The ScholarGPS website collects information through the use of "cookies" or similar technologies in order to function more efficiently and analyze use of the website. You are free to restrict or block cookies as further explained in our Cookies Policy, however depending on the selection of your settings, the full features/functionality of the website may no longer be available.
Decline
Share:
University of Pennsylvania
Philadelphia, United States
The University of Pennsylvania (Penn or UPenn) is a private Ivy League research university in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The university claims a founding date of 1740name="founding_note" and is one of the nine colonial colleges chartered prior to the U.S. Declaration of Independence. Benjamin Franklin, Penn's founder and first president, advocated an educational program that trained leaders in commerce, government, and public service, similar to a modern liberal arts curriculum with a practical perspective.