The University of North Texas (UNT) is a public research university in the Dallas–Fort Worth metroplex, United States. Its main campus is in Denton, with a satellite campus in Frisco. It serves as the flagship of the University of North Texas System, which also includes universities in Dallas and Fort Worth. UNT offers 116 bachelor's, 87 master's, and 40 doctoral programs. It was founded in 1890. UNT is classified as an "R1: Doctoral University – Very high research spending and doctorate production" by the Carnegie system, the highest Carnegie designation for U.S. research institutions.