ased Ivy League university colloquially referred to as "Penn". For the public university located in State College, Pennsylvania, and colloquially known as "Penn State", see Pennsylvania State University.
University of Pennsylvania
Arms of the University of Pennsylvania
Arms of the University of Pennsylvania
Latin: Universitas Pennsylvaniensis
Motto Leges sine moribus vanae (Latin)
Motto in English Laws without morals are in vain
Established 1740[note 1]
Type Private
Endowment $7.7 billion (2013)[1]
Budget $6.007 billion[2]
President Amy Gutmann
Provost Vincent Price
Academic staff 4,246 faculty members[2]
Admin. staff 2,347[2]
Students 21,329[2]
Undergraduates 10,301[2]
Postgraduates 11,028[2]
Location Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
Campus Urban, 992 acres (4.01 km2) total: 300 acres (1.2 km2), University City campus; 600 acres (2.4 km2), New Bolton Center; 92 acres (0.37 km2), Morris Arboretum
Colors Red
Blue[3][4]
Athletics NCAA Division I
Nickname Quakers
Affiliations Ivy League, AAU, COFHE
Website Upenn.edu
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The University of Pennsylvania (commonly referred to as Penn or UPenn) is an American private research university located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. It is one of the Ivy League universities and one of the nine original Colonial Colleges. Incorporated as The Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania, Penn is also one of 14 founding members of the Association of American Universities.
Benjamin Franklin, Penn's founder, advocated an educational program that focused as much on practical education for commerce and public service as on the classics and theology. Penn was one of the first academic institutions to follow a multidisciplinary model pioneered by several European universities, concentrating multiple "faculties" (e.g., theology, classics, medicine) into one institution.[5] It was also home to many other educational innovations. The first school of medicine in North America (Perelman School of Medicine, 1765), the first collegiate business school (Wharton, 1881) and the first student union (Houston Hall, 1896)[6] were all born at Penn.
