Drexel is a comprehensive national research university with a strong public purpose, ranked among the top universities in the United States. With 24,634 students, Drexel is one of America’s largest private universities. The University has built its global reputation on core achievements that include: leadership in experiential learning through its cooperative education program; a history of academic technology firsts; and recognition as a model of best practices in translational research initiatives.
Founded in 1891 in Philadelphia, Drexel now engages with students and communities around the world via three Philadelphia campuses, The Academy of Natural Sciences of Drexel University and international research partnerships in several countries. Drexel University Online is one of the oldest and most successful providers of online degree programs.
Drexel’s interdisciplinary research enterprise attracts over $120 million in sponsor support annually. The University has been named a Wallace H. Coulter Foundation Translational Research Partner, recognizing leadership in bringing new technologies to market.
Students choose from approximately 200 undergraduate, master’s, doctoral and professional degree programs across Drexel’s 14 colleges and schools. The Drexel Co-op is one of the nation’s oldest, largest and best-known co-operative education programs, through which most undergraduates alternate classroom study with up to three, six-month periods of full-time, paid employment in their field.
Drexel is one of Philadelphia’s top employers, and a major engine for economic development in the Greater Philadelphia region. Drexel is also committed to becoming “the most civically engaged university in the United States,” according to President John Fry. That commitment includes research and academic programs that directly benefit communities; public service by students and faculty; and business practices that support local and regional economic growth.
Drexel was ranked 74th in the Times Higher Education/Wall Street Journal ranking of all colleges and universities. The University also was ranked 25th on the U.S. News “Most Innovative Schools” list for national universities, considered to be among schools most often cited by university administrators nationwide as making innovative changes in academics, faculty, student life, campus and facilities.
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