Temple University

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Temple University (Temple or TU) is a public state-related research university in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. It was founded in 1884 by the Baptist minister Russell Conwell and his congregation Grace Baptist Church of Philadelphia then called Baptist Temple. On May 12, 1888, it was renamed the Temple College of Philadelphia. By 1907, the institution had revised its institutional status and been incorporated as a research university.

about 37,289 undergraduate, graduate and professional students were enrolled at the university. Temple is among the world's largest providers of professional education, preparing the largest body of professional practitioners in Pennsylvania.