UNT is building every step of the student journey toward economic opportunity and social mobility, through personalized advising and mentoring, curriculum built around durable skills, and career-aligned learning, supported by investment in the faculty and staff who make it possible.

Over the past year, UNT worked to support students at every step of their journey, from their first interaction with the university, through their time here, and into their careers. New tuition support and scholarships made a UNT degree more reachable for Texas families. Students gained clearer guidance from their first class to their first job, and partners like Braven connected classroom learning to good jobs and meaningful opportunities. Each step was built around one purpose, helping students turn a UNT degree into economic opportunity and social mobility.

UNT is advancing discovery by giving students hands-on research and creative opportunities, bringing faculty together across disciplines and with industry, and investing in researchers and the infrastructure they need to address challenges that matter to our region and Texas.

This year, UNT expanded the space for discovery. New investments in artificial intelligence, cybersecurity, and semiconductor manufacturing connected research and learning to industries fueling growth across Texas, while new spaces for collaboration brought students and faculty from different disciplines together. A growing research enterprise and more doctoral graduates show UNT building the capacity to take on problems that matter to the region and the state.

UNT is building partnerships with employers, community colleges, civic leaders, and communities that expand opportunity at scale, helping North Texas meet its talent needs, grow its economy, and turn ideas from our labs and studios into new ventures.

UNT strengthened its role as a partner to employers, higher education institutions, and communities across North Texas this year. New collaborations connected employers with talent, opened clearer routes from community college to a UNT degree, and gave working adults more ways to upskill, reskill, and finish their education. Recognition from a new national accreditor focused on graduates’ economic returns reflects the value UNT is working to deliver.

UNT has always been a university of opportunity — and through the generosity of our alumni, faculty, staff, and friends, we’re making that opportunity possible for more students than ever before. Just one year after its launch, the Better Look North student success campaign has raised more than $100 million with support from 6,626 donors, creating strong momentum that is building for what’s next.

That generosity is already making a difference across the university by expanding scholarships, removing barriers to graduation, and investing in the people, programs, and experiences that help UNT students succeed. And we're not slowing down.

Together, we're continuing to raise the bar for student success and what a UNT education can make possible.