The University of North Texas is the flagship of the UNT System. Also, UNT Denton (University of North Texas) is about an hour north of UNT Dallas.

University of North Texas was created in 1890.

University of North Texas Press was created in 1987.

University of North Texas at Dallas was created in 2000.

The university has had seven names through the years:

1890 Texas Normal College and Teachers' Training Institute

1894 North Texas Normal College

1901 North Texas State Normal College

1923 North Texas State Teachers College

1949 North Texas State College

1961 North Texas State University

1988 University of North Texas