Texas Tech University vs University of North Texas

The Texas tech university system consists of five institutions at 26 academic locations in 22 cities. The Lubbock campus is home to the main academic university, law school, and medical school (Health Sciences Center). It is one of two institutions (the other being UT Austin) in Texas to have a graduate school, law school, and medical school on its main campus.

The main campus is located in Denton, TX, part of the largest metropolitan area in Texas, Dallas-Fort Worth. The campus is 1,200 acres, including the main campus north of I-35E, the Eagle point athletic complex south of I-35E, and Discovery Park, a research campus located between state highways 77 and 380.

There are over 516 student clubs and organizations at Texas Tech. The Student Union Building, located centrally on campus, is the hub of daily student activity. It houses restaurants, coffee shops, a book store, meeting rooms, lecture halls, movie rooms, and study areas, as well as the offices and meeting rooms of several student organizations and the Student Government Association. Approximately 20% of students live on campus, and most students live on campus for at least a portion of their academic careers. Texas Tech's athletic teams are known as the Red Raiders with the exception of the women's basketball team, which is known as the Lady Raiders. Texas Tech competes in NCAA Division I FBS (formerly Division I-A) and is a member of the Big 12 Conference. The Carol of Lights is an annual event, sponsored by the Residence Halls Association, traditionally held the first Friday in December, to celebrate the holiday season. There are numerous such other events held on the campus. 

There's more to university life than going to class, studying at the library, excelling at a project, or acing tests. Students must also enjoy coffee meet-ups, art exhibits, theatre shows, finding the best pizza on campus, or joining in on a game with the “Mean Green Dodgeball Club” at the University of North Texas. The possibilities to learn interesting new things are as limitless as a student’s potential at UNT.

To help students relish their lives on campus, UNT offers many facilities. For example, the university has more than five hundred student organisations, counting 40+ societies/ alliances and 100+ academic honour societies. In addition, the campus has a bright student body comprising 32 new National Merit Finalists, 89 Terry Scholars, and 1,700 Honors College students. Its other initiatives to help students experience an impressive and comfortable stay are: 

• Involvement Advertising: Involvement Advising is an opportunity for the students to meet (either in-person or virtually) with a Campus Life Ambassador (CLA) to learn about their interests and steps to getting involved on campus. UTL’s CLAs, who are students themselves, advise the new students on how to get involved in the 450+ student organisations and other co-curricular opportunities.
• UPC Virtual Programs and Activities: With this service, the students can attend various events like Nightime Tunes, Starwar Bingo, Upcinema: Ponyo, Sitcom Trivia, etc. 
• Virtual Fraternity and Sorority Life Meetings
• Bee Campus Virtual Tour
• Student Organisation Leader Development (SOLD), Virtual Resources
• Virtual Student Activities

Demetrio B. Lakas, President of the Republic of Panama from 1969 to 1978.

Daniel I. J. Thornton, Governor of Colorado from 1951 to 1955

Donny Anderson, member of the Green Bay Packers 

folk rocker, John Denver

 Actor, Barry Corbin

• Stone Cold Steve Austin, wrestler
• Bill Bishop, NFL defensive tackle
• Bruce Chambers, former Texas Longhorns football assistant coach 
• Adel al-Jubeir, Saudi Minister of Foreign Affairs since 29 April 2015. He was the former ambassador to Washington, former adviser to the Royal Court of Saudi Arabia
• Dick Armey, former Majority Leader of the United States House of Representatives, Texas District 26, which includes UNT, former economics professor and department chair at UNT