Университет Дрексела

The university has three campuses in Philadelphia: University City campus and Centre City campus are situated in lively, central areas, while the Queen Lane campus is slightly further out in a more residential district.

Other university locations include the historic Academy of Natural Sciences and the Business College, located on the Malvern campus and catering for accelerated and part-time graduate studies. There is also a Drexel campus at the University of the Pacific in Sacramento, California.

Drexel was the first major university in America to offer a fully wireless campus in 2000 and many of the courses offered by Drexel can be taken online.

The main campus contains the university's administrative offices and serves as the main academic center for students. 

Campus Activities Board, Graduate Students Association and Student government work to provide social, cultural, and educational opportunities that promote student involvement outside of the classroom.

When students are not working, there is plenty to do on the school’s main campus in Philadelphia’s University City. They have more than 300 student clubs and organizations to get involved in, including more than 30 fraternities and sororities.

The city's central hub of public transportation, the 30th Street Station, is two blocks from campus, and Center City Philadelphia is a 10-minute walk away. In total, more than 70 percent of Drexel students commute to school.

Drexel University recognizes over 250 student organizations in the following categories: academic, club sports, community service/social action, cultural, fraternity & sorority life, general interest, honorary, media, performing and fine arts, political, spiritual & religious.

Drexel requires all non-commuting first- and second-year students to live in one of its ten residence halls or in "university approved housing." First year students must live in one of the residence halls designated specifically for first-years.

Halls are all typical residence halls. Myers Hall also offers "Living Learning Communities" where a group of students who share common interests such as language or major live together.

Second-year students have the option of living in a residence hall designated for upperclassmen, or "university approved housing". The residence halls for upperclassmen are North and Caneris Halls. 

Many other students live in smaller apartment buildings or individual townhouse-style apartments in Powelton Village. A second-year student can choose one of the already listed university approved housing options or petition the university to add a new property to the approved list.

The Career Development Center offers a full-range of workshops, seminars, career counseling and online resources to help you reach your professional goals and manage students’ career.

The organization is responsible for organizing career development seminars, in-person and online, throughout the year in which alumni volunteers deliver programs on a variety of topics, such as job search, personal branding, leadership, entrepreneurship, and career paths in specific industries. Sometimes, these speakers are employed in fields such as human resources, executive search or career counseling while other speakers simply have a particular passion for or rich experiences to share that relate to these topics. 

According to 2015 statistics, about 92% of graduates were applied for at least one job during their study. 82% of those that applied for a job received at least one job offer. Average annual salary for those accepting job offers was about $55,500.

Total undergraduate costs for nine-month academic year, 2016–2017 are about $71,000 for a non-resident living on-campus. This sum includes tuition and fees - about $51,000 per year, books and supplies - $1,500, room and board - $14,500, personal and transportation costs - $4,000.

Drexel University was founded in 1891 as the Drexel Institute of Art, Science and Industry, by Philadelphia financier and philanthropist Anthony J. Drexel. The original mission of the institution was to provide educational opportunities in the "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 Institute of Technology gained university status, becoming Drexel University.

Today Drexel University is a non-profit private research university with three campuses in the urban setting of the large city of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

Drexel University offers courses and programs leading to officially recognized higher education degrees such as undergraduate certificates/diplomas, associate degrees, bachelor degrees, master degrees in several areas of study. Drexel's knowledge community of researchers and scholars are socially, professionally and intellectually diverse.

Catering for roughly 26,000 students, Drexel offers around 200 degree programs. These include over 80 undergraduate majors, more than a dozen accelerated degree programs, and around 120 degrees and certificates for graduates and professionals.

Students at Drexel University can get a mix of in-class education and extensive on-the-job experience before graduation. Drexel operates a cooperative education program, sending students to more than 1,600 employers worldwide for six months at a time. Most co-ops are paid and the average salary a Drexel student will take home is more than $16,000. Students who complete three co-ops generally graduate in five years. Students who participate in a single co-op experience or no co-op experience can graduate in four years.

In its 2016 rankings, U.S. News & World Report ranked Drexel the 99th among national universities in the United States, and the 8th in the "Most Innovative Schools" category. The publication also ranked the Library and Information Studies program the 10th in the nation.

Notable alumni of Drexel University include Michael Anderson, a former professional basketball player, and Earle I. Mack, a former ambassador to Finland, Earl Lestz - former President of Operations for Paramount Studios, Paul Baran - one of the inventors of packet switching and a founding father of the Internet.

The most popular majors by the number of registered students are business/marketing, health professions, engineering, visual and performing arts, biology, computer and information sciences, nursing, finance.

Drexel offers well-regarded programs through the College of Engineering and it has a medical school and a law school.

Besides, the LeBow College of Business has been ranked as the 38th best private business school in the nation according to the Business Week 2009 ranks.

Its online MBA program is ranked the 14th in the world by the Financial Times; the publication also ranks the undergraduate business program at LeBow as the 19th in the United States. The part-time MBA program ranks the 1st in academic quality in the 2015 edition of Business Insider's rankings.

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 College of Medicine was ranked #83 in the "Best Medical Schools: Research" category by U.S. News & World Report in 2015. In addition to its M.D. program, the College of Medicine offers several graduate programs in professional studies and biomedical sciences.

The Department of Materials Science and Engineering was ranked the 18th of 88 programs in the 2011 National Research Council survey rankings.

The Physician Assistant program is ranked the 10th in the nation by U.S. News & World Report in its 2016 rankings.