3451 Walnut Street
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104

The University of Pennsylvania School of Arts and Sciences is at the core of this Ivy League university's educational programs. With hundreds of faculty, departments in the humanities, social science and natural sciences, and dozens of research centers, the School of Arts and Sciences provides a top-notch education to the thousands of undergraduate, graduate and doctoral students enrolled here.

The University of Pennsylvania school of Arts and Sciences is home to the majority of Penn's students, and also provides more than half of the courses taken by students enrolled in the university's undergraduate professional schools. There are more than 25 different departments in the School of Arts and Sciences, and there are over 50 undergraduate majors to choose from. Graduate students are enrolled in more than 30 different programs. Unique programs at the University of Pennsylvania school of Arts and Sciences include the biological basis of behavior; philosophy, politics and economics; and the huntsman program in international studies and business. Students can study more than 50 different languages, and the school is also home to the only post-doctoral institute in Jewish studies in the country. There are also programs in cognitive neuroscience and more than 100 courses that focus on academically based community service.

Students in Penn's School of Arts and Sciences learn from some of the most distinguished scholars in the country. Faculty members include Nobel laureates, Pulitzer Prize winners, Fulbright Scholars, Rhodes Scholars, National Medal of Science recipients and Guggenheim Fellows. Penn Arts and Sciences is home to more than 450 standing faculty members, and many departments in the University of Pennsylvania's School of Arts and Sciences are nationally ranked for faculty distinction by the National Research Council. Research is a critical part of Penn Arts and Sciences' mission, and the school is home to more than two dozen research centers and half a dozen interschool institutes.

Quick Facts:

The only post-doctoral institute in Jewish Studies in the United States -- The Center for Advanced Judaic Studies - is located at the University of Pennsylvania school of Arts and Sciences.

The University of Pennsylvania School of Arts and Sciences offers more than 50 undergraduate majors.

Faculty members at the University of Pennsylvania School of Arts and Sciences have been awarded the MacArthur Fellowship, Pulitzer Prize and the Nobel Prize, among other awards.

More than 8,000 students are enrolled in the University of Pennsylvania's School of Arts and Sciences.

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