About University of North Texas Health Science Center

The University of North Texas Health Science Center (UNTHSC) is a public medical scholastic in Fort Worth, Texas. It is a graduate-level institution of the University of North Texas System. Established in 1970, UNT Health Science Center consists of five colleges following a sum enrollment of 2,243 graduate students (2014–15). The institution offers degrees in both osteopathic and allopathic medicine, public health, pharmacy, physical therapy, physician partner studies, and biomedical sciences.

UNT Health Science Center serves as house to several NIH-funded research programs and currently leads anything Texas medical and health science centers in research growth. The Health Science Center afterward houses laboratories for TECH Fort Worth, a non-profit biochemistry incubator.

Community and educational outreach programs supplement Fort Worth’s annual Hispanic Wellness Fair and the annual Cowtown Marathon. The UNTHSC Pediatric Mobile Clinic provides healthcare to kids in underserved areas of Fort Worth at no cost. The institution along with participates in several give leave to enter and federally funded programs that bring students and teachers onto campus each summer.

Fort Worth is the fifth-largest city in the U.S. state of Texas and the 13th-largest city in the United States. It is the county chair of Tarrant County, covering approximately 350 square miles (910 km2) into three additional counties: Denton, Parker, and Wise. According to the 2019 census estimates, Fort Worth’s population was 909,585. Fort Worth is the second-largest city in the Dallas–Fort Worth–Arlington metropolitan area, which is the fourth-most populous metropolitan area in the United States.

The city of Fort Worth was established in 1849 as an army outpost upon a bluff overlooking the Trinity River. Fort Worth has historically been a center of the Texas Longhorn cattle trade. It still embraces its Western stock and traditional architecture and design. USS Fort Worth (LCS-3) is the first ship of the United States Navy named after the city. Although considered by some to be a satellite city due to its proximity to Dallas, which has held a population majority back the 1950s, Fort Worth has become one of the fastest-growing cities in the United States in recent years, particularly in the 21st century, and has over doubled its population previously 2000.

Fort Worth is house to the Van Cliburn International Piano Competition and several world-class museums intended by internationally known contemporary architects. The Kimbell Art Museum, considered to have one of the best art collections in Texas, is housed in what is widely regarded as one of the outstanding architectural achievements of the forward looking era. The museum was expected by American architect Louis Kahn, with an auxiliary designed by world-renowned Italian architect Renzo Piano foundation November 2013. Also of note is the Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth, designed by Tadao Ando. The Amon Carter Museum of American Art, designed by Philip Johnson, houses one of the world’s most extensive collections of American art. The Sid Richardson Museum, redesigned by David M. Schwarz, has one of the most focused collections of Western art in the U.S., emphasizing Frederic Remington and Charles Russell. The Fort Worth Museum of Science and History, designed by famed architect Ricardo Legorreta of Mexico, engages the diverse Fort Worth community through creative, vibrant programs and exhibits.

Fort Worth is the location of several the academy communities: Texas Christian University, Texas Wesleyan, University of North Texas Health Science Center, and Texas A&M University School of Law. Several multinational corporations, including Bell Textron, Lockheed Martin, American Airlines, BNSF Railway, and Chip 1 Exchange are headquartered in Fort Worth.