What does a typical American university campus look like?

Author Site Over the hill studying in Philadelphia, at the University of Temple on the analyst, well, or on the fashionable big-data. In the next blog, he decided to tell about the university itself and take a short tour of the campus.

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Temple University in Philadelphia is one of the youngest. However, it is not inferior in size to its brothers UPENN and DREXEL. By status, it is in 3rd place in Philadelphia and is considered prestigious. On average, Temple has about 40.000 students, which is twice the size of the Moscow Aviation Institute, where I studied in Russia. Universities in America are a real business in which a lot of money is circulating. To give you an idea, in 2015 Temple received $230.000.000 for research. Most students pay $30-50K per year - multiply this figure by the number of students (40.000!!!!) and you get the approximate turnover of the university. In addition, Temple has branches in Japan and Europe.

So, my university consists of 16 schools. Here is a list of all colleges:

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All but two schools are in the same place at Cecil B Moore Station in the north of Philadelphia. There is one building right in the city center, where MBA and senior students mostly study. The main campus is a real city, with banks, shops, canteens and even clubs on the territory. It's always pretty crowded here. Many students study right on the street, because everywhere you can catch Wi-Fi.

Some (including me) prefer to prepare in the library. Bringing your computer is not necessary, as there are plenty of computers here. In the library, you can print files using your student ID.

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On the territory there is only one library so far, but now they are building a new giant building for a new one. In general, the scale of how money is spent here is very impressive. It seems to be so cool, there is enough space everywhere, but they are constantly trying to do even better. Apparently, therefore, it took an additional building.

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Another interesting place is the student center. As far as I understand, everyone here just hangs out and has lunch, there are no classes here. There is a huge screen right in the lobby on which games are broadcast. In one wing there is an entertainment room where you can play foosball, ping pong, air hockey or video games for free. There is also a free cinema where films or significant sporting events are sometimes shown. But for billiards you will have to pay about 3 dollars per hour.

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The campus also has an 3 large sports center. They have a climbing wall, a swimming pool, a jogging track, a basketball court at 10.000 people and a large gym 3.

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If you need a powerful computer to process a large amount of data, Temple has a technical center. There are several thousand of the most sophisticated machines with installed programs, which students often use to study. Naturally, all this is absolutely free upon presentation of the student’s ID. For lovers of Apple products, there is also plenty of space here - there are whole rows of MACs. There are special rooms (breakout rooms) equipped with everything necessary for group work on a project. All rooms are soundproofed and have a projector, whiteboard, computer and huge monitor. In those centers there are cafeterias where you can buy some snacks or coffee while you work.

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Each school in Temple has its own separate building. My Fox School of Business is one of the biggest, as far as I know. We also have a place called “egg” where business events are held. They say they sometimes hold TED conferences here.

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For lovers of fast food on campus are food parlors with inexpensive and tasty food.

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Philadelphia loves bikes. For convenience, mini-stations with various keys, tools and a pump are installed all around.

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The territory of the university is quite diverse. There are places that resemble Ivy League universities with old buildings. There are shops everywhere on the territory, old large trees grow, there are various monuments and even a castle with a bell.

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Squirrels run around, who are very pleased with me at first. And on all this background, you can often find new buildings with hi-tech design, which somehow harmoniously fit.

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In truth, here I probably covered only 20% of everything that is in the university. If we compare it with a Russian university, of course, everything is more convenient and better here. However, one should not forget about the difference in tuition fees. Here it costs a lot of money, for which you get all these amenities and beauty.

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