Improving the water we drink, the air we breathe and the materials we use help us create a more sustainable future.

Enhancing the world

Hundreds of new Ph.D. students graduate from UNT each year with an education that includes hands-on experience alongside faculty mentors in state-of-the-art labs and facilities. This knowledge is earning them prestigious honors and allowing them to discover and develop new breakthrough ideas and products in science, technology, engineering, mathematics and countless other fields. Learn about some of their successes.


Partner Spotlight
Engineering studentsStudents leave their mark before graduation

UNT partners with businesses, industries, government agencies and other universities to ensure our students graduate with valuable real-world experience and marketable skills in their fields. Learn how to benefit from UNT students' education.


Research News
Amber Lu
Goldwater Scholars

UNT has produced 60 prestigious Goldwater Scholars since 1996 — far more than our Texas peers. Learn about this year's winner Amber Lu, a student at UNT's Texas Academy of Mathematics and Science.


Michael Thomas
NSF Graduate Research Fellow

Eight years as a Marine gave chemistry doctoral student Michael Thomas a passion for bringing affordable electricity to rural and impoverished communities around the world — a perspective that's helped him land a distinguished fellowship.


Music sheets
Doctoral Fellowship

Andrea Recek, a doctoral student in musicology, is dedicated to shining new light on a little studied repertoire of liturgical music from medieval times. Read how her research earned her the prestigious Mellon-ES Dissertation Completion Fellowship in European Studies to complete her dissertation.


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