Temple University Employee Directory
Higher EducationPennsylvania, United States10001+ Employees
Temple University is a large, comprehensive research university based in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. It educates a diverse student body of roughly 40,000 across undergraduate, graduate, and professional programs organized into 17 schools and colleges across eight campuses with hundreds of degree options. Founded in 1884 by Russell Conwell as a night school, the institution emphasizes preparing students for careers and for making tangible contributions in their communities and beyond. In the higher education sector, Temple serves students pursuing broad academic and professional credentials. In 2026, Temple Health, in collaboration with Temple's Barnett College of Public Health, is developing a Digital Twin for Personalized Medicine project to combine clinical data with analytics and artificial intelligence to create individualized virtual models for ALS patients. This initiative reflects Temple's cross-disciplinary research environment across health, education, and public health programs.