Penn Engineering

Founded by Benjamin Franklin, America's First Engineer, the University of Pennsylvania was the first of its kind; a university created for the purpose of building knowledge that would benefit the future of our country and mankind. Penn Engineering traces its roots to 1850. The School has a proven record of developing leaders in the fields of Bioengineering, Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, Computer and Information Science, Electrical and Systems Engineering, Materials Science and Engineering, and Mechanical Engineering and Applied Mechanics.