Coordinates: 39.954°N 75.188°W Drexel University Drexel University is a private research university with its main campus in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. It was founded in 1891 by Anthony J. Drexel, a financier Drexel University and philanthropist. Founded as Drexel Institute of Art, Science and Industry, it was renamed Drexel Institute of Technology in 1936, before assuming its current name in 1970. As of 2020, more than 24,000 students were enrolled in over 70 undergraduate programs and more than 100 master's, doctoral, and professional programs at the university.[3] Drexel's cooperative education program (co-op) is a prominent aspect of the school's degree programs, offering students the opportunity to gain up to 18 months of paid, full-time work experience in a field relevant to their undergraduate Former names Drexel major or graduate degree program prior to graduation. Institute (1891–1936) Contents Drexel History Institute of Academics Technology Schools and colleges (1936– Online education [1] Cooperative education program 1970) Research activity Motto Ambition Rankings Can't Wait[2] Campuses University City Main Campus Type Private Queen Lane Campus research Center City Campus university The Academy of Natural Sciences Drexel University Sacramento Established 1891[3] Student life Academic AITU Student government affiliations Graduate Students Association NAICU Campus Activities Board Space-grant Jewish Life on Campus Press and radio Endowment $798.3 million Housing (2020)[4] Student organizations President John Honorary and professional organizations Greek life Anderson [5] Athletics Fry Student lore and traditions Provost Paul E. In popular culture Jensen[6] Alumni Students 24,205[3] Awards [3] Gallery Undergraduates 15,346 See also Postgraduates 8,859[3] Notes Location Philadelphia, External links Pennsylvania, History United States 39.954°N Drexel University was founded in 1891 as the Drexel Institute of Art, Science and Industry, by Philadelphia financier and philanthropist Anthony J. Drexel. The 75.188°W original mission of the institution was to provide educational opportunities in the Campus Urban "practical arts and sciences" for women and men of all backgrounds. The institution became known as the Drexel Institute of Technology in 1936, and in 1970 the Drexel Newspaper The Triangle Institute of Technology gained university status, becoming Drexel University. Colors Blue and Although there were many changes during its first century, the university's identity [7] has been held constant as a privately controlled, non-sectarian, coeducational center gold of higher learning, distinguished by a commitment to practical education and hands- on experience in an occupational setting. The central aspect of Drexel University's focus on career preparation, in the form of its cooperative education program, was Athletics NCAA introduced in 1919. The program became integral to the university's unique educational experience. Participating students alternate periods of classroom-based Division I - study with periods of full-time, practical work experience related to their academic Colonial major and career interests. Athletic Between 1995 and 2009, Drexel University underwent a period of significant change Association to its programs, enrollment, and facilities under the leadership of Dr. Constantine Papadakis, the university's president during that time. Papadakis oversaw Drexel's Nickname Dragons largest expansion in its history, with a 471 percent increase in its endowment and a 102 percent increase in student enrollment. His leadership also guided the university Sports 18 varsity toward improved performance in collegiate rankings, a more selective approach to teams admissions, and a more rigorous academic program at all levels. It was during this period of expansion that Drexel acquired and assumed management of the former 31 club teams MCP Hahnemann University, creating the Drexel University College of Medicine in 2002. In 2006, the university established the Thomas R. Kline School of Law, and in Mascot Mario the 2011 the School of Law achieved full accreditation by the American Bar Magnificent Association.[8] Website www.drexel Dr. Constantine Papadakis died of pneumonia in April 2009 while still employed as the university's president. His successor, John Anderson Fry, was formerly the .edu (http://w president of Franklin & Marshall College and served as the Executive Vice President ww.drexel.ed [5][9] of the University of Pennsylvania. Under Fry's leadership, Drexel has continued u) its expansion, including the July 2011 acquisition of The Academy of Natural Sciences. Academics Schools and colleges College of Arts and Sciences The College of Arts and Sciences was formed in 1990 when Drexel merged the two existing College of Sciences and College of Humanities together. Antoinette Westphal College of Media Arts and Design The College of Media Arts and Design "fosters the study, exploration and management of the arts: media, design, the performing and visual". The college offers sixteen undergraduate programs, and 6 graduate programs, in modern art and design fields that range from graphic design and dance to fashion design and television management. Its wide range of programs has helped the college earn full accreditation from the National Association of Schools of Art and Design, the National Architectural Accrediting Board, and the Council for Interior Design Statue of Anthony J. Drexel by Accreditation. Moses J. Ezekiel, 1904. Moved to the Drexel campus in 1966. Bennett S. LeBow College of Business The Bennett S. LeBow College of Business history dates to the founding in 1891 of the Drexel Institute, that later became Drexel University, and of its Business Department in 1896. Today LeBow offers thirteen undergraduate majors, eight graduate programs, and two doctoral programs; 22 percent of Drexel University's undergraduate students are enrolled in a LeBow College of Business program. The LeBow College of Business has been ranked as the 38th best private business school in the nation.[10] Its online MBA program is ranked 14th in the world by the Financial Times; the publication also ranks the undergraduate business program at LeBow as 19th in the United States. The part-time MBA program ranks 1st in academic quality in the 2015 edition of Business Insider's rankings. Undergraduate and graduate entrepreneurship programs are The Main Building, dedicated in [11] ranked 19th in the country by the Princeton Review. Lebow College of Business's Master 1891. of Finance program is ranked 101st in the world by the 2020 QS World University Rankings.[12] School of Economics Economics programs at the LeBow College of Business are housed within the School of Economics. In addition to the undergraduate program in economics, the school is home to an M.S. in Economics program as well as a PhD program in economics. Faculty members in the School of Economics have been published in the American Economic Review, RAND Journal of Economics, and Review of Economics and Statistics. The school has been ranked among the best in the world for its extensive research into matters of international trade.[13] College of Engineering Drexel's College of Engineering is one of its oldest and largest academic colleges, and served as the original focus of the career-oriented school upon its founding in 1891. The College of Engineering is home to several notable alumni, including two astronauts; financier Bennett S. LeBow, for whom the university's College of Business is named; and Paul Baran, inventor of Monumental conical pendulum the packet-switched network. Today, Drexel University's College of Engineering, which is clock by Eugène Farcot, [14] home to 19 percent of the undergraduate student body, is known for creating the world's sculpture by Albert-Ernest first engineering degree in appropriate technology.[15] The college is also one of only 17 U.S. Carrier-Belleuse. Donated in universities to offer a bachelor's degree in architectural engineering, and only one of five 1912 to the University. Main private institutions to do so.[16][17] building, great court. The Drexel Engineering Curriculum (tDEC) The 2006 edition of U.S. News ranks the undergraduate engineering program #57 in the country and the 2007 edition of graduate schools ranks the graduate program #61. The 2008 edition ranks the University Engineering Program at #55 and in the 2009 US News Ranking, the university has moved up to the #52 position. The engineering curriculum used by the school was originally called E4 (Enhanced Educational Experience for Engineers) which was established in 1986[18] and funded in part by the Engineering Directorate of the National Science Foundation.[19] In 1988 the program Gerri C. Lebow Hall, home of evolved into tDEC (the Drexel Engineering Curriculum)[19] which is composed of two full the LeBow College of Business years of rigorous core engineering courses which encompass the freshman and sophomore years of the engineering student. The College of Engineering hasn't used the tDEC curriculum since approximately 2005. College of Computing and Informatics The College of Computing and Informatics is a recent addition to Drexel University, though its programs have been offered to students for many years. The college was formed by the consolidation of the former College of Information Science & Technology (often called the "iSchool"), the Department of Computer Science, and the Computing and Security Technology program. Undergraduate and graduate programs in