School profile: 1740, the establishment of the University of Pennsylvania marked the birth of a new model of higher education in North America and initiated modern education in the United States. The University of Pennsylvania has become a world-class research university with 12 colleges and hundreds of departments, research institutes and research centers.

The University of Pennsylvania, located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, is a private research university in the United States and one of the eight Ivy League schools. Founded in 1740, the school is the fourth oldest higher education institution in the United States and the first university in the modern sense in the United States. Nine signatories of the Declaration of Independence and 1 1 signatories of the Constitution of the United States are all related to this school. Benjamin Franklin, an American scientist, politician, one of the drafters of the Declaration of Independence, the inventor of the lightning rod, Franklin stove and glasses, was the founder of the school.

The University of Pennsylvania is in a position in art, humanities, social sciences, architecture and engineering education, among which the most famous subjects are business, law and medicine. There are about 4,500 professors in the school, with nearly 1 10,000 full-time undergraduates and more than 1 10,000 graduate students. In 2006, the university received more than $66 million in research funding, including about 4,200 faculty members, 870 postdoctoral students, 3,800 graduate students and more than 5,400 technicians. At the same time, the school's annual construction investment reaches more than 400 million US dollars, ranking among the top Ivy League schools.

The University of Pennsylvania is also one of the founding schools of association of american universities 14.

The University of Pennsylvania has become a world-class research university with 12 colleges and hundreds of departments, research institutes and research centers. In the 199 1 annual evaluation of American universities by American News and World Report, the University of Pennsylvania is listed as a comprehensive university in the United States 13. In the evaluation of American universities by US News and World Report in 2008, the University of Pennsylvania and California Institute of Technology tied for fifth place.

The main colleges are Wharton Business School, Media College, Education College, Law School, Arts and Sciences College, Dentist College, Design and Planning College, Engineering College and so on. Medical college: basic science department, clinical medicine department, nursing college, social college and veterinary college.

It consists of population research center, economics research center, aging research center, real estate research center, biology research center, material structure research center, Norton research center, social science data center, engineering research center, pharmacy research center, computer resource research center, biomedical research center, cancer research center, AIDS research center, bioethics research center, clinical epidemiology and biostatistics research center, general clinical research center and diabetes research center.

Undergraduate majors: accounting, insurance, statistics, astronautics, biology, geography, geology, electrical engineering, mechanical engineering, computer engineering, international business, business administration, international relations, naval science, medical procedures, bioengineering, molecular biology, dentistry, veterinary medicine, art/fine arts, music, painting, education, women's studies, etc.

Postgraduate majors: architecture, biology/life science, communication/journalism, computer/information system, law, medicine, education, business administration/administration, philosophy, mathematics, physics, etc.

School ranking:

In May 2008, the MBA education of the University of Pennsylvania ranked third in the world.

In 2006, the University of Pennsylvania ranked fourth in the ranking of American universities by US News & World Report magazine, and Wharton Business School, an undergraduate institution, ranked first in similar projects.

In the contribution ranking of American universities published by Washington Monthly in 2005, the university ranked fourth among private schools.

In terms of undergraduate education, the business school and nursing school of the University of Pennsylvania have always maintained the top three positions in American universities. The well-known departments are American Literature Department, Anthropology Department, Art History Department, Bioengineering Department, Biology Department, Communication Department, Computer Department, Electronic Engineering Department, English Department, Economics Department, French Department, History Department, Politics Department, Psychology Department and Spanish Department. In terms of postgraduate education, business, architecture, communication, medicine, nursing and veterinary medicine have always been in the top five. Law, public relations and education have always been in the top ten.

Application requirements:

TOEFL (Online Test) 100

SAT critical reading: 650-750 95%

SAT mathematics: 680-770 95%

SAT writing: 660-750 95%

ACT Composite: 29 - 33 30%