About Penn State

Located in a charming university town, Penn State's University Park campus is known as one of the most beautiful in the United States. The setting is quiet, peaceful, and safe. The campus is only minutes from the rural Pennsylvania countryside. New York City is about four hours northeast by car, and Washington, D.C., is about the same distance southeast of the University. Penn State is served by the State College/University Park Airport and a bus terminal. It is only thirty minutes from an Amtrak station, Amtrak being the country's major train service.

Penn State is a leading research university in the United States and is recognized around the world for its excellence in engineering, the sciences, agriculture, and high-tech innovations. It is a comprehensive institution that includes colleges of the arts and liberal arts, as well as colleges and schools of health and human development, communications, business, and education. The University Park campus, where the IECP is located, serves about 41,000 undergraduate and graduate students, including more than 3,200 international students. It is also a major cultural center with hundreds of arts programs, exhibitions, and performances presented each year.

Although admission to the IECP does not guarantee admission to Penn State, many of the students completing the IECP do go on to Penn State graduate or undergraduate study. Admission to a Penn State degree program is not required for admission to IECP.

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