The Pennsylvania State University

Public land-grant research university founded in 1855, teaching nearly 90,000 students across 24 campuses and World Campus, with research spanning science, health, technology and national security.

The Pennsylvania State University is a public land-grant research university founded in 1855. It employs some 20,000 faculty and staff and serves nearly 90,000 students across 24 physical campuses in Pennsylvania and through World Campus, its online arm, which delivers accredited programmes to learners worldwide. The institution has been guided for nearly 170 years by the values of access, discovery and service, and by the land-grant principle that knowledge should be accessible to all.

Research spans fundamental science, applied research and innovation, health, national security, space and universe sciences, and technology. The university works across the education, business, healthcare, technology, public service and national security sectors, and places weight on breakthrough research and community partnerships, measuring success by impact beyond the classroom.

World Campus extends Penn State's academic programmes beyond physical boundaries, on the belief that geography should not limit opportunity. The institution maintains a network of over 750,000 alumni worldwide.