Founded in 1740 by Benjamin Franklin, the University of Pennsylvania is a private school of higher learning and research and a member of the prestigious Ivy League athletic conference. 

Penn was the first college in America to follow the European model of housing multiple disciplines such as the classics and medicine in one institution.  Benjamin [...]

The University of Pennsylvania is a private research university and a member of the Ivy League.

It is commonly referred to as UPenn or Penn. The university is situated in Philadelphia.

The Ivy League is an athletic conference composed of 8 highly prestigious New England private schools of higher learning.  The member institutions are Harvard, Yale, Dartmouth, Cornell, Penn, Brown, University of Pennsylvania, and Colombia.  The phrase “Ivy League” is also synonymous with elitism, academic excellence, and selectiveness in admissions.