7.1 Rowing 7.2 Rugby 7.3 Football 7.4 Basketball 7.5 Facilities 8 Notable people 9 Controversies 10 See also

1.3 Seal
2 Campus
2.1 Libraries
2.2 The University Museum
2.3 Residences
3 Academics
3.1 Coordinated dual-degree and interdisciplinary programs
3.2 Academic medical center and biomedical research complex
3.3 Admissions selectivity
4 Research, innovations, and discoveries
5 Rankings
6 Student life
6.1 Demographics
6.2 Selected student organizations
6.3 The Daily Pennsylvanian
7 Athletics
7.1 Rowing
7.2 Rugby
7.3 Football
7.4 Basketball
7.5 Facilities
8 Notable people
9 Controversies
10 See also
11 Notes
12 References
13 External links
History[edit]

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The school considers itself the fourth-oldest institution of higher education in the United States,[note 2] as well as the first university in the United States with both undergraduate and graduate studies.


This statue of Benjamin Franklin donated by Justus C. Strawbridge to the City of Philadelphia in 1899 now sits in front of College Hall.[13]
In 1740, a group of Philadelphians joined together to erect a great preaching hall for the traveling evangelist George Whitefield, who toured the American colonies delivering open air sermons. The building was designed an