Drexel University Drexel University is a private university, private research university with its main campus in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. Drexel's undergraduate school was founded in 1891 by Anthony Joseph Drexel, Anthony J. Drexel, a financier ...

is a

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located in

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. The 16th largest private university in the nation, Drexel is made up of nine colleges and four schools, most of which serve both undergraduate and graduate students. It offers 96

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programs, 88 master's programs, and 35 doctoral programs. Drexel was founded as a

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in 1891 for the "improvement of industrial education as a means of opening better and wider avenues of employment to young men and women." Drexel began awarding undergraduate degrees in 1914, starting with the

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in engineering; before that, Drexel granted certificates or diplomas in the field of enrollment. In 1931, Drexel began offering graduate degrees through the School of Home Economics. Since its founding the university has graduated over 100,000 alumni. Certificate-earning alumni such as artist Violet Oakley and illustrator Frank Schoonover reflect the early emphasis on art as part of the university's curriculum. With

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, the university's technical programs swelled, and as a result Drexel graduated alumni such as

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, one of the founding fathers of the Internet and one of the inventors of the

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network, and Norman Joseph Woodland the inventor of

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technology. In addition to its emphasis on technology Drexel has graduated several notable athletes such as

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(NBA) basketball players Michael Anderson and Malik Rose, and several notable business people such as Raj Gupta, former president and chief executive officer of

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, and

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, chief executive officer of VEREIT, and Nicholas Howley, founder and chairman of

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Notable alumni

* A "—" indicates that the information is unknown. ;Degree abbreviations *Cert – Certificate *BS –

*Postgraduate degrees: :*MA –

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:*MBA –

Master of Business Administration A Master of Business Administration (MBA) is a professional degree focused on business administration. The core courses in an MBA program cover various areas of business administration; elective courses may allow further study in a particular ...

:*MD –

Doctor of Medicine A Doctor of Medicine (abbreviated MD, from the Latin language, Latin ) is a medical degree, the meaning of which varies between different jurisdictions. In the United States, and some other countries, the ''MD'' denotes a professional degree of ph ...

:*MS –

Master of Science A Master of Science (; abbreviated MS, M.S., MSc, M.Sc., SM, S.M., ScM or Sc.M.) is a master's degree. In contrast to the Master of Arts degree, the Master of Science degree is typically granted for studies in sciences, engineering and medici ...

:*PhD –

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Business

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Medicine and health

The Drexel University College of Medicine retroactively considers graduates from all of the medical institutes that it has acquired to be alumni of the College of Medicine and Drexel University. This includes MCP Hahnemann University (1993–2002), Woman's Medical College of Pennsylvania (1850–1993), and Hahnemann Medical College of Philadelphia (1848–1993). :DUCOM – Drexel University College of Medicine :HMC – Hahnemann Medical College :MCP – Medical College of Pennsylvania :WMCP – Woman's Medical College of Pennsylvania Matilda Evans

Politics and public service

Science and engineering

NASA

Sports

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Drexel University Alumni Association
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