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Temple University

Public research university in Philadelphia, United States

Official website and accounts

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Everything we know

From this institution's Wikidata record. Figures that change every year show the latest value; earlier years and longer lists open with a click.

About

instance of	university public educational institution of the United States collection
inception	1884
founder	Russell Conwell
official name	Temple University
native label	Temple University
legal form	Nonprofit Corporation
language used	English
academic calendar type	semester

Location and contact

country	United States
located in the administrative territorial entity	Philadelphia
located on street	Broad Street · direction: north · house number: 1801
postal code	19122-6096
coordinate location	39.9814, -75.1544
official website	https://www.temple.edu/ · language of work or name: English

People and numbers

count of students	37,367 32,537 · full-time equivalent · 1 September 2021
employees	8,779 · September 2020
admission rate	71% · 2020
admission yield rate	20% · 2020

Rankings and recognition

Carnegie Classification of Institutions of Higher Education	doctoral universities: very high research activity high undergraduate research doctoral: comprehensive programs, with medical/veterinary school four-year, large, primarily nonresidential four-year, full-time, more selective, higher transfer-in professions plus arts & sciences, high graduate coexistence

Finances

endowment	$778,415,240 · 30 June 2022 Earlier figures (2) $835,240,942 · 30 June 2021 $680,097,000 · 30 June 2020
total assets	$5,453,339,000 · 30 June 2020

Structure and memberships

child organization or unit	Temple University Ambler
member of	ORCID, Inc. · October 2023 Digital Library Federation Association of Research Libraries Shibboleth Consortium DataCite 11 more Association of American Colleges and Universities American Council on Education National Humanities Alliance Open Education Network Higher Education Leadership Initiative for Open Scholarship · since 2022 Coalition for Networked Information Association of Public and Land-grant Universities Center for Research Libraries Scholarly Publishing and Academic Resources Coalition Coalition of Urban and Metropolitan Universities Council on Governmental Relations
athletics program	Temple Owls

Images and media on Wikimedia Commons (2)

image	WTP B20 Audrey 1.jpg
logo image	Temple University Logo.svg

Wikimedia and technical details (9)

Commons category	Temple University
topic's main category	Category:Temple University
category for alumni of educational institution	Category:Temple University alumni
category for employees of the organization	Category:Temple University faculty
API endpoint URL	https://fim.temple.edu/idp/shibboleth · protocol: Shibboleth
topic has template	Template:Temple University · object of statement has role: Wikimedia navigational template
category of associated people	Category:Temple University people
web feed URL	https://www.temple.edu/rss.xml
social media followers	162,337 · X (Twitter) numeric user ID: 36445142 · 11 February 2023 Earlier figures (3) 160,815 · X (Twitter) numeric user ID: 36445142 · 1 March 2022 159,446 · X (Twitter) numeric user ID: 36445142 · 2 January 2021 158,888 · X (Twitter) numeric user ID: 36445142 · 24 April 2020

Identifiers in other databases (68)

ARWU university ID	Temple-University
BAnQ authority ID	0000108806 · subject named as: Temple University
Bibale ID	48565 · subject named as: Philadelphie, Temple University (1884-)
Bibliothèque nationale de France ID	118676964 · subject named as: Temple university (Philadelphie, Pa) · alternative name: Temple university (Philadelphia)
Biblissima authority ID	Q267365
BIBSYS ID	90616798 · subject named as: Temple University
Bluesky handle	temple.edu · Bluesky DID: did:plc:rwirsbdc7gtc52bclxklcsw7
Canadiana Name Authority ID	ncf10040823 · subject named as: Temple University
CiNii Research ID	1140000791827942656
Crunchbase organization ID	tyler-school-of-art temple-university lewis-katz-school-of-medicine
ELMCIP ID	10641
Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID	topic/Temple-University · subject named as: Temple University
Facebook username	templeu
FactGrid item ID	Q1746569
FAST ID	537899 · subject named as: Temple University · alternative name: TU
Freebase ID	/m/01jt2w
GeoNames ID	4561678
GitHub account	tulibraries
GND ID	1011506-7 · subject named as: Temple University
GNIS Feature ID	1189357
Google Maps Customer ID	385183775894810334
Google Scholar organization ID	6744632803795850513
GRID ID	grid.264727.2
Harper's tag	temple-university
IdRef ID	028036360 · subject named as: Temple university (Philadelphie, Pa.) · alternative name: Philadelphie (Pa.) -- Temple University · alternative name: Université Temple (Philadelphie, Pa.)
Instagram username	templeuniv
Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System ID	216339
ISNI	0000000122483398
J9U entity ID	987007268825005171 · subject named as: Temple University
Kalliope-Verbund (GND) ID	1011506-7
KISTI ID	K000207978
Legal Entity Identifier	549300SCHVPNNFRR3L71
Libraries Australia ID	36082626 · subject named as: Temple University
Library of Congress Authorities ID	n79120709 · subject named as: Temple University · alternative name: TU
LibraryThing author ID	templeuniversity · subject named as: Temple University
LittleSis organization ID	15272
Microsoft Academic ID (discontinued)	84392919
MusicBrainz place ID	f5db7a35-6fa1-4f34-8e0d-41dd36608a6a
NACSIS-CAT author ID	DA0557004X · subject named as: Temple University
National Library of Ireland ID	vtls000015961 · subject named as: Temple University
National Library of Poland MMS ID	9810674573605606 · subject named as: Temple University (Filadelfia) · alternative name: TU
New York Times topic ID	organization/temple-university
NL CR AUT ID	ko2004233367 · subject named as: Temple University ko2004233368 · subject named as: Temple College (Filadelfie, Pensylvánie)
NLA Trove people ID	1208853 · subject named as: Temple University
NUKAT ID	n01067501 · subject named as: Temple University
Open Funder Registry funder ID	100010842 · subject named as: Temple University
OpenStreetMap way ID	509782889
PermID	4296083165
QS World University ID	temple-university
Quora topic ID	Temple-University
RERO ID (legacy)	A000192791
Ringgold ID	6558
ROR ID	00kx1jb78
Schoenberg Database of Manuscripts name ID	16383
SCImago Institutions Rankings ID	15223
SEVIS school ID	8992
SHARE Catalogue author ID	620206
SNARC ID	Q45924
subreddit	temple · language of work or name: English
Threads username	templeuniv
Times Higher Education World University ID	temple-university
U-Multirank university ID	temple-university
Union List of Artist Names ID	500262082 · subject named as: Temple University
VIAF cluster ID	127396206
Wellcome Collection concept ID	zpq5y4pz
X (Twitter) username	templeuniv · has characteristic: verified account or profile · number of subscribers: 158,888 · X (Twitter) numeric user ID: 36445142 · 24 April 2020 TempleUniv
‎Scilit organization ID	3078
‎Yale LUX ID	group/0f60e85d-5c14-4a35-8a7d-cb0202996a93