28 Facts About Temple University

Temple University is a public state-related research university in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

Temple University is among the world's largest providers of professional education, preparing the largest body of professional practitioners in Pennsylvania.

Temple University was founded in 1884 by Grace Baptist Church of Philadelphia and its pastor Russell Conwell, a Yale-educated Boston lawyer, orator, and ordained Baptist minister, who had served in the Union Army during the American Civil War.

Since 1965, Temple has been a Pennsylvania state-related university, meaning the university receives state funds, subject to state appropriations, but is independently operated.

Temple University has six campuses and sites across Pennsylvania, plus international campuses in Rome and Japan.

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Temple University Harrisburg, located in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, has a variety of graduate degree programs, certificate and professional development programs.

Temple University, Japan Campus is a branch campus in Setagaya-ku, Tokyo, Japan.

Temple University Japan was the oldest and largest campus of any foreign university in Japan, before its move from Minato-ku.

Temple University Japan became the first recognized foreign university campus in Japan.

Temple University has two mass notification systems for emergencies, TUalert and TUsiren.

Temple University is classified among "R1: Doctoral Universities – Very high research activity", and has more than 500 degree programs at 15 schools and colleges and five professional schools.

College of Liberal Arts at Temple University includes 28 academic departments, offering 35 undergraduate majors and 36 minors.

School of Theater, Film and Media Arts is part of the Center for the Performing and Cinematic Arts at Temple University, which includes the Boyer College of Music and Dance.

Temple University's School of Podiatric Medicine is a school of podiatry.

Temple University offers study-abroad opportunities at its campuses in Rome and Tokyo, and semester and summer programs in London, Rome, Japan, Dublin, Germany, France, China, South Africa, Spain, Ecuador, and Australia.

Temple University has a global internship program, offering internships in Spain, Costa Rica, Australia, India, Chile, China, Singapore, and various U S cities.

Temple University officials have tried various strategies, including building facilities, to encourage students, faculty, and staff to live and work nearby.

Temple University was the first school in the nation to officially use cherry as one of its colors.

University's symbol, the Temple "T", was designed by students in a graphic arts and design class in the Tyler School of Art and Architecture in 1983.

Temple University's arrived in Pennsylvania in 2011 and lives in the Elmwood Park Zoo in Norristown, Pennsylvania.

Temple University has more than 300 student organizations for a variety of interests academic, professional, political and advocacy, service, religious, cultural and international, arts, entertainment, recreation and leisure, and media and publishing.

Temple University has TUTV, a digital cable station that broadcasts to Philadelphia.

Temple University's sports teams are the Owls: a name born from Temple's early days when it was a night school.

Temple University was among the first institutions in the United States to sponsor extracurricular athletic activities for its students when both the football and basketball programs were inaugurated in 1894 under the direction of Coach Charles M Williams.

Temple University had most recently served as the assistant offensive line coach with the New York Giants.

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Temple University won the 2016 American Athletic Conference Football Championship Game to secure its first conference championship since 1967.

Temple University is recognized as having won the first-ever National Collegiate basketball championship in 1938, under Coach James Usilton.

Temple University has many notable alumni, such as Bill Cosby, Bob Saget, Daryl Hall, John Oates, Irvin Kershner and Diplo.