Temple University is a comprehensive public research university in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, founded in 1884 by Dr. Russell Conwell. Temple University is among the nation’s largest providers of professional education — law, medicine, podiatric medicine, pharmacy, dentistry, architecture — and prepares the largest body of professional practitioners in Pennsylvania, offering more than 300 academic degree programs at seven campuses and sites in Pennsylvania and its international campuses in Rome, Tokyo, and London. Temple University is one of Pennsylvania ‘s three public research universities, along with the University of Pittsburgh and Penn State University.