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FAST FACTS
- Philadelphia University is a private institution of higher learning committed to providing an experiential education and is recognized as a leader in the architecture, design, engineering, business, textiles, and health and sciences fields. The University is fully accredited by the Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools.
- Philadelphia University’s curriculum encompasses a solid liberal studies foundation with professional education through its six schools: Architecture, Business Administration, Design and Media, Engineering and Textiles, Liberal Arts and Science and Health. The University offers more than 50 areas of study leading to the bachelor’s, master’s and doctoral degrees.
- Philadelphia University graduates’ career placement rate in major-related jobs has consistently been above 90 percent within a few months of graduation for more than twenty years.
- Philadelphia University recruits internationally resulting in a student body that is academically, geographically, culturally and economically diverse. Undergraduate and graduate students who attend the University are from 38 states and 42 countries.
- As a small, private university, Philadelphia University maintains an average class of size of 18 and a 12:1 student/faculty ratio that enables close relationships between faculty and students. The University has 2,707 full- and part-time undergraduate students and 486 graduate students.
- The 52 buildings on the University’s 100-acre campus range from historic Victorian mansions to contemporary classroom, library and residential facilities. The latest additions – The Kanbar Campus Center, a 72,000 square-foot social hub for students, faculty and staff, and the new Athletic and Recreation Center – have transformed the main campus and are having a dramatic impact on the academic and social environment for all members of the University Community. The Tuttleman Center, a 31,500 square-foot, high-tech academic facility, is fully wired and offers students and faculty access to the most sophisticated technology available.
- Philadelphia University houses more than 20 laboratories and
studios for hands-on experience in architecture and interior
design, engineering, textile design, fashion design, graphic
design, industrial design, physician assistant studies, biology,
chemistry, physics and computer technologies.
- The Philadelphia University Research Center, located in the Manayunk section of Philadelphia in a restored 1864 textile mill, opened in May of 2005 and houses The Engineering and Design Institute (a partnership with Ben Franklin Technology Partners) and The Laboratory for Engineered Human Protection (LEHP).
- The Design Center at Philadelphia University is devoted to design and how it shapes everyday life. Through its presentation of gallery exhibitions, enrichment programs, lectures and special events, the center reflects Philadelphia University's extensive design curriculum. The Center's library and collection serve as outstanding resources for scholarly research and provide inspiration to designers, artists, educators, students and aficionados. In addition to mounting exhibitions and creating public design initiatives, The Design Center houses Philadelphia University's extensive historical and contemporary textile collection.
- The campus is wired with a sophisticated network directly to the desktop providing campus-wide file-transfer capability, personal directories, email and high-speed Internet access. The campus’ advanced technology also provides voicemail and cable television to anyone living in the residence halls, townhouses or apartments.
- Philadelphia University is a member of the CACC conference at the following levels: NCAA Division II Men's Baseball, Basketball, Crew, Golf, Soccer and Tennis, Women's Basketball, Crew, Field Hockey, Lacrosse, Soccer, Softball, Tennis and Volleyball.
- Philadelphia University was founded in 1884 as Philadelphia Textile School, by a group of textile manufacturers who noticed a difference in the quality and variety of American textile products and those from Europe. In 1941, it changed its name to Philadelphia Textile Institute and in 1961 it became known as Philadelphia College of Textiles and Science.
- Having been awarded university status by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania on July 13, 1999, it officially changed its name to Philadelphia University and is the first and only private university in the U.S. named exclusively after the city of Philadelphia.
- Philadelphia University is located fifteen minutes northwest of Center City Philadelphia and has a satellite campus in Bucks County.
