University Campus

One campus, many paths, a universe of intellectual capital

At Penn Engineering, you will be part of the University’s most intensely interactive school. Intellectual diversity sets us apart from our peers.

Students have all the advantages of a premier research university close at hand. Penn’s twelve schools, fifty research centers, nearly one hundred institutes, and a health care complex are all within easy walking distance on Penn’s beautiful, compact, urban campus. The synergy of this academic neighborhood informs research and education at Penn Engineering.

Quality of student life at Penn is exceptional. On Penn’s campus, you will find world-class museums and performing arts centers, art galleries, athletic facilities, graduate student organizations, student housing, and more. You will have a campus that is a real neighborhood, with exquisite architecture in an urban landscape. A people-friendly place with inviting plazas, bookstores, outdoor cafés, movie theaters, retail shops, and a supermarket, our human-scale campus makes Penn a great place to live and learn.

Walk, drive, or bike to cross the nearby Schuylkill River and you’re in Center City, Philadelphia’s lively downtown.

You will find Penn to be greater than the sum of its parts. One campus, many paths. An urban university—an exciting place to learn and a fun place to live.