 The campus, which was to become the first public university within Dallas city limits, was launched at a temporary location in the spring 2000 semester with an enrollment of 204 part-time students, or a full-time equivalent enrollment of 55.The Dallas City Council approved a resolution in June 2001 to provide up to $3 million by January 2002 to buy about in southern Dallas' I-20 corridor for the future UNT Dallas campus.Private donations raised the size of the property for the new university campus to .