University of Pennsylvania

Philadelphia, United States

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The University of Pennsylvania is a private Ivy League research university in Philadelphia, founded by Benjamin Franklin and chartered in 1755 as one of nine colonial colleges. Designed by architects including Edgar Viguers Seeler, Wilson Eyre, Frank Miles Day, and Louis Kahn, the institution is centered around College Hall on its main campus in West Philadelphia's University City neighborhood. Penn encompasses four undergraduate schools—the College of Arts and Sciences, the School of Engineering and Applied Science, the Wharton School, and the School of Nursing—alongside twelve graduate and professional schools, including the first medical school in North America and a law school whose founding professor James Wilson helped draft the U.S. Constitution. Campus landmarks include Houston Hall, recognized as the first student union building in the United States, and Franklin Field, which has hosted college football since 1895 and was expanded into a two-tier stadium in 1922. As of 2024, the university reported $2.172 billion in research expenditures, ranking second nationally, with an endowment of $24.808 billion.