UNT Dallas plans to finish out previously unused fourth-floor space in its STEM Building for health-professions education, connecting a defined construction project with a broader campus budget increase.
A state construction record lists a $13 million finish-out covering 33,747 square feet. The planned space includes classrooms, offices, simulated laboratory spaces and restrooms.
The filing schedules construction from Aug. 12, 2026, through April 12, 2027.
Two records, two different budget figures
The $13 million figure is the construction cost identified in the state filing. Separately, the UNT System Board of Regents meeting book adds $14 million to the overall STEM Building project budget, raising that total to $114 million.
The figures describe different scopes: one is the registered estimate for the fourth-floor construction, while the other is an increase to the university’s larger project budget.
The regents’ record also supplies the academic purpose behind the physical work. It ties the finish-out to health-professions programs being developed with UNT Health.
The approved records do not identify the specific programs that will occupy the floor or state how many students the finished space could serve. They do show what UNT Dallas intends to build, when the registered work is scheduled and how the fourth-floor project fits within the university’s wider STEM investment.
