Pennsylvania State University

The Pennsylvania State University (Penn State or PSU) is a <a href="/facts/Public_university/Avsc2TmM">public</a> <a href="/facts/Commonwealth_System_of_Higher_Education/uVMabnr7">state-related</a> <a href="/facts/Land-grant_university/hCRoj5g0">land-grant</a> <a href="/facts/Research_university/Joe4e6SF">research university</a> with campuses and facilities throughout <a href="/facts/Pennsylvania/HGqC5bBm">Pennsylvania</a>, United States.It has no affiliation to the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Founded in 1855 as Farmers' High School of Pennsylvania, Penn State was named the state's first <a href="/facts/Land-grant_university/hCRoj5g0">land-grant university</a> eight years later, in 1863. Its primary campus, known as <a href="/facts/Penn_State_University_Park/wA3ltTnS">Penn State University Park</a>, is located in <a href="/facts/State_College%2c_Pennsylvania/RFXIGMtX">State College</a> and <a href="/facts/College_Township%2c_Pennsylvania/bzbVfAAP">College Township</a>.
Penn State enrolls more than 89,000 students, of which more than 74,000 are undergraduates and more than 14,000 are postgraduates. In addition to its land-grant designation, the university is a <a href="/facts/National_Sea_Grant_College_Program/fRzJHuPc">sea-grant</a>, <a href="/facts/National_Space_Grant_College_and_Fellowship_Program/azzkDTt7">space-grant</a>, and one of only six <a href="/facts/Sun_Grant_Association/CeaXoWn1">sun-grant</a> universities. It is <a href="/facts/Carnegie_Classification_of_Institutions_of_Higher_Education/xyYmXgJ6">classified</a> among "R1: Doctoral Universities – Very high research activity" and is a member of the <a href="/facts/Association_of_American_Universities/kAMDCykI">Association of American Universities</a> (AAU). The university has two <a href="/facts/Law_school/G97pqWqN">law schools</a>: <a href="/facts/Penn_State_Law/dqJwrxyf">Penn State Law</a> on the school's University Park campus and <a href="/facts/Penn_State_Dickinson_Law/2nKw6tKy">Penn State Dickinson Law</a> in <a href="/facts/Carlisle%2c_Pennsylvania/chPa0fJS">Carlisle</a>. The <a href="/facts/Penn_State_Milton_S._Hershey_Medical_Center/t9azkrFm">College of Medicine</a> is in <a href="/facts/Hershey%2c_Pennsylvania/JI9LJb5T">Hershey</a>. The university maintains 19 <a href="/facts/Pennsylvania_State_University_Commonwealth_campuses/FKaXwExI">commonwealth campuses</a> and five special mission campuses located across Pennsylvania.
The university competes in the <a href="/facts/Big_Ten_Conference/0IzwKheT">Big Ten Conference</a> in <a href="/facts/NCAA_Division_I/fJv6wUW1">Division I</a> of the <a href="/facts/National_Collegiate_Athletic_Association/nLkY4pm1">NCAA</a> for most of its athletic teams, known collectively as the <a href="/facts/Penn_State_Nittany_Lions/9MFBHhGK">Penn State Nittany Lions</a>. Since its founding, Penn State has won 82 national collegiate team championships, including 54 <a href="/facts/National_Collegiate_Athletic_Association/nLkY4pm1">NCAA</a> titles across all sports, and Penn State students, alumni, faculty, and coaches have won a total of <a href="/facts/List_of_Pennsylvania_State_University_Olympians/XcQz23gG">74 Olympic medals</a>, including 20 gold medals.

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