The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania — founded in 1881 as the first collegiate business school — is recognized globally for intellectual leadership and ongoing innovation across every major discipline of business education. The most comprehensive source of business knowledge in the world, Wharton bridges research and practice through its broad engagement with the global business community. The School has more than 4,700 undergraduate, MBA, executive MBA, and doctoral students; more than 10,000 annual participants in executive education programs; and an alumni network of more than 82,000 graduates.

Faculty

Standing Faculty211
Associated Faculty67
New Faculty14
International Faculty87
Women Faculty100

Current Students
Total Students in Degree Programs 4760
Undergraduate, full-time 2,518
MBA1,655
MBA Program for Executives401
Doctoral Programs186
Executive Education Participants10,000 (approx)

Academic Departments [11]
Accounting, Business and Public Policy, Finance, Health Care Systems, Insurance and Risk Management, Legal Studies and Business Ethics, Management, Marketing, Operations and Information Management, Real Estate, and Statistics

Alumni (2007-2008)
82,237 in 148 countries [80 alumni clubs and representatives]

Endowment
$691 million [market value] as of June 30, 2007

For more information, visit Wharton: A Century of Innovation

For current news and initiatives at Wharton, visit News and Events.

Wharton Innovations in Business Education

Published first business textbooks [1881-1910]

Established first research center at a business school [Industrial Research Unit, 1921]

Conducted first and longest-running executive education program [Securities Industries Institute, 1953-present]

Established first center for entrepreneurship [1973]

Created first joint-degree program in management & technology [1978]

Created first joint-degree MBA/MA program in international management [Joseph H. Lauder Institute, 1983] and first joint-degree undergraduate program in international studies at a business school [Huntsman Program in International Studies & Business, 1994]

Established first MBA program in health care management [1970]

Established first executive advisory boards in Europe [1988], Asia [1988], and Latin America [1994]

Established West Coast Executive MBA Program — Wharton West [2001]

Established an Alliance with INSEAD in the global development and delivery of management education [2001]


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