• 1890 - Established as Texas Normal College and Teacher Training Institute.
   
• 1935 - First funded faculty research on water quality begins. First graduate work offered.
   
• 1936 - First master’s degrees awarded. First dormitory, Marquis Hall, built.
   
• 1946 - First jazz studies degree program in U.S. begins as dance band program.
   
• 1953 - First doctoral degrees awarded.
   
• 1954 - Desegregation begins when first African American graduate student attends.
   
• 1961 - Name changes to North Texas State University. University Day tradition begins.
   
• 1988 - Name changes to University of North Texas.
   
• 1999 - UNT System officially established.
   
• 2003 - Discovery Park, UNT’s 300-acre research park, opens.
   
• 2015 - UNT celebrates 125 years.

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