Temple University is a state-related research American university. It was founded in 1884 by the Baptist minister Russell Conwell. In 1888, it was renamed the Temple College of Philadelphia. By 1907, the institution revised its institutional status and was incorporated as a university. About 40.000 undergraduate, graduate and professional students are enrolled at the university. Temple is among the world’s largest providers of professional education (law, medicine, podiatry, pharmacy, dentistry, engineering and architecture), preparing the largest body of professional practitioners in Pennsylvania. The Temple University Rome campus is located in the Villa Caproni, just north of Piazza del Popolo. The Villa Caproni has living accommodations, shops and restaurants. Its facilities include a 15.000-volume library, a computing center, academic classrooms, art and architecture studios, an art gallery and student lounges.
