University of Pennsylvania Information

Motto - Leges sine moribus vanae (Laws without morals are useless)

The University of Pennsylvania was founded in 1740 having been proposed by Benjamin Franklin. It is a highly selective university accepting around 20% of its applicants. It is situated in a campus of around 270 acres in western philadelphia.


University of Pennsylvania

There are around 10000 undergraduate students and approximately 9000 postgraduate scholars, in addition to the 4500 staff and faculty. The university of Pennsylvania has an endowment of 4.4 billion US dollars.The chancellor is Amy Gutmann. The schools mascot known as quakers. The libraries of Pennsylvania hold over 5.7 million bound volumes. It is a member of the Ivy League.

University of Pennsylvania Address

University of Pennsylvania, 3451 Walnut Street, Philadelphia, PA 19104 USA

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