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Drexel University was founded in 1891 as the Drexel Institute of Art, Science and Industry by Anthony J. Drexel, a Philadelphia financier and philanthropist. The original mission of the institution was to provide educational opportunities in the "practical arts and sciences" for women and men of all backgrounds.
A 1904 statue of Anthony Joseph Drexel by Moses J. Ezekiel, which was moved to the Drexel University campus in Philadelphia in 1966. Drexel Institute of Art, Science and Industry was founded in 1891, by Anthony J. Drexel, [1] with the main building dedicated on December 17 of that year.
Drexel University is a private university located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. The 16th largest private university in the nation, [1] Drexel is made up of nine colleges and four schools, [2] most of which serve both undergraduate and graduate students.
Drexel University College of Medicine is the medical school of Drexel University, a private research university in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.The medical school represents the consolidation of two medical schools: Hahnemann Medical College, originally founded as the nation's first college of homeopathy, and the Woman's Medical College of Pennsylvania, the first U.S. medical school for women ...
The LeBow College of Business (/ l ə ˈ b oʊ /), often referred to simply as Drexel LeBow, is the business school of Drexel University in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.The school offers undergraduate, graduate, and doctoral programs in business administration to nearly 4,000 students and encompasses an alumni network of more than 40,000 business professionals.
The Drexel University Queen Lane Campus is located at 2900 Queen Lane, giving it its name, in the East Falls neighborhood of northwestern Philadelphia. [10] The Queen Lane Campus houses first and second-year medical students as well as biomedical graduate students of the Drexel University College of Medicine. [11]
The College of Arts and Sciences traces its orings back to Drexel Institute of Art, Science and Industry, founded in 1891. As its curriculum broadened, the School of Engineering employed full professors for English, mathematics, and chemistry in 1914.
The Drexel University College of Engineering is the university's flagship college, founded in 1891 by banker A.J. Drexel to prepare his hometown Philadelphians to participate in opportunities provided by the Industrial Revolution.