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DREXEL UNIVERSITY
BASIC INFORMATION:
BRIEF HISTORY:
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Located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
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The motto is ''Ambition Can't Wait''
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Amount of students attending is approximately 24,205​
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The student-faculty ratio is 9:1
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Private Research University
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Founded in 1891 by Anthony J. Drexel as the Drexel Institute of Art, Science and Industry, later renamed as Drexel Institute of Technology
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The university focuses on career preparation through its cooperative education program introduced in 1919
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Students alternate periods of classroom-based study with periods of full-time practical work experience related to academic majors and career interests
UNDERGRADUATE MAJORS AND MINORS:
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Over 150 Majors and Minors
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Majors - Architectural Engineering, Biophysics, Biochemistry, Bioscience and Society, Computing Security and Technology, Engineering Technology, Mathematical Statistics, and more
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Minors - Climate Change, Computer Crime, Financial Technology, Geoscience, Medical Sociology, Nutrition...
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FAMOUS ALUMNI:
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Paul Baran (Founding father of the Internet and Packet Switching)
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Norman Joseph Woodland (Inventor of the Barcode Technology)
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John C. Browne (Former director of the Los Alamos National Laboratory)
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Earl Lestz (Former president of operations for Paramount Studios)
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Lin Bin (Co-founder and president of Xiaomi, member of the board of advisors at Tufts University School of Engineering)
CAMPUS INFO:
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Three campuses in Philadelphia - the University City Campus, the Center City Campus and the Queen Lane College of Medicine Campus
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Drexel University opened the Center for Graduate Studies in Sacramento, California in 2009
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Drexel has its cable television station called DUTV
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Drexel requires all non-commuting first and second-year students to live in one of its ten residence halls or in ''university-approved housing''
REQUIREMENTS:
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