The 53 buildings on the University’s 100-acre campus range from historic Victorian mansions to contemporary classrooms, 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 Gallagher Athletic, Recreation and Convocation Center — have transformed our 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.
The tree-lined Main Campus is located on the edge of Philadelphia’s Fairmount Park in the beautiful residential area of East Falls, 15 minutes from historic Center City Philadelphia. Today over 50 percent of the University’s students live in on-campus housing, including co-ed and single-sex residence halls, town houses and two- or three-bedroom apartments. And about 25 percent live in off-campus housing close to the University.
The Philadelphia University 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’s advanced technology also provides voice mail and cable television to anyone living in the residence halls or town houses.
The Gallagher Athletic, Recreation and Convocation Center is home to three regulation-size basketball courts, a state-of-the-art fitness center, aerobics studio, racquetball court and elevated jogging track, as well as a 251-space underground parking garage. In addition, athletic facilities on campus include a baseball field, softball field, tennis courts, and soccer and lacrosse field.
The University is also close to beautiful countryside, big-city life, concerts, galleries and museums, great restaurants and theaters.