Editing University of North Texas (section)

== Colleges, schools, and academy ==
{{main|University of North Texas academic programs}}
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! colspan="3" style="border-radius:12px 12px 0px 0px; background-color:#E6E6FA;" | {{smallcaps|Academic Rankings}}
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| '''''[[America's Top Colleges|Forbes]]'''''{{Sfn|''Forbes'',|2025|p=}}
| style="text-align:center;" | 2025
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| '''''[[College and university rankings in the United States#The Wall Street Journal College Rankings|WSJ]]'' (College Pulse)'''{{Sfn|''Wall Street Journal'', Sep. 4,|2024|p=}}{{Sfn|''Dallas Observer'', Aug. 23,|2011|p=}}
| style="text-align:center;" | 2025
| style="text-align:right;" | 272
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| '''''[[U.S. News & World Report Best Colleges Ranking|US News]]'''''{{Sfn|''U.S. News'', "National,"|2025|p=}}
| style="text-align:center;" | 2025
| style="text-align:right;" | <small>(tie)</small> 220 
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| '''''[[Washington Monthly#College rankings|Washington Monthly]]'''''{{Sfn|''Washington Monthly'',|2024|loc=3rd tab}}
| style="text-align:center;" | 2024
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! colspan="3" style="text-align:center; background-color:#f5f5f5;" | {{smallcaps|Global}}
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| '''[[Academic Ranking of World Universities|ARWU]]'''{{Sfn|ARWU (Shanghai Ranking),|2025|p=}}
| style="text-align:center;" | 2025
| style="text-align:right;" | 501–600
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| '''[[QS World University Rankings|QS]]'''{{Sfn|QS Rankings,|2025|p=}} 
| style="text-align:center;" | 2025
| style="text-align:right;" | 1001–1200
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| style="border-bottom-left-radius:12px;" | '''''[[U.S. News & World Report Best Global Universities Ranking|US News]]'''''{{Sfn|''U.S. News'', "Global Universities,"|2025|p=}}
| style="text-align:center;" | 2025
| style="text-align:right; border-bottom-right-radius:12px;" | 698
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! colspan="2" style="border-radius:12px 12px 0px 0px; background-color:#E6E6FA;" | ''[[US News & World Report|<span style="color:black; text-decoration:none;">U.S. News & World Report</span>]]''<br>{{smallcaps|Graduate School Rankings}}<br>2025
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| Best Business Schools
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| Part-time MBA
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| Best Education Schools
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| Best Engineering Schools
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| Audiology
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| Biological Sciences
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|Chemistry
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|Clinical Psychology
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|Computer Science
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|English
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|Fine Arts
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|History
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|Library and Information Studies
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|Mathematics
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|Pharmacy
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|Physics
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|Political Science
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|Psychology
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|Public Affairs
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|Homeland Security
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|Local Government Management
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|Rehabilitation Counseling
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|Sociology
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|Speech-Language Pathology
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! colspan="2" style="text-align:center; font-size:90%; color:black; border-radius:0px 0px 12px 12px; background-color:#E6E6FA;" | Based on 2023 data.{{Sfn|''U.S. News'', "Grad Schools,"|2025|p=}}
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! colspan="2" style="border-radius:12px 12px 0px 0px; background-color:#E6E6FA;" | ''[[US News & World Report|<span style="color:black; text-decoration:none;">U.S. News & World Report</span>]]''<br>{{smallcaps|Best Online Programs}}<br>2025
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| Masters in Education
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|Master's in Curriculum and Instruction
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|Master's in Criminal Justice
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| Bachelor's Programs
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| Bachelor's in Business
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| MBA
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| MBA for Veterans
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! colspan="2" style="text-align:center; font-size:90%; color:black; border-radius:0px 0px 12px 12px; background-color:#E6E6FA;" | Based on 2023 data.{{Sfn|''U.S. News'', "Online Programs," |2025|p=}}
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UNT offers 114 bachelor's, 97 master's, and 39 doctoral degree programs as of 2024. These are organized into  14 colleges and schools. UNT has been [[Higher education accreditation in the United States|accredited]] by the [[Southern Association of Colleges and Schools]] since 1925.{{Sfn|SACSCOC||p=}} {{asof|2020|post=,}} the university was home to 37 research centers and institutes.{{Sfn|UNT: "Colleges & Schools"}}{{Sfn|UNT: "TAMS"||p=}}

Twelve discipline-based academic units comprise the university's academic structure — including eleven colleges and the Mayborn School of Journalism — along with the Honors College, the Toulouse Graduate School, and the [[Texas Academy of Mathematics and Science|Texas Academy of Mathematics and Science]] for academically exceptional high school students from across Texas.

===College of Liberal Arts & Social Sciences===
The College of Liberal Arts & Social Sciences houses 22 academic departments and programs and five public services (including a psychology clinic and a speech and hearing clinic), and eight student services (of which seven are labs).{{Sfn|UNT: "Arts & Sciences"||p=}}

===College of Science===
UNT has been offering Bachelor of Science degrees for {{age|1917|09|01}} years, Master of Science degrees (in biology, mathematics, chemistry, and economics) for {{age|1935|09|01}} years, and Doctor of Philosophy degrees in several scientific disciplines—including chemistry, biology, and physics—for {{age|1964|09|01}} years. UNT is a sponsoring institution member (Ph.D.-granting) of [[Oak Ridge Associated Universities]] (ORAU), a consortium of 105 major research universities that leverage scientific research through partnerships with national laboratories, government agencies, and private industry. It has been a member of the consortium since 1954.{{Sfn|ORAU, "Members"||p=}}

====Department of Physics====
The College of Science's Department of Physics houses a distinctive research facility, the [[Ion beam|Ion Beam]] Laboratory (IBL), which conducts multidisciplinary research using medium-energy ion accelerators (10 [[Kilo-|k]][[Electronvolt|eV]]–15 [[Mega-|M]][[Electronvolt|eV]]). IBL supports analytical and [[materials science]] research through techniques such as [[Particle-induced X-ray emission|particle-induced X-ray emission]] (PIXE), [[Rutherford backscattering spectrometry|Rutherford backscattering]] (RBS), [[Elastic recoil detection|elastic recoil detection]] (ERD), [[Nuclear reaction analysis|nuclear reaction analysis]] (NRA), [[microlithography|ion microlithography]], and ion beam-induced charge collection (IBICC). 

The facility includes four [[Electrostatic particle accelerator|accelerators]]: a 3 MV [[Electrostatic particle accelerator#Tandem accelerators|tandem]] [[Pelletron]], a 3 MV single-ended Pelletron, a 2.5 MV [[Electrostatic particle accelerator|Van de Graaff accelerator]], and a 200 [[Kilo-|k]][[Electronvolt|eV]] [[Cockcroft–Walton generator|Cockcroft–Walton accelerator]]. These systems enable [[beamline]] setups for [[ion implantation]], scanning transmission ion microscopy (STIM), and high-energy [[focused ion beam]] (HEFIB) [[Electron microprobe|microprobe]] analysis. The IBL occupies approximately {{convert|4000|sqft|m2|abbr=on}} in the Physics Building (main Denton campus) and supports graduate research, external collaborations, and experimental development across multiple disciplines. UNT has hosted the Conference on the Application of Accelerators in Research and Industry (CAARI) in even-numbered years since 1976.{{Sfn|UNT: Physics,|2025}}

====Department of Biology====
The College of Science's Department of Biological Sciences supports interdisciplinary research in environmental science, ecology, and molecular biology through a range of specialized facilities. The Life Sciences Complex includes more than {{convert|176000|sqft|m2|abbr=on}} of [[LEED]] [[LEED#Gold certification|Gold-certified]] research space, including rooftop greenhouses and one of the nation's largest university aquatics labs. The department also operates the Water Research Field Station and Artificial Stream Facility, among the few in the U.S. designed to assess the ecological impact of agrichemicals under controlled field conditions. UNT researchers maintain global collaborations, including a freshwater research and environmental philosophy field station established in 2011 in the [[Cape Horn Biosphere Reserve]] in [[Chile]]. UNT's work in [[limnology]] dates back to the 1930s under pioneer Joseph Kean Gwynn Silvey (1907–1989), and continues today through its aquatic ecology labs and the Institute of Applied Science.{{Sfn|UNT: "Water Research {{nowrap|...}},"|2025}}{{Sfn|UNT: "Research Facilities,"|2025}}

The Water Research Field Station and the Artificial Stream Facility are located in [[Ponder, Texas|Ponder]], about 10 miles west of UNT's main campus, near the university's Rafes Urban Astronomy Center and Soil Conservation Service Site Number 12 Reservoir.

===G. Brint Ryan College of Business===
{{Main|University of North Texas College of Business}}
The College of Business is host to five academic departments: (i) Accounting, (ii) Finance, Insurance, Real Estate and Law, (iii) Information Technology and Decision Sciences, (iv) Marketing, Logistics, and Operations Management, and (v) Management. It offers seven undergraduate programs, fourteen M.B.A. and master of science programs, and six Ph.D. programs. In Fall 2011, the college moved into a new state-of-the-art [[Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design|Gold LEED certified]] $70&nbsp;million facility named the ''Business Leadership Building''. The college is accredited in both business and accounting by the [[Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business]]—accreditation for the former stretches back {{cardinal to word|{{age|format=raw|1961|09|01}}}} years (1961) and the latter, {{cardinal to word|{{age|format=raw|1987|09|01}}}} years (1987).{{Sfn|UNT News: Feb. 18,|2009|p=}}

In 2018, 5,093 students were enrolled as business majors at the undergraduate level.{{Sfn|UNT: COB|2017|p=}}{{Sfn|UNT: COB|2022|p=}}
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===College of Education===
The College of Education is a legacy of the university's founding as a teachers college {{cardinal to word|{{age|format=raw|1890|09|03}}}} years ago. The college is organized as four departments and one center: (i) Counseling and Higher Education, (ii) Educational Psychology, (iii) Kinesiology, Health Promotion and Recreation, (iv) Teacher Education and Administration, and (v) The Kristin Farmer Autism Center. The college offers 12 bachelor's degrees, 19 master's degrees and 15 doctoral concentrations.{{Sfn|UNT: COE}} As of the 2010–2011 school year, the college certified over 1,147 teachers, the second largest number in the state by a university.{{Sfn|TEA: "Performance Report,"|2010|p=33}} In 1979, the [[Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board]] approved renaming the "School of Education" to the "College of Education."  At that time, the college was the largest in Texas and the Southwest, the largest doctoral program in the state, and the twenty-fifth largest producer of teacher certificates in the United States.{{Sfn|''DMN'', Mar. 14,|1970|loc=p. 5 (sect. C)}} Its prior name, "School of Education," dates back to 1946, when the teachers college outgrew itself and reorganized as six schools and colleges.{{Sfn|''DMN'', May 22,|1949|loc=p. 5 (sect. 4)}}

===College of Engineering===
: ''See [[University of North Texas Discovery Park]]''
The College of Engineering was established in 2003, building upon long-standing programs in [[computer science]] (since 1971) and aspects of [[mechanical engineering]] dating back to 1919, when related coursework was first offered at what was then a teachers college.{{Sfn|UNT: Engineering, "History"||p=}} As of Fall 2025, the College offers 12 undergraduate majors, 7 minors, 6 undergraduate academic certificates, 10 master's programs, and 5 doctoral degrees across disciplines including [[biomedical engineering]], [[computer science]], [[electrical engineering]], [[mechanical engineering|mechanical]] and [[energy engineering]], [[cybersecurity engineering|cybersecurity]], and [[materials science]].{{Sfn|UNT: Engineering, "Academics"||p=}}

In 2009, UNT launched the Net-Centric Software and Systems Center (NCSS),{{Sfn|Purdue,||p=}} a net-centric (in contrast to [[data-centric computing]]) research consortium and [[National Science Foundation]] Industry–University Cooperative Research Center (I/UCRC).{{Sfn|NSF: IUCRC||p=}} In addition to UNT, the consortium is composed of the [[University of Texas at Dallas]], [[Southern Methodist University]], and [[Arizona State University]].{{Sfn|ERCA||p=}} Its mission is to advance secure, resilient, and efficient software and hardware systems for [[distributed computing|networked]] and [[cloud computing]] environments.{{Sfn|NSF||p=}}{{Sfn|ERCA||p=}}{{Sfn|Purdue,||p=}} Research areas include [[computer architecture|emerging processing architectures]],<ref group=lower-alpha>Emerging processing architectures are novel or experimental computing designs that go beyond traditional CPUs. These include [[manycore processor|manycore systems]], [[heterogeneous computing|heterogeneous architectures]], [[neuromorphic engineering|neuromorphic chips]], [[domain-specific architecture|domain-specific accelerators]], and [[application-specific instruction set processor|application-specific processors]].</ref> [[service-oriented architecture|service-oriented architectures]], and dynamic service composition.<ref group=lower-alpha>Dynamic service composition refers to the automated assembly or reconfiguration of software services at runtime, enabling systems to adapt to changing requirements or environments.</ref> The center is primarily funded by industry members and has conducted projects on [[multicore processor|multicore optimization]] and [[adaptation (computer science)|adaptive software components]].{{Sfn|NSF||p=}}

Three of the six academic certificates offered to undergraduate engineering majors include (i) Artificial Intelligence, (ii) Game Programming, and (iii) Security.{{Sfn|UNT: Engineering, "Certificates"|2025|p=}}
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===College of Information===
The College of Information was created in October 2008 by consolidating two existing academic units: Learning Technologies (formerly within the College of Education) and the School of Library and Information Sciences. The School of Library and Information Services was created in 1970 as an outgrowth of its former structure as the Department of Library Services.{{Sfn|''DMN'', Oct. 22,|1970|loc=p. 8 (sect. A)}} The college sponsors three research centers, one being The Texas Center for Digital Knowledge.

===College of Merchandising, Hospitality and Tourism===
The College of Merchandising, Hospitality and Tourism (CMHT) offers interdisciplinary programs focused on consumer experience, retail, events, hospitality, and tourism. Undergraduate degrees include majors in Digital Retailing, Event Design and Experience Management, Hospitality Management, Merchandising, and Consumer Experience Management. The Event Design and Experience Management degree is the only Bachelor of Science of its kind in Texas, emphasizing hands-on experience and event technology.{{Sfn|UNT: CMHT, "Event Design"||p=}}

Graduate programs include Master of Science degrees in Hospitality Management, International Sustainable Tourism, Merchandising and Digital Retailing, and Hospitality & Tourism Data Analytics. The M.S. in International Sustainable Tourism, jointly offered with the Tropical Agricultural Research and Higher Education Center ([[Centro Agronómico Tropical de Investigación y Enseñanza]] → CATIE) in Costa Rica, was the first of its kind in the U.S.{{Sfn|UNT: CMHT, "Sustainable Tourism"||p=}} Students have access to minors and certificates across retail, hospitality, and merchandising, with career-focused events and industry partnerships supporting applied learning.{{Sfn|UNT: CMHT, "Minors"||p=}}{{Sfn|UNT: CMHT, "Career Expo"||p=}}

===College of Music===
{{Main|University of North Texas College of Music}}
The [[University of North Texas College of Music|College of Music]] dates back {{Cardinal to word|{{age|format=raw|1890|09|01}}}} years, when North Texas was founded. The college has the largest enrollment of any music institution accredited by the [[National Association of Schools of Music]].{{Sfn|HEADS Data: Music|2010}}{{Sfn|Rogers,|2002|p=}} It has been among the largest music institutions of higher learning in North America since the 1940s. The [[music library]], founded in 1941, has one of the largest music collections in the United States, with over 300,000 volumes of books, periodicals, scores, and approximately 900,000 sound recordings.{{Sfn|Henry, ''Grove'', Vol. 6,|2013|p=151}}{{Sfn|Henry, ''Oxford Music Online''||p=}} North Texas was first in the world to offer a degree in jazz studies.{{Sfn|Gianturco, ''New Grove'', Vol. 28,|2000|p=145}}{{Sfn|Scott,|1973|p=19}} ''[[U.S. News & World Report]]'' ranked the jazz studies program as the best in the country every year from 1994, when it began ranking graduate jazz programs, to 1997, when it retired the category.<ref>''[[U.S. News & World Report]]''</ref> The university's jazz ensemble [[One O'Clock Lab Band]] has been nominated for seven [[Grammy Awards]].
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===College of Health and Public Service===
Previously called the College of Public Affairs and Community Service (PACS) and before that the College of Community Service, the college adopted its current name in Fall 2017. The college is organized in seven departments: Audiology and Speech-Language Pathology; Behavior Analysis; Criminal Justice; Emergency Management and Disaster Science (UNT purports that it was the first American university to offer such a program, having done so in 1983{{Sfn|''UNT Catalog:'' "Dept. of Emergency Mgmt."||p=}}); Public Administration; Rehabilitation and Health Services; and Social Work.{{Sfn|''UNT: HPS, "Departments"||p=}}

UNT and [[Texas Woman's University]] launched a joint [[Master of Social Work]] (M.S.W.) program in 2017.{{Sfn|TWU News: Oct. 30,|2018|p=}} In 2024, UNT replaced the joint program with its own independent M.S.W. degree to accommodate growing student demand.{{Sfn|UNT News, October 9,|2024}} The new program includes both a traditional 60-hour track and an advanced standing option, with practicum placements coordinated through nearly 100 partner agencies across the Dallas–Fort Worth area.{{Sfn|UNT News: Oct. 12,|2016|p=}}

===College of Visual Arts and Design===
The College of Visual Arts and Design has the 10th largest enrollment of any art and design school accredited by the [[National Association of Schools of Art and Design]], and the second largest of any that awards doctorates.{{Sfn|HEADS Data: Art & Design|2010}} The college name changes reflect the curricular expansion of programs. In 1992, what then had been the "Department of Art" within the College of Arts and Sciences, became "School of Visual Arts;" and in 2007, it became the "College of Visual Arts and Design." Art classes began at UNT in 1894, four years after its founding. Master's degrees were initiated in the 1930s and the first Master of Science degree in art was awarded in 1937.{{Sfn|UNT News: Aug. 9,|2007|p=}}{{Sfn|''DMN'', Sep. 2,|1973|loc=p. 2 (sect. E)}} that was started by [[Stanley Marcus]] in 1938.

===Frank W. and Sue Mayborn School of Journalism===
Curricular journalism at North Texas dates back to 1945. As a department, Journalism eventually became part of the College of Arts and Sciences. The Graduate Division of Journalism began in the fall of 1970 under the direction of Reginald Conway Westmorland, PhD (1926–2021).{{Sfn|''NT Daily'', Aug. 5,|1971|p=2}} In 1999, twelve years after the death of [[Frank Mayborn|Frank Willis Mayborn]] (1903–1987), its graduate program was renamed the Frank W. Mayborn Graduate Institute of Journalism. On September 1, 2009, the entire program was elevated as its own collegiate unit and named the Frank W. and Sue Mayborn School of Journalism. Eight [[Pulitzer Prizes]] have been won by five of its alumni, among whom are [[Bill Moyers]] and [[Howard Swindle]]. Other notable alumni include [[Samir Husni]] and [[Cragg Hines]]. Since 1969, the news-editorial sequence has been accredited by the [[Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication]] (AEJMC); and since 1986, the entire program has been accredited. In the fall of {{#expr: {{CURRENTYEAR}} - ({{CURRENTMONTH}} < 10)}}, the School hosted its {{ordinal to word|{{#expr: {{CURRENTYEAR}} - 2004 - ({{CURRENTMONTH}} < 10)}}}} annual Mayborn Literary Nonfiction Conference.{{Sfn|SEJ, October|2022}}

===Honors College===
The [[Honors College]] offers academic enrichments, including honors seminars and exclusive classes for high-achieving undergraduates. Its objective is to challenge exceptional students at higher levels and to promote leadership. The college is an autonomous collegiate unit on equal footing with the other collegiate units. Academically, it offers no degrees, but its courses are integrated with the [[Bachelor's degree|baccalaureate]] programs of the other ten constituent colleges and the journalism school. Graduates are awarded a special medallion.{{Sfn|''North Texan'', Summer|2013|loc=p. 6 (col. 1)}}

===Toulouse Graduate School===
The Toulouse Graduate School, founded in 1946,{{Sfn|''DRC'', Aug. 19,|1951|loc=p. 3 (supp., sect. 5)}} is the academic custodian and administrator of all graduate programs offered by ten colleges and one school. It maintains records, administers admissions, and serves various roles in recruiting. It was renamed in 1990 in honor of Robert Bartell Toulouse, EdD (1918–2017), who joined in 1948 as a professor in the College of Education, then served dean of the Graduate School from 1954 to 1982. Toulouse, before retiring as professor ''emeritus'', had served other roles at the university, including provost and vice president of academic affairs from 1982 to 1985.{{Sfn|''Star-Telegram'', April 16,|2017|p=15A}}

===Texas Academy of Mathematics and Science===
{{Main|Texas Academy of Mathematics and Science}}

TAMS is a two-year residential early college entrance program that has, since 1987, served exceptionally qualified Texas students who otherwise would be attending high school as juniors and seniors. It was the first of its kind in the nation and, {{as of|2012|lc=y}}, the only in the state and one of five in the nation.{{Sfn|Jones, Spring|2011|pp=513–543, 545}}{{Sfn|Sayler, March|2015|pp=29–38)}}