A todays president is Constantine Papadakis.

History
Drexel University wwhen founded around 1891 as a Drexel Institute of Art, Science & Industry by Philadelphia moneyman & altruist Anthony J. Drexel to provide training chance in the “practical arts & sciences� for women & men of 100% backgrounds. A Drexel Institute of Technology gained university status around 1970, becoming Drexel University. In July One, 2002, Drexel was officially united by having a previous MCP Hahnemann University.

Notable Alumni
Paul Baran: A foundation father of the Internet. Chuck Barris: Entertainer, creator of The Gong Show. Douglas Briggs: President of QVC. George Campbell: President of The Cooper Union. Albert Carnesale: Chancellor of the University of California at Los Angeles. Jon "maddog" Hall: Open Source Developer and Advocate. Robert Hall: Publisher of The Philadelphia Inquirer and Daily News. Bennett S. LeBow: Maverick CEO of the Vector Group and broker of the landmark tobacco settlement by corporate subsidiary Liggett & Myers. Peter Liacouras: Former president (Eighteen years) of Temple University. Peter Mafany Musonge: Prime minister of Cameroon. Malik Rose: NBA Player. Joseph Woodland: Inventor of the bar code technology.

Academics
Drexel's colleges and schools

A university has Twelve colleges & schools:

Colleges
Arts & Sciences Bennett S. LeBow College of Business Engineering Medicine Nursing & Health Professions Information Science & Technology Media Arts & Design Richard C. Goodwin College of Evening & Sales person Studies Pennoni Honors College College of Law (opening 2006)

Schools
Biomedical Engineering, Science & Health Systems Education Public Health

Majors offered
Most popular majors

Bachelors Level Enrollment by College & Major 2002
Major	Enrolled
Business Administration	2,428
General Data Systems	841
Computer Science	823
Mechanical Engineering	446
Computer Engineering	445

Source: [http://www.drexel.edu/provost/ir/factbook/ Drexel University Factbook]

Bachelors Degrees Awarded by Major & College 2002/2003
Major	Degrees
Business Administration	447
General Tools Systems	173
Computer Science	106
Electrical Engineering	87
Mechanical Engineering	75

Source: [http://www.drexel.edu/provost/ir/factbook/ Drexel University Factbook]

Masters Level Enrollment by College & Major 2002
Major	Enrolled
General Bus. & Admin. (MBA)	803
Trading tools Systems	305
Library & Information Science	204
Science of Instruction	96
Engineering Management	92

Source: [http://www.drexel.edu/provost/ir/factbook/ Drexel University Factbook]

Masters Degrees Awarded by Major & College 2002/2003
Major	Degrees
General Bus. & Admin. (MBA)	280
Principles Systems	111
Library & Information Science	70
Science of Instruction	45
Engineering Management	36

Source: [http://www.drexel.edu/provost/ir/factbook/ Drexel University Factbook]

Student Newspaper
Independent article: Triangle (newspaper)

The Triangle is the independent student newspaper at Drexel University. Operation began around 1926, under the counsel of students by having University consultant functioning lone to offer advice. Publication has get on a each week schedule in the period of the academic school month by using bi-weekly publication in the period of summertime. A Triangle recently began publishing inside colourise 2004. Notable previous editorialist include Chuck Barris, creator of The Gong Show and subject of the movie Confessions of a Dangerous Mind.

A todays Editor-around-chief is Chirag Desai.

Top 30 Co-op Employers
(Academic Season 2003-2004)

Drexel University GlaxoSmithKline UNISYS Corporation E. I personally. Dupont De Nemours & Co Lockheed Martin Susquehanna Int'fifty Class action LLP Fiserv Securities, Inc. Philadelphia Fluids Department Comcast Corporation Ace USA Thomas Jefferson University Hospital Naval Surface Warfare Center Merck SunGard Availability Services GIS Information Conversion Plan Team AHP Award Trust University of Pennsylvania Philadelphia School District Atofina Sunoco, Inc Tikes's Hospital of Philadelphia SAP America Cigna Corporation PJM Interconnection LLC Delaware Investments Wyeth Pharmaceuticals BlackRock AstraZeneca QVC Inc. Independence Blue Cross

Source: [http://drexel.edu/scdc/about-us/top-30-co-op-employers.html Drexel University]

Sports

A school's sports teams come known as a Dragons. It participate in the NCAA's Division We-a & the Colonial Athletic Association. Drexel participates in the as a result sports: Mens:

• Basketball
• Crew
• Golf
• Lacrosse
• Soccer
• Floating & Diving
• Tennis
• Wrestling

Womens:

• Basketball
• Crew
• Field Hockey
• Lacrosse
• Soccer
• Softball
• Floating & Diving
• Tennis

Drexel University is easily known for its co-cooperative program, which it calls "The Ultimate Internship"®. The student within Drexel's 5-month co-cooperative program completes the bachelor's degree around 5 years when getting xviii months of in-a-job personal experience all over 3 six-year periods in a period of the soph, pre-junior, & junior years.

While students believe it is existence mistreated per University, it typically refer thereto when catching a "Drexel Shaft." the Drexel Shaft is as well a stack structure on the rail front yard next to the campus, & based on data from university legend the structure grows a single additional inch each period a student is shafted.

In a independent quad, there is a fountain bearing a title "The Flame of Knowledge". These are the favored pursuit of students "in the know" to note the irony of such a device. This fountain too served as a last incarnation of "The Drexel Shaft" when you took a Seventies.

Drexel University's campus is placed correct next to University of Pennsylvania in University City, Philadelphia.

Drexel was graded 109th amongst national universities by America News & World Report in their latest annual college rankings.

Drexel wwhen ranked as first of the Ten Virtually all Unsightly Campuses in the 2004 Princeton View. These are presently in the midst of many renovations to rectify this situation.