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We invite you to experience Penn’s dynamic community through a selection of in-person and online programs.

In-person programs.

Penn Information Sessions: Admissions staff will lead a discussion of the academic landscape and opportunities available to students. Then current students will lead you on a campus tour while sharing their personal experiences about life at Penn.

Wharton Information Sessions: Join current student Wharton Ambassadors to learn more about the Wharton experience both inside and outside the classroom, including the curriculum, co-curricular opportunities, and campus resources. Presenters will speak from their own experiences and will leave plenty of time for questions.

Wharton Coffee Chats: High school juniors and seniors have the opportunity to have a conversation with a current Wharton student in an informal setting. Learn more about life on campus and gain firsthand insight on what it means to be a Wharton student. Coffee Chats immediately follow Wharton in-person information sessions on select dates.

Registration is required for all in-person programs. You can select the Wharton options when you register for a campus visit . Note that the fall-semester Wharton sessions are typically posted in September and spring sessions in January. No in-person sessions are offered in the summer.

Campus Tours

Student-Led Campus Tours: Current Penn students will give you a first-hand glimpse into life on campus while touring you around Penn’s home in West Philadelphia. Registration is required .

Self-Guided Campus Tour: Download the Adora Experiences app or text  Tour UPenn  to  58052 to explore Penn’s campus at your own pace. You can also follow along through a  printable self-guided tour .

Please note that Wharton does not offer a separate tour.

Virtual Options

Wharton Virtual Information Sessions: Join current students to learn more about the Wharton experience both inside and outside the classroom. This session will give you an overview of the curriculum, co-curricular opportunities, and resources. The students will share their personal stories and allow time to answer your questions. Note that the fall semester sessions are typically posted in September, spring sessions in January, and summer sessions in May. Register for a Wharton virtual information session .

Penn Admissions Virtual Information Sessions: Penn Admissions staff will lead you in a live discussion on the academic landscape at Penn and the numerous opportunities available to students. This session will also provide insight on the application process and how best to prepare. Register for an information session.

Student-Led Virtual Tours: Current students will share their insider’s take on life at Penn via our virtual campus tour. Even if you’ve already taken a tour of campus, this interactive experience will highlight new aspects of campus life. Register for a student-led virtual tour

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There’s nothing quite like being on Penn’s campus and experiencing it for yourself. There’s a lot to see here, so we offer set times and schedules for taking a tour.

We also recommend that you take the time to look around Philadelphia. It’s a beautiful city, full of history and culture, parks, sporting events, festivals, and amazing restaurants – with something for every taste.

Engineering Tours*

Penn Engineering offers a student-led tour of the engineering facilities for prospective undergraduate students. Tours are offered weekdays only (dates posted below) at 3:30 p.m. and leave from the Office of Academic Services (OAS) at 109 Towne Building. Note: we do not offer weekend engineering tours.

Visitors should enter the engineering quad through the Levine Hall Lobby.  Note: the engineering buildings are only accessible via penn card access however there will be a guard available on tour dates starting at 3pm at the Levine Lobby access only .

Engineering Tours – Spring 2024

Engineering tours will be held on the following dates:

Monday, 2/12

Monday, 2/19

Monday, 2/26

Thurs, 3/14

Thurs, 3/21

Thurs, 3/28

Thurs, 4/18

*Advance registration is required.  Please take a look at the above dates and register through the Office of Admissions using the button below. Walk-in visitors cannot be accommodated.

Additional Information

Faculty visits, engineering class visits.

During the fall and spring terms, many engineering courses are pre-approved for class visits. Check the list of classes open to observation. Please arrive on time and plan to stay for the duration of class to limit any disruption.  Please bring as mask.   Many course instructors require masking.

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Be sure to check to make sure a tour is offered on your chosen date. Following the online list of available dates for tours is a list of dates when no tours are held.

Tours begin at 3:30 p.m. rain or shine, although severe weather conditions may necessitate cancellation.

Please allow sufficient time to find parking (if needed) and to get to 109 Towne Building. (Please enter via Levine lobby entrance and make your way to Towne.) We ask that you arrive slightly ahead of time to avoid tour delays or interruptions.

Engineering tours last about 45 minutes. (comfortable shoes are recommended). Penn Admissions offers Information Sessions and Campus Tours that give an overview of the entire University. Read more about visiting Penn.

We’re looking forward to your visit and hope you are too. Contact us with questions about admissions or academic programs!

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Virtual Guided Tours

Book a live Q&A session with a Graduate Guide and allow your family, group, or class to participate in a deeper discussion with one of our experts!

Bring the insight and awe of a Penn Museum guided tour directly into your home or classroom! Graduate Guide Virtual Tours are now available for a range of Penn Museum galleries. Tour presentations are narrated by Penn Museum Graduate Guides, Penn PhD or master’s students working in the fields of archeology and anthropology. Follow along as they virtually lead you through the galleries to explore objects on display and in storage.

Mediterranean Galleries Tour

Explore eight objects and themes in the Etruscan Italy, Greece, and Rome Galleries. Beginning in the 8 th century BCE and covering roughly 1,000 years of history, the tour takes you from early Italian tombs to Roman imperial burials in Syria. Learn about the developmentof coinage, mythological scenes on Greek vases, Greek social practices, Etruscan architecture, Roman technological innovations in glass, and an erased Roman imperial inscription.

Greece Gallery Tour

Discover almost 1,000 years of Greek history, from the 8 th century BCE to the 1 st century CE. This tour looks at burial goods, pottery, coins, and marble sculptures to address themes such as representations of women, burial practices, and the intersections of archaeology, myths, and literature. Learn about the ancient Olympic Games, Greek social practices, and the development of coinage.

Etruria and Rome Galleries Tour

Learn more about the Penn Museum’s important collections from Etruscan and Roman Italy. This tour covers eight themes and objects, from burial practices in early Italy to those at the at the height of the Roman Empire. Discover more about everyday objects like glass vessels and lamps, ceramic manufacturing, Etruscan architecture,and an erased Roman imperial inscription.

Middle East Galleries Tour

The Penn Museum began with the first American expedition to the Middle East. On this tour, explore six topics from the Museum’s Middle East Galleries – from the earliest temples in Mesopotamia to daily life in the Islamic Empire. Learn more about Queen Puabi’s royal tomb at Ur, how school children learned to write cuneiform, and how an Iron Age city became frozen in time.

Mexico and Central America Gallery Tour

Examine eight objects, sites, or themes from Central America and Mexico, from around 1,200 BCE to contemporary heritage practices. This tour takes you from the earliest Olmec figurines to contemporary representation of the Aztec god Ehécatl. Learn more about the sites of Teotihuacán and Sitio Conte, the decipherment of Maya glyphs, Ulúa marble vases, and Aztec earspools created within the dynamics of Spanish colonial rule. The tour also addresses the role of museums and Penn’s excavations within this region’s cultural heritage.

Africa Galleries Tour

The Africa Gallery offers over 300 objects on display from the continent of Africa as well as artwork created by contemporary artists in the African Diaspora. Each object serves as a glimpse into various African histories and brings into conversation the role of context when examining the objects. This tour reminds guests of the thriving African Diaspora as well as the ever evolving multiplicity of African societies.

La galería de México y América Central

Examine ocho objetos, sitios o temas de Centroamérica y México, desde el 1,200 a.C hasta prácticas patrimoniales contemporáneas. Esta visita virtual lo llevará desde las más antiguas figuras Olmecas a representaciones contemporáneas del dios azteca, Ehécatl. Aprenda más sobre los sitios de Teotihuacán y Sitio Conte, el desciframiento de los glifos mayas, jarrones de mármol Ulúa, y orejeras aztecas creadas dentro las dinámicas del dominio colonial español. La visita también aborda el papel que toman los museos y las excavaciones de Penn dentro del patrimonio cultural de esta región.

Asia Galleries Tour

The Asian Section of the Penn Museum is famous for its large collection of Chinese Buddhist sculptures. On this tour, see representations of Buddhist deities and Buddhist paradise as you explore how pre-modern Chinese artists transferred their faith into physical forms and how ancient artifacts record Chinese history.

Egypt Galleries Tour

Follow along as we delve into 5,000 years of ancient Egypt. Drawing on some of the more than 40,000 objects in the Penn Museum’s Egyptian collection, we’ll follow the rise of the ancient Egyptian kingdom, learn about Egyptian medicine and protection practices, and discover the importance of Egyptian names. We’ll look at artifacts that teach us about the might of kings, the power of temples, the journey to the afterlife, and the networks and connections that linked Egypt to other ancient societies.

Native American Voices Gallery Tour

Take a closer look at the Penn Museum’s North American collections and learn about Native American communities past and present. The tour covers six themes, from the enduring presence of local Native peoples to some of the oldest stone tools ever recovered in North America. Find out more about sacred places for Native peoples and their efforts to protect them, legislation that strives to ensure Native sovereignty and the return of cultural objects, how Native communities celebrate their cultural identities through practices such as lacrosse and powwows, and contemporary Native artists.

宾大博物馆的亚洲部因其丰富的中国佛教雕塑藏品而倍受瞩目。在这条导览路线的七个站点中，您将在主要关注博物馆佛教收藏的五站中参拜佛教神明和参观佛教极乐世界，并在最后两站欣赏两组举世闻名的中国艺术品。在这里一起探索古代中国工匠和艺术家们如何将他们的信仰具象化，以及如何用精美的文物记录中国历史。

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**Please note, Graduate tours are for students who have graduated from an undergraduate institution and looking to obtain a graduate (masters, doctorate) degree or certificate. If you are a high school senior or an undergraduate transfer student, please view the undergraduate admissions tour schedule. For individuals unable to visit campus, we offer a virtual tour of campus . This tour includes many of the stops on the staff-led tour, including all of our academic buildings on campus

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Students Create Virtual Tour of Library Exhibit

Students from Professor Melinda White’s English 510: Introduction to Digital Humanities class worked closely with Kai Uchida in the University Archives this spring to create a guided virtual tour of the exhibit, This is UNH 100 Years Ago , currently on display in Dimond Library.

Professor White tasked students with capturing the exhibit with a specialized 360-degree camera, creating the guided tour on a digital platform, annotating each photograph, and writing reflections about how they interpreted images they chose. Excerpts from select ekphrastic essays from Professor White's ENG 501 students were also included.

English 510 students presenting their finished project to the university archivist, April 16, 2024

This digital exhibit represented a semester long-learning experience in which students were exposed to various digital platforms, learned about digital museum curation, and acquired design strategies to showcase collections.

Take the Virtual Tour

About the exhibit.

This is UNH 100 Years Ago  showcases a set of 50 photos compiled mostly from the Clement Moran Photographic Collection and provides viewers with a snapshot of how UNH looked a century ago. This centennial celebration is an important moment in the institutional history of the school, as the academic year of 1923 – 1924 marks the school’s rebranding from New Hampshire College for Agriculture and the Mechanic Arts to the University of New Hampshire.

This exhibit runs until August 2024, but items from this historic collection will be periodically featured in Dimond Library and included in future exhibits.

Acknowledgments

Virtual tour creators.

English 510: Introduction to Digital Humanities 

Stephen Bentzlin, Eve Huot, Victoria Ndugnu, Ana Nikolenko, Julianna Pascuccio, Luke Sintros, Jonas Smith, and Sydney Vlach

Ekphrastic Essay Contributors

English 501: Introduction to Creative Non-Fiction

Natalia Rivera and Cameron Slide

Exhibit Curator

Rebecca Chasse 

Exhibit Installation

Rebecca Chasse, Katie Hutchinson, Nancy Miner, and Sarah Stinson 

Class Instructional Liaison

Camera & media support.

Michael McIntire

Exhibit Content

Clement Moran Collection, 1914-1940, UA 4/2/1, Milne Special Collections and Archives, University of New Hampshire Library, Durham, NH, USA

Clement Moran Digital Collection , UNH Library Digital Collections

Questions about the collection or the exhibit can be sent to:  [email protected]

Virtual Exhibit Platform

The student project was created using  ThingLink .

Direct project link: English 510 Virtual Exhibit Project

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