Drexel University

Instructiondrexel is a comprehensive national research University dedicated to providing quality undergraduate, graduate and professional education featuring excellent academics, state-of-the-art technology and a focus on real-world learning and service. The University is classified as an r1 research University in the carnegie classification of institutions of higher education - a rank that denotes the highest level of research activity, held by just 37 private universities around the country. The University disclosed 58 new inventions and received 31 new united states patents in fiscal year 2023.the University's mission serves traditional, adult and online students. Drexel offers nationally accredited programs that meet the changing needs of society, including more than 100 bachelor's degree programs and more than 120 graduate and professional degree programs organized in 15 colleges and schools: college of arts and sciences; school of biomedical engineering, science and health systems; bennett s. lebow college of business; college of computing & informatics; school of education; college of engineering; charles d. close school of entrepreneurship; graduate college; pennoni honors college; thomas r. kline school of law; antoinette westphal college of media arts & design; college of medicine; college of nursing and health professions; richard c. goodwin college of professional studies and dana and david dornsife school of public health. Drexel's strategic efforts focus on investing further in academic excellence, serving more students while improving the student experience and enhancing the University's global impact. Drexel has grown to become an economic engine for philadelphia, serving as one of the city's largest employers, generating millions of dollars in wage taxes, attracting external funding for research and key real estate development projects, investing in public schools, and supporting important community organizations.drexel's academic enterprise helps strengthen the neighborhoods around its campuses. Drexel is the lead academic partner in the application and implementation process for the federal promise zone in west philadelphia, one of the first five locations chosen for a white house initiative to direct resources to the nation's most persistently poverty-stricken communities. Drexel has fostered an environment of inclusion and belonging and has set inclusion as a strategic priority. Drexel recognizes and respects people of all backgrounds and experiences and welcomes all views and opinions. In 2020, the center for black culture opened its doors. The center was established to increase knowledge, recognition and respect of the people, histories and cultures of the african diaspora and its many contributions to the world, and to serve as a hub of information and activity. Drexel's dornsife school of public health launched in 2022, the ubuntu center on racism, global movements and population health equity to unite diverse partners, generate and translate evidence, accelerate antiracism solutions, and transform the health of communities locally, nationally and globally. As the united states transitions to an information economy and has dealt with unprecedented challenges brought on by the covid-19 pandemic, many jobs require the critical thinking and innovative problem-solving skills instilled at Drexel. For 100 years, Drexel has equipped students for the real world through its renowned cooperative education program. Expanding on this model, the University established the Drexel solutions institute that has become the new gateway for industry partnerships - connecting Drexel's 1,600 co-op employers, as well as other businesses and nonprofits, and linking them to Drexel student talent, faculty expertise and world-class resources. Drexel has made a strategic commitment to help improve the nation's global competitiveness by increasing students' international engagement to build cultural competencies. Drexel's office of global engagement contributes to the mission of transforming the University into a global hub of academic and professional excellence. It works with units accross the University to build an ecosystem of global partnerships and programs both on and off campus through Drexel's trademark programs in co-op, education abroad, research partnerships and industry relations.undergraduate enrollment for academic year 2022-2023 = 13,977graduate and professional enrollment for academic year 2022-2023 = 8,367 number of degrees conferred in academic year 2022-2023: associate degrees = 0 bachelor's degrees = 3,474 master's degrees = 2,277 doctoral degrees = 735 certificates and other = 430

Patient care/public serviceit is the college's patient care mission to serve the community through the delivery of high-quality, cost-effective health care services, including programs of health promotion and disease prevention. All clinical services are provided with careful regard for the individual patient and their family. Drexel University's clinical practices provide exceptional care in general internal medicine, hiv/aids, student health, addiction medicine, and psychiatry.

Researchdrexel researchers work across disciplines to increase the world's store of knowledge and translate that new knowledge into solutions with tremendous positive impact on society. Typically, the University receives about $110 million per year in research expenditures. The University is committed to using its research and technological expertise to become an even more powerful economic engine for greater philadelphia, helping to create new high-tech businesses and jobs. Drexel is creating an ecosystem of innovation in and around University city, while delivering on its public purpose as an anchor institution for philadelphia. This ecosystem will ultimately benefit students, through co-ops and career opportunities; faculty, through collaborative research and training; and the surrounding community, through the creation of pipelines to employment.this commitment is at the heart of schuylkill yards, a $3.5 billion mixed-use project with development partner brandywine realty trust on University real estate adjacent to philadelphia's amtrak 30th street station. In partnership with wexford science and technology, Drexel is also extending ucity square, a multi-billion-dollar development, through a facility that houses k-8 public schools and an academic building that relocated the college of medicine and college of nursing and health professions to the University city campus.most recently, spark therapeutics broke ground on a $575 million state-of-the-art gene therapy innovation center on Drexel's campus. And through a partnership with gattuso development partners, the campus will also boast what is expected to become the city's largest life sciences facility.during fy23, Drexel University conducted research on the following research grants:federally sponsored research - 941 grantsstate of Pennsylvania sponsored research - 96 grantscity of philadelphia contracts 23 grantsprivate foundation sponsored research - 295 grantsindustry sponsored research - 104 grants