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Information for Visitors

We invite you to spend time on campus and see the many ways our diverse community brings excitement and discovery to Penn’s stately buildings and state-of-the-art facilities.

The commencement procession winds its way through Penn’s tree-lined campus.

Penn's Heritage

When Benjamin Franklin founded Penn, America’s first university, he launched a tradition of firsts that has distinguished the University for nearly three centuries and continues to advance higher education around the world.

A central source for comprehensive University news coverage.

Communications & Media Services

Information about the University’s full range of communications services, publications and media outlets.

Things to See and Do

Resources and facilities open to the public.

A comprehensive list of campus amenities that are open to all, including cultural institutions, athletics facilities, and resources for health care and veterinary care.

Arts & Culture

Penn is home to a host of world-class museums and galleries and offers a rich array of cultural events, including theater, music, and dance performances.

Covering ten city blocks across Penn’s campus are hundreds of retail shops, restaurants, and distinctly West Philly attractions for students and tourists alike. From quick grab-and-go meals to fine dining experiences, retail splurges or just the essentials, SHOP PENN is a great day trip or resource for the Penn community.

Campus Tours

Register yourself, your family, or your group of undergraduate students for a campus tour and information session, or download materials to take a self-guided walking tour of campus.

Undergraduate Classroom Visits

Prospective students are invited to learn more about the intellectual life at Penn by attending a class during the academic year.

• The College of Arts and Sciences
• Penn Engineering
• The School of Nursing
• The Wharton School

Penn Virtual Tour

From West Philadelphia to the comfort of your own home, we invite you to explore Penn through a virtual tour of our historic campus. Get a glimpse inside our state-of-the-art classrooms, hear from current students and faculty, and catch live performances by members of our community as you stroll down Locust Walk.

Travel Information

Transportation and parking.

Helpful resources for traveling to, from and around campus, as well as an interactive parking map and comprehensive list of parking locations.

Detailed directions to our most frequented buildings on campus from the airport, train station, and nearby parking garages.

Campus Maps

Walking, biking, and driving maps for the University’s schools, hospitals and medical centers. The maps are searchable by public art, athletics, construction areas, and more.

Local Accommodations

A list of campus, Center City, and airport hotels that offer special rates for individuals or groups visiting Penn. Some also offer meeting and conference services.

Directions and Parking at the Perelman Center for Advanced Medicine

The Ruth and Raymond Perelman Center for Advanced Medicine is located adjacent to the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania.

Campus Safety & Security

Penn provides a safe environment to live, work, and study, thanks to public safety programs and community partnerships.

Emergency Information

Phone numbers for fire, police, medical, and weather emergencies, counseling help lines, and how to report phone and data trouble.

Stay Connected

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Four third-year students have received 2024 Goldwater Scholarships (@GoldwaterSC), awarded to undergraduates planning research careers in mathematics, the natural sciences, or engineering.

@PennEngineering's @PennElectricRacing team unveiled its latest creation: REV9. It’s the 10th car produced by the student-run club that’s been designed to compete in the annual Formula Society of Automotive Engineers Michigan race. REV9 boasts a suite of new optimizations making it faster and lighter than ever.

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We invite you to experience Penn’s dynamic community through a selection of in-person and online programs.

In-person programs.

Penn Information Sessions: Admissions staff will lead a discussion of the academic landscape and opportunities available to students. Then current students will lead you on a campus tour while sharing their personal experiences about life at Penn.

Wharton Information Sessions: Join current student Wharton Ambassadors to learn more about the Wharton experience both inside and outside the classroom, including the curriculum, co-curricular opportunities, and campus resources. Presenters will speak from their own experiences and will leave plenty of time for questions.

Wharton Coffee Chats: High school juniors and seniors have the opportunity to have a conversation with a current Wharton student in an informal setting. Learn more about life on campus and gain firsthand insight on what it means to be a Wharton student. Coffee Chats immediately follow Wharton in-person information sessions on select dates.

Registration is required for all in-person programs. You can select the Wharton options when you register for a campus visit . Note that the fall-semester Wharton sessions are typically posted in September and spring sessions in January. No in-person sessions are offered in the summer.

Campus Tours

Student-Led Campus Tours: Current Penn students will give you a first-hand glimpse into life on campus while touring you around Penn’s home in West Philadelphia. Registration is required .

Self-Guided Campus Tour: Download the Adora Experiences app or text  Tour UPenn  to  58052 to explore Penn’s campus at your own pace. You can also follow along through a  printable self-guided tour .

Please note that Wharton does not offer a separate tour.

Virtual Options

Wharton Virtual Information Sessions: Join current students to learn more about the Wharton experience both inside and outside the classroom. This session will give you an overview of the curriculum, co-curricular opportunities, and resources. The students will share their personal stories and allow time to answer your questions. Note that the fall semester sessions are typically posted in September, spring sessions in January, and summer sessions in May. Register for a Wharton virtual information session .

Penn Admissions Virtual Information Sessions: Penn Admissions staff will lead you in a live discussion on the academic landscape at Penn and the numerous opportunities available to students. This session will also provide insight on the application process and how best to prepare. Register for an information session.

Student-Led Virtual Tours: Current students will share their insider’s take on life at Penn via our virtual campus tour. Even if you’ve already taken a tour of campus, this interactive experience will highlight new aspects of campus life. Register for a student-led virtual tour

Stuart Weitzman School of Design 102 Meyerson Hall 210 South 34th Street Philadelphia, PA 19104

215.898.3425

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Meyerson Plaza, where Friday Happy Hours are held when the weather is nice, also boasts an original Calder, "Jerusalem Stabile." Expand Caption

With the beautiful views of the UPenn campus as inspiration, students work collaboratively and independently in our spacious studios. With work-tables, desks, and computers enough for everyone, our studios are the perfect match for long days and nights of hard work. Expand Caption

In 2013, renovations began on the studios in Meyerson. Interior walls were removed, transforming the spaces into open studios and promoting interdisciplinary cross collaboration. Each of the new studio spaces have individually controlled ceiling-mounted projectors with sound speakers for use in studio crits and reviews. Expand Caption

Architecture's strong focus on “Making” is reinforced by a centralized system for our bank of Makerbots (3D printers) directly connected to the Design Studio, allowing for students to real-time test their designs. Expand Caption

The building designed by Frank Furness is the location for the Fisher Fine Arts Library. Expand Caption

The building boasts semi-circular arches supported by short polished stone columns, and foliated forms and grotesques typical of Victorian Romanesque architecture. Some of the gargoyles function as rain spouts. Expand Caption

With work in architecture, landscape architecture, city and regional planning, historic preservation, history of art, and fine arts, the Fisher Fine Arts Library collection is global in nature. Expand Caption

At the core of the archives is a comprehensive assemblage of the developmental and working drawings, models, letters, and photographs by Louis I. Kahn. The Architectural Archives also houses the Kroiz exhibition gallery. Expand Caption

The Fabrication Lab, or Fab Lab, is comprehensively equipped for all phases of woodworking, metalworking, and digital fabrication and can inform a full range of techniques and materiality. The Lab is open and staffed seven days a week during the academic year. Expand Caption

The Fab Lab serves as a practical laboratory extension of classroom theory. Every aspect of the Lab is fully staffed by well-trained and experienced professionals available at all times for assistance and individualized instruction. Expand Caption

The Fab Lab is equipped to accommodate the fabrication and design needs of the entire University of Pennsylvania Stuart Weitzman School of Design. Digital fabrication equipment includes CNC milling machines, Expand Caption

three fully-staffed laser cutters, one 3D FDM printer, and two ProJet powder printers. Expand Caption

It also includes, in addition to a wide range of traditional fabrication equipment, a machining center with two engine lathes Expand Caption

and two vertical mills. Expand Caption

The Morgan Building, across the street from Meyerson Hall, houses the Department of Fine Arts office, studios, and the printmaking shop. Expand Caption

Painting Studio Expand Caption

Welding shop in the MFA studios Expand Caption

Besides the Morgan Building, there are fine arts studios in the Franklin Annex and in the Duhring Wing. Expand Caption

The printshop, located in the basement of the Morgan Building is a fully staffed studio for silk screen, letterpress, relief, monoprint, etching, drypoint, Riso, and photo-print processes. Expand Caption

Printmaking Studio

The Common Press, located in Fisher Fine Arts Library, is the letterpress and book arts studio, supporting interests in writing and text, print culture and history, and visual arts and design. Expand Caption

The Charles Addams Fine Arts Hall is a state-of-the-art facility housing student works and studios for undergraduate architecture and fine arts students. Expand Caption

The gates opening to the courtyard of Charles Addams Fine Arts Hall incorporate bronze sculptures of hands and tools which relate to the making of paintings, drawings, sculpture, and clay. The gates' unique design captures the quirky spirit of the renowned artist Charles Addams, for whom the fine arts building is named. Expand Caption

The Addams Hall Gallery is one of eight on-campus galleries. Expand Caption

The video facilities in Addams Hall include digital media studios and extensive photography, video and animation studios. Expand Caption

Photo resources include large-format archival digital inkjet printers, Hasselblad Flextight film scanner, a film recorder, medium and large format cameras, conventional wet photography labs, medium format digital Hasselblad, high resolution dslr cameras, and strobe kits. Expand Caption

The Architectural Conservation Laboratory is devoted to training and research in the conservation of the built environment. This specialized facility provides a unique intellectual environment for those pursuing studies in architectural conservation and the history of building technology. Expand Caption

The Laboratory encourages cross-disciplinary collaboration on contemporary issues related to the conservation of culturally significant buildings, monuments, and sites throughout the world. Expand Caption

Students in Addams and Meyerson Hall are provided with both Gigabit wired and wireless internet connection, as well as access to licenses for various software titles while on campus. Expand Caption

The Weitzman School offers students access to both PC and Mac labs loaded with all course-required software, printers, scanners, plotters with varying paper types, and a large format scanner. Expand Caption

The Weitzman School of Design's Robotics Lab supports work by the Autonomous Manufacturing Lab. Expand Caption

Meyerson Plaza Meyerson Plaza, where Friday Happy Hours are held when the weather is nice, also boasts an original Calder, "Jerusalem Stabile."

Meyerson Hall Studio With the beautiful views of the UPenn campus as inspiration, students work collaboratively and independently in our spacious studios. With work-tables, desks, and computers enough for everyone, our studios are the perfect match for long days and nights of hard work.

Meyerson Hall Studios In 2013, renovations began on the studios in Meyerson. Interior walls were removed, transforming the spaces into open studios and promoting interdisciplinary cross collaboration. Each of the new studio spaces have individually controlled ceiling-mounted projectors with sound speakers for use in studio crits and reviews.

3D Printers Architecture's strong focus on “Making” is reinforced by a centralized system for our bank of Makerbots (3D printers) directly connected to the Design Studio, allowing for students to real-time test their designs.

Fisher Fine Arts Library The building designed by Frank Furness is the location for the Fisher Fine Arts Library.

Fisher Fine Arts Library The building boasts semi-circular arches supported by short polished stone columns, and foliated forms and grotesques typical of Victorian Romanesque architecture. Some of the gargoyles function as rain spouts.

Fisher Fine Arts Library With work in architecture, landscape architecture, city and regional planning, historic preservation, history of art, and fine arts, the Fisher Fine Arts Library collection is global in nature.

Architectural Archives At the core of the archives is a comprehensive assemblage of the developmental and working drawings, models, letters, and photographs by Louis I. Kahn. The Architectural Archives also houses the Kroiz exhibition gallery.

The Fabrication Lab, or Fab Lab, is comprehensively equipped for all phases of woodworking, metalworking, and digital fabrication and can inform a full range of techniques and materiality. The Lab is open and staffed seven days a week during the academic year.

Fabrication Lab The Fab Lab serves as a practical laboratory extension of classroom theory. Every aspect of the Lab is fully staffed by well-trained and experienced professionals available at all times for assistance and individualized instruction.

Fabrication Lab The Fab Lab is equipped to accommodate the fabrication and design needs of the entire University of Pennsylvania Stuart Weitzman School of Design. Digital fabrication equipment includes CNC milling machines,

Laser Cutter three fully-staffed laser cutters, one 3D FDM printer, and two ProJet powder printers.

Fabrication Lab It also includes, in addition to a wide range of traditional fabrication equipment, a machining center with two engine lathes

Vertical Mill and two vertical mills.

Morgan Building The Morgan Building, across the street from Meyerson Hall, houses the Department of Fine Arts office, studios, and the printmaking shop.

Stuart Weitzman Hall (former Morgan Building) Painting Studio

MFA Welding Welding shop in the MFA studios

Studio - Franklin Annex Besides the Morgan Building, there are fine arts studios in the Franklin Annex and in the Duhring Wing.

Print Shop The printshop, located in the basement of the Morgan Building is a fully staffed studio for silk screen, letterpress, relief, monoprint, etching, drypoint, Riso, and photo-print processes.

Common Press The Common Press, located in Fisher Fine Arts Library, is the letterpress and book arts studio, supporting interests in writing and text, print culture and history, and visual arts and design.

Addams Hall The Charles Addams Fine Arts Hall is a state-of-the-art facility housing student works and studios for undergraduate architecture and fine arts students.

Kelly Family Gates The gates opening to the courtyard of Charles Addams Fine Arts Hall incorporate bronze sculptures of hands and tools which relate to the making of paintings, drawings, sculpture, and clay. The gates' unique design captures the quirky spirit of the renowned artist Charles Addams, for whom the fine arts building is named.

Addams Hall The Addams Hall Gallery is one of eight on-campus galleries.

Digital Video Lab The video facilities in Addams Hall include digital media studios and extensive photography, video and animation studios.

Photography Studio Photo resources include large-format archival digital inkjet printers, Hasselblad Flextight film scanner, a film recorder, medium and large format cameras, conventional wet photography labs, medium format digital Hasselblad, high resolution dslr cameras, and strobe kits.

Architectural Conservation Laboratory The Architectural Conservation Laboratory is devoted to training and research in the conservation of the built environment. This specialized facility provides a unique intellectual environment for those pursuing studies in architectural conservation and the history of building technology.

Architectural Conservation Laboratory The Laboratory encourages cross-disciplinary collaboration on contemporary issues related to the conservation of culturally significant buildings, monuments, and sites throughout the world.

Computing Students in Addams and Meyerson Hall are provided with both Gigabit wired and wireless internet connection, as well as access to licenses for various software titles while on campus.

Computing The Weitzman School offers students access to both PC and Mac labs loaded with all course-required software, printers, scanners, plotters with varying paper types, and a large format scanner.

Robotics Lab The Weitzman School of Design's Robotics Lab supports work by the Autonomous Manufacturing Lab.

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• Online Information Sessions

Can't make it to Philadelphia? Click on the images above to take a virtual tour of the Weitzman School, view an album of our facilities here , or take a virtual tour of the campus here . Our recorded  webinars or webchat transcripts can answer some of your questions about the school and Philadelphia. In addition, we hold virtual session s in the fall and spring .

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Hey everyone, since I can't visit UPenn in person at the moment, I'm thinking about taking a virtual campus tour. Has anyone done this before and can share their thoughts on the experience? Does it give a good feel for the campus?

Hey there! I've heard from many students who have taken the UPenn virtual campus tour, and they've found it to be a helpful resource in getting a sense of the campus layout and its overall vibe. The virtual tour provides 360-degree panoramas of different locations on-campus, including academic buildings, common areas, and residence halls. It's accompanied by detailed descriptions and some interesting facts about each location.

While it may not fully replicate the immersive experience of an in-person visit, the virtual tour can still be valuable in giving you a sense of the campus environment and whether or not it feels like a place where you could see yourself. Keep in mind, though, that it's essential to also consider other factors such as academic offerings, extracurricular activities, and the student body when determining if a school is the right fit for you.

In addition to the virtual tour, UPenn may also offer online information sessions or virtual Q&A panels with current students and faculty. Attending such events can give you more insights into the campus culture, academics, and student life. You can also check out student-made videos on YouTube or read campus newspapers online for a more authentic and unfiltered perspective.

Hope this helps! Good luck exploring UPenn and finding the right college for you!

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Considering Wharton? Schedule a Visit

We are offering on-campus visits for prospective students who would like to learn more about the Wharton MBA Program for Executives. Come explore our campuses, meet our students, and sit in on a class! Please note that admissions interviews are by invitation only and will be conducted virtually with a member of the Admissions Committee.

Register for an upcoming campus visit!

For information on how the University of Pennsylvania is responding to the COVID-19 outbreak, visit the Penn Coronavirus website .

Take a Virtual Tour

For those unable to visit campus, we invite you to view the Wharton Virtual Tour to get a sense of what life is like on our Philadelphia and San Francisco campuses.

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Info Session

Fulbright Week 2024, April 29- May 1

The Fulbright U.S. Student program is administered by the Institute of International Education (IIE) and is open to US citizens/nationals from all backgrounds and disciplines. With a long-standing mission of promoting mutual understanding through educational and cultural exchange, Fulbright opportunities can be categorized into two main grant types. 

• Study/research grants offer the opportunity to carry out your own international research project in any discipline (or in some countries, to pursue a graduate degree). 
• English Teaching Assistantships (ETA) grants place Fulbrighters in classrooms abroad to teach English and share American culture. Fulbright Week features in-person and virtual CURF information sessions and panels of recent Penn Fulbright recipients. 

Learn about Penn’s Fulbright campus process and how you can make the most of CURF’s resources available to Penn applicants. Hear from panels of Penn students and alumni who recently received the award. Bring your questions! 

View the Full schedule of Fulbright Week events here

Introduction to the fulbright u.s. student program.

Join Penn's Fulbright Program Advisor (FPA) to learn about opportunities available through the Fulbright U.S.

Introduction to the Truman Scholarship & Scholar Panel

Join CURF live to learn about the Truman Scholarship and how you can prepare yourself to

Fellowships: What Do I Need to Know?

Fellowships are funding opportunities for Penn students and alumni to earn a graduate degree, conduct research, or engage in service in the U

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Fulbright Group Drop-In Hour

Visit a virtual, open format session for Penn Fulbright US Student Program applicants and potential applicants to ask Penn’s FPA questi

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6:30 p.m. - 10:00 a.m.

Kelly Writers House, 3805 Locust Walk

2024 Sachs Grant Awards

4:30 p.m. - 7:00 p.m.

The Arts Lounge at the Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts, 3680 Walnut St.

Alumni Weekend 2024

Various locations

268th Commencement

Franklin Field

WXPN 24-Hour Song Challenge

WXPN is inviting local songwriters to participate in a 24-Hour Song Challenge. A prompt will be announced on June 1 that participants can write to. A video should then be recorded and uploaded to YouTube, to be shared to the WXPN 24-Hour Song Challenge website. Registration begins April 29 and ends May 23. 

For more information, visit xpn.org.

Monday, April 29, 2024

Through 5/23/24

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