Editing University of North Texas (section)

==Campus and facilities==
The University of North Texas's main campus is located in [[Denton, Texas|Denton]], a city of approximately 170,000 in the northern part of the [[Dallas–Fort Worth metroplex]], the fourth-largest metropolitan area in the United States. As the flagship of the [[University of North Texas System]], UNT has steadily expanded its physical presence since 1975, when it acquired a [[University of North Texas Health Science Center|medical school]] in Fort Worth.

In 1981, the medical school was reorganized as a separate institution under the UNT Board of Regents.{{Sfn|''DRC'', Hopkins, Dec. 8,|1974|loc=pp. 1 & 2}} In 2009, the [[University of North Texas at Dallas]] became the system's second stand-alone university, and that same year, the Texas Legislature approved the creation of the [[University of North Texas at Dallas College of Law]], which opened in 2014 in [[Downtown Dallas]]. The UNT System itself was established by the board of regents in 1980 and formally recognized by the [[Seventy-eighth Texas Legislature|78th Legislature]] in 2003.

In 2004, UNT opened [[University of North Texas Discovery Park|Discovery Park]] in Denton, a  {{convert|300|acre|km2|sing=on}} research and technology campus located five miles (8 km) north of the main campus. It houses facilities focused on science, engineering, and innovation. In 2011, the College of Visual Arts and Design opened the Design Research Center in Dallas's Design District.{{Sfn|UNT News: Jan. 31,|2011|p=}}

To extend access to its academic and research programs, UNT Denton established a satellite campus in [[Frisco, Texas|Frisco]], a rapidly developed city in the northern Dallas–Fort Worth area known for its corporate and educational infrastructure. Frisco is located approximately 30 miles (48 km) north of Downtown Dallas and 25 miles (40 km) east of Denton. In 2018, UNT at Frisco opened Inspire Park and now serves about 2,000 students each semester across several Frisco and Collin County sites, including Hall Park and the Collin Higher Education Center in McKinney.{{Sfn|UNT News: May 1,|2018|p=}} In 2020, the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board approved the development of a new UNT branch campus on a {{convert|100|acre|km2|sing=on}} site donated by the City of Frisco.
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    |University of North Texas September 2015 11 (Hurley Administration Building).jpg
    |Hurley Administration Building (2015).

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    |Aerial view of about a quarter of the main UNT campus, looking south (2024).

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    |UNT at [[Frisco, Texas|Frisco]] (2024).

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    |UNT Discovery Park, about five miles (8 km) north of the main campus (2024).
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