The University of Pennsylvania is one of eight educational institutions included in the so-called Ivy

League. The university is located in Philadelphia, where its history began in 1740. Initially, it was planned
to create a school for workers in Philadelphia, but after 39 years it was awarded the status of a university. It
was here that a model of education was introduced, providing for training in various programs, and the first
bachelor's and master's degree programs appeared in the United States. First of all, the University of
Pennsylvania is famous for its medical and veterinary schools, which have received recognition all over the
world.
Benjamin Franklin founded the college in Philadelphia before the United States of America gained
independence. The educational emphasis was placed on the development of practical skills of students and
the teaching of knowledge necessary in later life. This approach contributed to the very rapid and successful
development of the medical school. Already in the mid-1760s, a special school of medicine named after
Perelman was established at the college. She was the first in the country, which the university management
is very proud of. A hundred years later, positive results in the treatment and discovery of various drugs,
techniques and technologies allowed the establishment of a hospital at the educational institution.
The educational institution is adjacent to no less well-known educational institutions in Philadelphia:
Drexel University, Philadelphia University of Applied Sciences and the city's High School, Wistar Oncology
Center.
The following institutions belonging to the university are located on the campus: The Institute of
Contemporary Art, which also operates as a museum; Libraries; Several museums and galleries; Sports
centers; Newspaper editorial office, founded in 1885 and called the Daily Pennsylvania; Twelve student
dormitories; Schools and colleges, the number of which reaches 12; Six educational centers; Scientific-
research institutes.
Bachelors have the opportunity to study at four schools – Arts and Sciences, Engineering and
Applied Sciences, Business and Nursing. The first school includes a college of arts and Sciences (humanities
and natural sciences), a post–bachelor's degree department - master's and doctoral studies. The Master's
degree is more widely represented in schools: Annenberg Communications, Law, Design, medicine, nursing,
dental medicine, education, business, social policy and practice, veterinary medicine. The center of
education is the School of Arts and Sciences, which has 26 departments in its structure. Among them are
popular: forensic, anthropological, mathematical, foreign languages and English, historical, sociological,
social sciences, political sciences, astronomical, philosophical and economic.