More than a century of academic growth has shaped a university where professional education, scientific inquiry, the humanities, engineering, business, and cultural scholarship meet.
North Texas Metropolitan University began in 1921 as Bellamy College of Nursing. What started as a focused institution for clinical education gradually expanded alongside the communities and industries of North Texas. Today, NTMU brings together professional education, research, liberal learning, engineering, business, health sciences, and distinctive programs rooted in the history and future of the region.
NTMU's academic structure reflects more than a century of institutional growth. Some schools carry the legacy of the university's earliest mission. Others represent fields that emerged as North Texas became one of the nation's major metropolitan regions.
The academic heart of NTMU's founding legacy. The Bellamy School carries forward the mission established in 1921, combining nursing and health sciences with the scientific preparation required for modern healthcare and medical study.
The Chappell School represents NTMU's growth into engineering and applied technology, preparing students to design, construct, analyze, and improve the systems that shape modern life.
The Cross Business Institute focuses on the organizations, markets, financial systems, and entrepreneurial ventures that drive the modern economy. Its approach emphasizes practical preparation alongside analytical and strategic thinking.
The Texas Teaching College prepares educators and education professionals for classrooms, schools, and communities throughout Texas. Its work reflects NTMU's long-standing commitment to professional education.
One of NTMU's most distinctive academic institutions, the Dallas School examines the history, cultures, collections, institutions, and ethical questions surrounding the preservation and interpretation of cultural heritage.
In 1921, North Texas physician and World War I medical veteran Dr. Elias Bellamy founded Bellamy College of Nursing with a clear purpose: to prepare highly trained nurses for the growing communities of North Texas.
The institution eventually expanded beyond nursing into the sciences, liberal arts, and professional education. That original emphasis on clinical and scientific preparation, however, never disappeared.
Today, the Bellamy School of Health Sciences and Nursing carries that history forward while supporting a much broader academic mission.
NTMU's academic identity grew from a professional school, but it never remained one. The university's schools reflect a broader belief that practical preparation and intellectual curiosity belong in the same institution.
Students develop the knowledge and technical foundations required to enter demanding professional and academic fields.
Professional education at NTMU connects classroom learning with practical problems, institutions, communities, and industries.
Across the university, students are encouraged to question assumptions, examine evidence, and understand how their fields connect to the wider world.
The university's academic structure changed as North Texas changed. Each period added something new without erasing what came before.
Dr. Elias Bellamy establishes a nursing institution dedicated to serving the growing communities of North Texas.
Bellamy College expands into the sciences, liberal arts, and professional education as its student body and academic mission grow.
New professional and academic disciplines become part of the institution as North Texas develops into a larger economic and population center.
The university's academic footprint expands into engineering, business, education, and other professional fields.
NTMU develops distinctive academic programs reflecting the history, institutions, culture, and rapidly changing metropolitan character of North Texas.
NTMU brings together health sciences, engineering, business, education, cultural scholarship, and a broad professional and liberal academic mission.
From its original nursing classrooms to a modern metropolitan university in Far North Dallas, NTMU has continued to grow without losing the sense of purpose that shaped its earliest years.
Students come to NTMU to master a discipline, enter a profession, pursue an idea, or build something that did not exist before them.
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