The first permanent building on the UNT Dallas Campus site, a 76,000-square-foot (7,100 m2) building, was occupied in January 2007. The building was made possible by a state tuition revenue bond initiative of $25.5 million. Further funding from the same source was used to construct the second building, and construction began in 2009.
Enrollment on the UNT Dallas Campus initially grew at an average annual rate of 14 percent per year and reached the necessary full-time equivalent of 1,000 students during the spring semester of 2007. In April 2009, the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board certified this enrollment and granted UNT Dallas status as an independent general academic institution. Freshmen and sophomores were admitted for the first time in the Fall of 2010.
=== Leadership and institutional development (2010–present) ===
In 2010, the University of North Texas at Dallas admitted its first freshman and sophomore classes, marking its transition into a four-year institution. This same year, construction …
