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University of Pennsylvania

University of Pennsylvania
1 College Hall, Room 100
Philadelphia, PA 19104


Fax number: (215) 898-9670
Website: https://www.upenn.edu/
Screen last updated on: February 2024
ACADEMIC CALENDAR
Calendar system: semester system (two terms comprise academic year)
Month(s) in which new student orientation is held: Orientation for new students is held prior to start of fall term.
Number and length of summer sessions: A summer session is offered for credit.

ACADEMIC EXPERIENCE
Percent of full-time freshman students who returned for sophomore year: 98%
Student:Faculty ratio: 8:1
Total faculty: 1038 men, 837 women
Full-time faculty: 849 men, 649 women
Part-time faculty: 189 men, 188 women
Graduation rate: 96% within six years

REQUIRED UNDERGRADUATE CURRICULUM
General education/core curriculum is required: yes

PROGRAMS OFFERED
Special programs offered:
student-designed majors, double majors, independent study, accelerated program, honors program, internships, distance learning, external degree program
Graduate schools/programs are offered: yes
Study abroad opportunities:
Study-abroad program offered.
Army ROTC: offered off-campus ROTC branch unit at a cooperating host institution.
Navy ROTC: offered on-campus
Air Force ROTC: offered off-campus ROTC branch unit at a cooperating host institution.

LIST OF MAJORS
Associate's Degrees

  • Business Administration and Management, General
  • English Language and Literature, General
  • English Language and Literature/Letters, Other
Bachelor's Degrees

  • Accounting
  • Actuarial Science
  • African Studies
  • African-American/Black Studies
  • American/United States Studies/Civilization
  • Anthropology, General
  • Architectural Sciences and Technology, Other
  • Architecture
  • Area, Ethnic, Cultural, Gender, and Group Studies, Other
  • Art History, Criticism and Conservation
  • Biochemistry
  • Bioengineering and Biomedical Engineering
  • Bioinformatics
  • Biological and Biomedical Sciences, Other
  • Biology/Biological Sciences, General
  • Biomedical Sciences, General
  • Biophysics
  • Business Administration and Management, General
  • Business Administration, Management and Operations, Other
  • Business, Management, Marketing, and Related Support Services, Other
  • Business/Commerce, General
  • Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering
  • Chemical Engineering
  • Chemistry, General
  • Classics and Classical Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics, General
  • Cognitive Science, General
  • Communication and Media Studies, Other
  • Communication, General
  • Communication, Journalism, and Related Programs, Other
  • Community Health Services/Liaison/Counseling
  • Comparative Literature
  • Computer and Information Sciences and Support Services, Other
  • Computer and Information Sciences, General
  • Computer Engineering, General
  • Computer Graphics
  • Computer Science
  • Computer Systems Networking and Telecommunications
  • Criminology
  • Design and Visual Communications, General
  • Drama and Dramatics/Theatre Arts, General
  • East Asian Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics, General
  • East Asian Studies
  • E-Commerce/Electronic Commerce
  • Econometrics and Quantitative Economics
  • Economics, General
  • Electrical and Electronics Engineering
  • Elementary Education and Teaching
  • Engineering, Other
  • English Language and Literature, General
  • English Language and Literature/Letters, Other
  • Environmental Design/Architecture
  • Environmental Studies
  • Environmental/Environmental Health Engineering
  • Film/Cinema/Media Studies
  • Finance, General
  • Fine/Studio Arts, General
  • Foreign Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics, Other
  • French Language and Literature
  • Geology/Earth Science, General
  • German Language and Literature
  • Health Professions and Related Clinical Sciences, Other
  • Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences, General
  • Health/Health Care Administration/Management
  • History and Philosophy of Science and Technology
  • History, General
  • History, Other
  • Human Resources Management/Personnel Administration, General
  • Human Services, General
  • Humanities/Humanistic Studies
  • Insurance
  • International Business/Trade/Commerce
  • International Relations and Affairs
  • International/Globalization Studies
  • Italian Language and Literature
  • Jewish/Judaic Studies
  • Latin American Studies
  • Legal Professions and Studies, Other
  • Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities, Other
  • Liberal Arts and Sciences/Liberal Studies
  • Linguistics
  • Logic
  • Management Information Systems, General
  • Management Science
  • Management Sciences and Quantitative Methods, Other
  • Marketing/Marketing Management, General
  • Materials Engineering
  • Materials Science
  • Mathematics and Statistics, Other
  • Mathematics, General
  • Mechanical Engineering
  • Middle/Near Eastern and Semitic Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics, General
  • Multi-/Interdisciplinary Studies, General
  • Music, General
  • Natural Resources and Conservation, Other
  • Natural Sciences
  • Near and Middle Eastern Studies
  • Neuroscience
  • Operations Management and Supervision
  • Organizational Behavior Studies
  • Philosophy
  • Philosophy and Religious Studies, Other
  • Philosophy, Other
  • Physical Sciences, Other
  • Physics, General
  • Political Science and Government, General
  • Psychology, General
  • Psychology, Other
  • Public Policy Analysis, General
  • Real Estate
  • Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing, Other
  • Registered Nursing/Registered Nurse
  • Religion/Religious Studies
  • Research and Experimental Psychology, Other
  • Retailing and Retail Operations
  • Romance Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics, Other
  • Russian Language and Literature
  • Sales, Distribution, and Marketing Operations, General
  • Social Sciences, General
  • Social Sciences, Other
  • Sociology, General
  • South Asian Studies
  • Spanish Language and Literature
  • Speech Communication and Rhetoric
  • Statistics, General
  • Systems Engineering
  • Transportation/Mobility Management
  • Urban Studies/Affairs
  • Visual and Performing Arts, General
  • Visual and Performing Arts, Other
  • Women's Studies
Certificates

  • Applied Psychology
  • Atmospheric Sciences and Meteorology, General
  • Biological and Biomedical Sciences, Other
  • Business, Management, Marketing, and Related Support Services, Other
  • Creative Writing
  • English Language and Literature/Letters, Other
  • Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities, Other
  • Liberal Arts and Sciences/Liberal Studies
  • Mathematics and Statistics, Other
  • Neuroscience
  • Organizational Behavior Studies
  • Physical Sciences, Other
  • Professional, Technical, Business, and Scientific Writing
  • Psychology, Other
Diplomas

  • Accounting and Finance
  • Adult Health Nurse/Nursing
  • Advanced/Graduate Dentistry and Oral Sciences, Other
  • Anthrozoology
  • Architectural and Building Sciences/Technology
  • Architectural Sciences and Technology, Other
  • Architecture
  • Bioethics/Medical Ethics
  • Business, Management, Marketing, and Related Support Services, Other
  • City/Urban, Community, and Regional Planning
  • Computational Science
  • Computer and Information Sciences and Support Services, Other
  • Curriculum and Instruction
  • E-Commerce/Electronic Commerce
  • Education, Other
  • Educational Leadership and Administration, General
  • Endodontics/Endodontology
  • Engineering Design
  • Engineering Technologies/Technicians, General
  • Environmental Design/Architecture
  • Geography, Other
  • Graphic Design
  • Health Professions and Related Clinical Sciences, Other
  • Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences, General
  • Health/Health Care Administration/Management
  • Health/Medical Preparatory Programs, Other
  • Historic Preservation and Conservation, General
  • Human Services, General
  • Insurance
  • Landscape Architecture
  • Medical Informatics
  • Medical Science/Scientist
  • Modeling, Virtual Environments and Simulation
  • Multi-/Interdisciplinary Studies, General
  • Non-Profit/Public/Organizational Management
  • Oral Biology and Oral and Maxillofacial Pathology
  • Oral/Maxillofacial Surgery
  • Orthodontics/Orthodontology
  • Pediatric Dentistry/Pedodontics
  • Periodontics/Periodontology
  • Physical Sciences, Other
  • Physics, Other
  • Political Science and Government, Other
  • Public Finance
  • Public Policy Analysis, General
  • Real Estate
  • Social Sciences, Other
  • Visual and Performing Arts, Other
Doctorates

  • Accounting
  • Advanced Legal Research/Studies, General
  • African-American/Black Studies
  • Agriculture, General
  • Anthropology, General
  • Applied Economics
  • Applied Mathematics, General
  • Archeology
  • Architectural Sciences and Technology, Other
  • Architecture
  • Area, Ethnic, Cultural, Gender, and Group Studies, Other
  • Art History, Criticism and Conservation
  • Asian Studies/Civilization
  • Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
  • Bioengineering and Biomedical Engineering
  • Bioinformatics
  • Biological and Biomedical Sciences, Other
  • Biology/Biological Sciences, General
  • Biostatistics
  • Business Administration and Management, General
  • Business, Management, Marketing, and Related Support Services, Other
  • Business/Commerce, General
  • Cell/Cellular and Molecular Biology
  • Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering
  • Chemistry, General
  • City/Urban, Community, and Regional Planning
  • Classics and Classical Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics, General
  • Communication and Media Studies, Other
  • Communication, Journalism, and Related Programs, Other
  • Comparative Literature
  • Computer and Information Sciences and Support Services, Other
  • Computer and Information Sciences, General
  • Criminology
  • Curriculum and Instruction
  • Demography and Population Studies
  • Dentistry
  • Developmental and Child Psychology
  • East Asian Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics, General
  • Econometrics and Quantitative Economics
  • Economics, General
  • Education, General
  • Education, Other
  • Educational Leadership and Administration, General
  • Educational Statistics and Research Methods
  • Electrical and Electronics Engineering
  • Engineering, Other
  • English Language and Literature, General
  • English Language and Literature/Letters, Other
  • Epidemiology
  • Finance, General
  • Folklore Studies
  • Foreign Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics, Other
  • Geology/Earth Science, General
  • German Language and Literature
  • Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences, General
  • Health/Health Care Administration/Management
  • Higher Education/Higher Education Administration
  • History and Philosophy of Science and Technology
  • History, General
  • History, Other
  • Human Services, General
  • Immunology
  • Law
  • Legal Studies
  • Linguistics
  • Management Sciences and Quantitative Methods, Other
  • Marketing/Marketing Management, General
  • Materials Engineering
  • Mathematics and Statistics, Other
  • Mathematics, General
  • Mechanical Engineering
  • Medicine
  • Middle/Near Eastern and Semitic Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics, General
  • Music, General
  • Neuroscience
  • Nurse Anesthetist
  • Operations Management and Supervision
  • Pharmacology
  • Philosophy
  • Philosophy and Religious Studies, Other
  • Physical Sciences, Other
  • Physics, General
  • Political Science and Government, General
  • Psychology, General
  • Psychology, Other
  • Public Policy Analysis, General
  • Reading Teacher Education
  • Registered Nursing/Registered Nurse
  • Religion/Religious Studies
  • Research and Experimental Psychology, Other
  • Romance Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics, Other
  • Social Sciences, Other
  • Social Work
  • Sociology, General
  • Statistics, General
  • Veterinary Medicine
  • Visual and Performing Arts, Other
Master's Degrees

  • Accounting
  • Actuarial Science
  • Adult and Continuing Education and Teaching
  • Adult Health Nurse/Nursing
  • Advanced Legal Research/Studies, General
  • African-American/Black Studies
  • Anthropology, General
  • Anthrozoology
  • Applied Economics
  • Applied Mathematics, General
  • Applied Mathematics, Other
  • Archeology
  • Architectural and Building Sciences/Technology
  • Architectural Sciences and Technology, Other
  • Architecture
  • Area, Ethnic, Cultural, Gender, and Group Studies, Other
  • Art History, Criticism and Conservation
  • Artificial Intelligence
  • Asian Studies/Civilization
  • Behavioral Sciences
  • Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
  • Bioengineering and Biomedical Engineering
  • Bioethics/Medical Ethics
  • Bioinformatics
  • Biological and Biomedical Sciences, Other
  • Biology/Biological Sciences, General
  • Biostatistics
  • Biotechnology
  • Business Administration and Management, General
  • Business Administration, Management and Operations, Other
  • Business, Management, Marketing, and Related Support Services, Other
  • Business/Commerce, General
  • Cell/Cellular and Molecular Biology
  • Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering
  • Chemistry, General
  • City/Urban, Community, and Regional Planning
  • Classics and Classical Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics, General
  • Communication and Media Studies, Other
  • Communication, Journalism, and Related Programs, Other
  • Comparative Literature
  • Computational Science
  • Computer and Information Sciences and Support Services, Other
  • Computer and Information Sciences, General
  • Computer Science
  • Computer Systems Networking and Telecommunications
  • Counseling Psychology
  • Counselor Education/School Counseling and Guidance Services
  • Criminology
  • Curriculum and Instruction
  • Data Modeling/Warehousing and Database Administration
  • Demography and Population Studies
  • Design and Applied Arts, Other
  • Developmental and Child Psychology
  • East Asian Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics, General
  • Econometrics and Quantitative Economics
  • Economics, General
  • Education, General
  • Education, Other
  • Educational Leadership and Administration, General
  • Educational Statistics and Research Methods
  • Educational/Instructional Technology
  • Electrical and Electronics Engineering
  • Elementary Education and Teaching
  • Emergency Room/Trauma Nursing
  • Engineering Design
  • Engineering Technologies/Technicians, General
  • Engineering, Other
  • English Language and Literature, General
  • English Language and Literature/Letters, Other
  • English/Language Arts Teacher Education
  • Entrepreneurship/Entrepreneurial Studies
  • Environmental Biology
  • Environmental Health
  • Environmental Science
  • Environmental Studies
  • Environmental/Natural Resources Management and Policy, General
  • Epidemiology
  • Experimental Psychology
  • Family Practice Nurse/Nursing
  • Finance, General
  • Financial Mathematics
  • Fine/Studio Arts, General
  • Foreign Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics, Other
  • Genetic Counseling/Counselor
  • Geographic Information Science and Cartography
  • Geological and Earth Sciences/Geosciences, Other
  • Geological/Geophysical Engineering
  • Geology/Earth Science, General
  • German Language and Literature
  • Health Professions and Related Clinical Sciences, Other
  • Health Professions Education
  • Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences, General
  • Health/Health Care Administration/Management
  • Higher Education/Higher Education Administration
  • Historic Preservation and Conservation, General
  • History and Philosophy of Science and Technology
  • History, General
  • History, Other
  • Human Services, General
  • Hydrology and Water Resources Science
  • Immunology
  • International Business/Trade/Commerce
  • International/Globalization Studies
  • Junior High/Intermediate/Middle School Education and Teaching
  • Landscape Architecture
  • Legal Studies
  • Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities, Other
  • Liberal Arts and Sciences/Liberal Studies
  • Linguistics
  • Management Information Systems, General
  • Management Science
  • Management Sciences and Quantitative Methods, Other
  • Marketing/Marketing Management, General
  • Materials Engineering
  • Maternal/Child Health and Neonatal Nurse/Nursing
  • Mathematics and Statistics, Other
  • Mathematics Teacher Education
  • Mathematics, General
  • Mechanical Engineering
  • Medical Informatics
  • Medical Science/Scientist
  • Middle/Near Eastern and Semitic Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics, General
  • Multi-/Interdisciplinary Studies, General
  • Music, General
  • Nanotechnology
  • Natural Resources and Conservation, Other
  • Natural Resources/Conservation, General
  • Neuroscience
  • Non-Profit/Public/Organizational Management
  • Nurse Anesthetist
  • Nurse Midwife/Nursing Midwifery
  • Nursing Administration
  • Nursing Education
  • Operations Management and Supervision
  • Oral Biology and Oral and Maxillofacial Pathology
  • Organizational Behavior Studies
  • Pediatric Nurse/Nursing
  • Perioperative/Operating Room and Surgical Nurse/Nursing
  • Pharmacology
  • Philosophy
  • Philosophy and Religious Studies, Other
  • Physical Sciences, Other
  • Physics, General
  • Physics, Other
  • Political Science and Government, General
  • Programs for Foreign Lawyers
  • Psychiatric/Mental Health Nurse/Nursing
  • Psychology, General
  • Psychology, Other
  • Public Administration
  • Public Health, Other
  • Public Policy Analysis, General
  • Reading Teacher Education
  • Real Estate
  • Registered Nursing/Registered Nurse
  • Religion/Religious Studies
  • Research and Experimental Psychology, Other
  • Romance Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics, Other
  • Sales, Distribution, and Marketing Operations, General
  • Science Teacher Education/General Science Teacher Education
  • Secondary Education and Teaching
  • Social and Philosophical Foundations of Education
  • Social Sciences, Other
  • Social Studies Teacher Education
  • Social Work
  • Sociology, General
  • Statistics, General
  • Sustainability Studies
  • Systems Engineering
  • Teaching English as a Second or Foreign Language/ESL Language Instructor
  • Visual and Performing Arts, Other
  • Women's Health Nurse/Nursing

ADVANCED CREDIT/PLACEMENT
Credit placement options:
  • credit for CEEB Advanced Placement (scores of 2 or higher)

CERTIFICATES OFFERED
  • False
 
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