Temple University, of the Commonwealth System of Higher Education, is a comprehensive public research university with more than 34,000 students. This Pennsylvania college has a distinguished faculty in 17 schools and colleges, including schools of Law, Medicine, Pharmacy, Podiatry, and Dentistry, as well as a renowned Health Sciences Center. There are three public research universities in Pennsylvania. Temple University is a public research university along with the University of Pittsburgh and Penn State University.

The talented faculty of Temple University and its broad curriculum of nearly 300 academic programs provide superior higher education opportunities for academically talented and highly motivated students, without regard to their status or station in life. The richly diverse student population at this Pennsylvania college and the dramatic growth of the residential campus community of student scholars at Temple University enrich the educational and extracurricular life of people in the community.

While this research university especially serves students from Greater Philadelphia, it is enlivened by a rapidly increasing number of students from across Pennsylvania, throughout the nation, and around the world. Temple University maintains an international presence with campuses in Tokyo and Rome and prestigious programs in London, Beijing, and six other locations worldwide.