Wharton School of Business

The Wharton School of Business is the world's first collegiate business school, founded in 1881 by Joseph Wharton. The Wharton School of Business has become a leading authority in business education, offering undergraduate, MBA, PhD, and executive education programs.¹

Fast Facts

1. Official title: The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania¹
2. The world's first collegiate business school¹
3. Founded in 1881¹
4. Founded by industrialist and philanthropist Joseph Wharton¹
5. 11 academic departments¹
6. 24 research centers and initiatives¹
7. Offers prestigious undergraduate, MBA, PhD and executive programs¹
8. 82,000-plus alumni in 140 countries around the world¹

Business Centers and Initiatives

1. Sol C. Snider Entrepreneurial Research Center
2. Wharton Small Business Development Center
3. Carol and Lawrence Zicklin Center for Business Ethics Research
4. Wharton Global Family Alliance
5. Financial Institutions Center
6. Rodney L. White Center for Financial Research
7. Weiss Center for International Financial Research
8. Initiative for Global Environmental Leadership
9. Wharton Faculty Research Initiatives in China
10. Wharton/INSEAD Center for Global Research & Education
11. Center for Health Management and Economics
12. Leonard Davis Institute of Health Economics
13. Center for Human Resources
14. S.S. Huebner Foundation for Insurance Education
15. Boettner Center for Pensions and Retirement Research
16. Pension Research Council
17. Center for Leadership and Change Management
18. SEI Center for Advanced Studies in Management
19. Samuel Zell and Robert Lurie Real Estate Center
20. Jay H. Baker Retailing Initiative
21. Risk Management and Decision Processes Center
22. Fishman-Davidson Center for Service and Operations Management
23. Wharton Sports Business Initiative
24. Wharton e-Business Initiative
25. William and Phyllis Mack Center for Technological Innovation
26. Emerging Technologies Management Research Program

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