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  2. University of Pennsylvania School of Arts and Sciences

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    The 1755 charter of Benjamin Franklin's College of Philadelphia paved the way to form the College of Arts and Sciences, which was originally for men only.In 1933, Penn established the College of Liberal Arts for Women, which was meant to provide women with a formal liberal arts education to women rather than one designed specifically for teachers. [5]

  3. University of Pennsylvania College of Arts & Sciences

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    Van Pelt Library, the University of Pennsylvania's main library, is home to more than 2,481,000 volumes, 13,000 current serial subscriptions, and approximately 1.5 million microforms. The collection of the University of Pennsylvania Library System consists of more than 6.19 million volumes held in 15 specialized libraries as well as a digital ...

  4. List of colleges and universities in Pennsylvania - Wikipedia

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    Edinboro University of Pennsylvania: Edinboro: Erie: Pennsylvania State System of Higher Education: Master's Colleges & Universities: Larger Programs 5,187 1857 Indiana University of Pennsylvania: Indiana borough: Indiana: Pennsylvania State System of Higher Education: Doctoral Universities: High Research Activity 9,965 1875 Kutztown University ...

  5. University of Pennsylvania - Wikipedia

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    The University of Pennsylvania (commonly known as Penn [note 3] or UPenn [note 4]) is a private Ivy League research university in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States.It is one of nine colonial colleges and was chartered prior to the U.S. Declaration of Independence when Benjamin Franklin, the university's founder and first president, advocated for an educational institution that trained ...

  6. Perelman School of Medicine - Wikipedia

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    Medical and research facilities of the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine and the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia. Between 1765 and 1801, medical school lectures were held in Surgeon's Hall on 5th Street in Center City Philadelphia. In 1801, medical instruction moved with the rest of the university to 9th Street. [16]

  7. History of the University of Pennsylvania - Wikipedia

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    A c. 1815 illustration of the Ninth Street campus of the University of Pennsylvania, including the medical department (on left) and the college building (on right). In 1802, the university moved to the unused Presidential Mansion at Ninth and Market Streets, a building that both George Washington and John Adams had declined to occupy while Philadelphia was the nation's capital.

  8. University of Pennsylvania School of Engineering and Applied ...

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    The study of engineering at the University of Pennsylvania can be traced back to 1850 when the University trustees adopted a resolution providing for a professorship of "Chemistry as Applied to the Arts". [2] In 1852, the study of engineering was further formalized with the establishment of the School of Mines, Arts and Manufactures.

  9. List of Ivy League public policy schools - Wikipedia

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    The oldest program for the study of public policy and administration began at Princeton University in 1930, founded as the School of Public and International Affairs. The school's mission was to prepare students for "leadership in public and international affairs" in accordance with President Woodrow Wilson who desired a school that could train ...