OpenFieldTemple University · Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
Temple University is a world-class public Carnegie R1 research university in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Established by Russell Conwell, Temple is internationally celebrated for the Fox School of Business, the Lewis Katz School of Medicine, the Beasley School of Law, and the Tyler School of Art and Architecture, driving over $300M in annual sponsored research.
Comprising 17 schools and colleges across five campuses in Pennsylvania and international branches in Rome and Tokyo, Temple offers hundreds of degree programs. Its research centers lead global advances in genomics, retrovirology (including groundbreaking CRISPR HIV-elimination research), urban health equity, and advanced materials engineering.
Admissions are competitive and vary by program. Undergraduate applicants are assessed through Common Application or Temple application (test-optional). Graduate applicants require an accredited bachelor's degree (minimum 3.0 GPA), department-specific standardized test scores (GRE/GMAT where required), letters of recommendation, and a statement of scholarly goals.
Elite doctoral training at the Lewis Katz School of Medicine investigating molecular pathogenesis, retroviral latency, gene editing therapeutics, and neurovirology.
Cutting-edge research program focusing on computer vision, autonomous robotics, privacy-preserving machine learning, and high-performance distributed systems.
Rigorous engineering curriculum focusing on thermal-fluid transport, renewable energy integration, solid mechanics, and finite element modeling.
Graduate degree researching inorganic catalysis, solar energy conversion, polymer synthesis, and ultrafast laser spectroscopy.
CEPH-accredited degree equipping scholars to address urban healthcare inequities, public healthcare financing, and health policy reforms in complex urban communities.
Interdisciplinary computational biology fellowship applying deep learning, structural bioinformatics, and population genetics algorithms to large-scale multi-omics disease datasets.
President & Professor of Urban Planning
Office of the President
Dr. John M. Fry serves as the president of Temple University, a nationally prominent higher education executive who previously led Drexel University and Frankli...
View researcher profile ↗Laura H. Carnell Professor & Chair of Microbiology and Immunology
Lewis Katz School of Medicine
Dr. Khalili is an internationally pioneering virologist whose laboratory achieved historic breakthroughs in CRISPR-Cas9 genome editing to excise latent HIV-1 pr...
View researcher profile ↗Laura H. Carnell Professor of Computer and Information Sciences & IEEE Fellow
Department of Computer and Information Sciences
Dr. Wu is a distinguished computer scientist and IEEE Fellow specializing in distributed computing, wireless sensor networks, edge AI architectures, and mobile ...
View researcher profile ↗OpenField is an independent research platform not officially affiliated with Temple University. Information reflects public documentation reviewed on 2026-10-16. Students must verify application deadlines, fee structures, and prerequisite details directly with official university admissions departments before applying.
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