Prospective Students

Temple University is a world-class center of teaching, research and health care. From its roots in the historic and cultural richness of Philadelphia, Temple has become a major international university, with successful, long-standing campuses in Tokyo and Rome, and educational programs spanning the globe.

Temple is the 39th largest university in the United States. It also is the largest provider of professional education (law, dentistry, medicine, and podiatric medicine) in the country.

But what really sets Temple University apart from other institutions of higher learning is its people - a faculty of 1,700 dedicated men and women; 28,000 talented, motivated students; and some 200,000 successful alumni in hundreds of professions, from school principals to neurosurgeons, from judges to environmental engineers, from executives of Fortune 500 companies to concert cellists, and from television broadcasters to government leaders.

Through its 16 schools and colleges, Temple University offers degree programs in 9 associate degree areas, 127 bachelors degree areas, 132 masters degree areas, 61 doctoral degree areas, and 6 first professional degree areas.

Temple University was founded in 1884, and became a state-related institution in the Commonwealth System of Higher Education in 1965.