Located in the Fort Worth Cultural District, HSC trains the health care providers of the future while expanding the frontiers of scientific discovery. HSC Health provides patient-centered care to people across Tarrant County.
Purpose: Transform lives in order to improve the lives of others.
Vision: One university, built on values, defining and producing the providers of the future.
Mission: Create solutions for a healthier community.
Their History
Before it was The University of North Texas Health Science Center at Fort Worth, HSC was the Texas College of Osteopathic Medicine.
TCOM accepted its first class of 20 students in 1970 and celebrated its first graduation in 1974 with 18 graduates. The next year, TCOM officially merged with the North Texas State University — now the University of North Texas.
In 1993, the Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences was established, which marked the beginning of TCOM’s expansion into a graduate university with multiple colleges and degree options. Shortly after, the name was changed to the University of North Texas Health Science Center.
Since the name change, HSC has added four colleges. The first undergraduate program was added in 2022 to GSBS, which then was renamed the School of Biomedical Sciences.
1999 – School of Public Health
2007 – School of Health Professions
2013 – UNT System College of Pharmacy
2023 – College of Nursing
In 2004, the Center for Biohealth opened. CBH is now home to the Center for Human Identification and Institute for Translational Research.
In 2010, the Medical Education and Training Building opened its doors for the first time. The first class hosted was TCOM’s “Mechanisms of Disease.” This building houses classrooms and clinical training spaces, as well as an 11,500-square-foot auditorium.
In 2020, HSC celebrated its 50th anniversary. The university helped in COVID-19 efforts through contact tracing and setting up one of the city’s first vaccine clinics.
A year later, HSC’s Institute of Health Disparities, led by Dr. Jamboor Vishwanatha, received a $100 million grant for its AIM-AHEAD program.
In 2022, HSC celebrated the grand opening of the Regional Simulation Center — a first of its kind in Texas. TCOM’s Institute for Translational Research, led by Dr. Sid O’Bryant, also received a $150 million grant for Alzheimer’s disease research. This is the largest-ever grant in UNT System history.
