. Office of Management and Budget, which as of 2011, had the sixth highest GDP (aka gross metropolitan product) of the nation's 366 metropolitan areas.〔(''GDP by Metropolitan Area, Advance 2011, and Revised 2001–2010, )'' U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis, U.S. Department of Commerce, February 22, 2013〕 As a state, Texas, as of 2011, had the second highest GDP in the country.〔''Table 1. Real GDP by State, 2008–2011,'' U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis, U.S. Department of Commerce, June 5, 2012〕 On behalf of the state, the university, in its civic advocacy for the state, prevailed with three new-location, capital-intensive expansions over the last years. * The university acquired in 1975 and subsequently developed a medical school in Fort Worth * The university created a campus in South Dallas in 2000 * The university laid the groundwork for establishing the first and only public law school in the region In 1981, the university spun off its new medical school as its own independent institution under the UNT Board of Regents.〔"Board Okays NT, TCOM Final Merger," by Joyce Hopkins, ''Denton Record-Chronicle'', December 8, 1974〕 In 2009, the University of North Texas at Dallas became its own independent institution. That same year, the Texas legislature approved the creation of University of North Texas at Dallas College of Law, opening in 2014 in Downtown Dallas as part of UNT Dallas. UNT and its three sister institutions are governed by University of North Texas System — a system established in 1980 by the Board of Regents and legislatively recognized in 2003 by the 78th Texas Legislature. In 2004, North Texas opened UNT Discovery Park, a 290-acre property in Denton, north of the main campus with technology incubator facilities dedicated to science and engineering. In 2011, the College of Visual Arts and Design launched the (Design Research Center ) in downtown Dallas in the (Design District ) as a laboratory dedicated to design-driven solutions in a community of real-world professionals.〔(UNT Press Release: ''UNT opens Design Research Center in Dallas, )'' UNT News Service, January 31, 2011〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「University of North Texas」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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