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The Supreme Court’s Affirmative Action Ruling: One Year Later. Wharton’s Ken Shropshire speaks with Wharton Business Daily about the anniversary of the Supreme Court’s decision to end race-based admissions at colleges and universities. Read on Knowledge at Wharton. More Stories.
The Wharton School (/ ˈ hw ɔːr t ən / WHOR-tən) (or UPenn Wharton) is the business school of the University of Pennsylvania (UPenn), a private Ivy League research university in Philadelphia. Established in 1881 through a donation from Joseph Wharton, a co-founder of Bethlehem Steel, Wharton School is the world's oldest collegiate business ...
In 1881, American entrepreneur and industrialist Joseph Wharton established the world’s first collegiate school of business at the University of Pennsylvania — a radical idea that revolutionized both business practice and higher education.
Wharton offers a broad slate of academic programs for every stage from the Global Youth Program to Executive Education. And with our focus on teaching excellence, Wharton creates transformative educational experiences for all our students.
With Wharton’s rigorous yet flexible curriculum, you’ll gain a strong foundation of business knowledge with the freedom to explore new areas of study. Discover new interests and follow your passions through majors, electives, and interdisciplinary programs.
Wharton’s MBA program emphasizes an intensive, flexible core in general business education, plus the depth of 21 majors and breadth of nearly 200 electives. You will select a pathway through content areas based on your education, career experience, and goals.
Wharton is more than just a business school. You will take one quarter of your classes outside of Wharton, in Penn’s other 11 schools. Our flexible program combines the study of business and arts and sciences with dynamic professors and hands-on experiences.
