Temple (Tyler)

Temple University is a major public research university in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, best known in the arts for its Tyler School of Art and Architecture. Founded by Russell Conwell in 1884, Temple grew from a night school into a large urban university serving undergraduate, graduate, and professional students across multiple campuses in the Philadelphia region and abroad. Tyler is Temple’s accredited school of art, architecture, and design, historically associated with the university’s creative programs and now based on the Main Campus. Temple is classified as an R1 doctoral university and offers a broad range of programs in liberal arts, business, education, engineering, media, health professions, law, medicine, and the arts. The Main Campus occupies a dense urban setting in North Philadelphia, with extensive libraries, labs, performance and studio spaces, athletics facilities, and student housing. Admissions and enrollment scale are large by national standards, with a sizable domestic and international student body.