# Faculty

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Penn's professors are among the world's most influential academic voices.

Don't be surprised if you see a Penn professor on campus, delivering a [60-second Lectures](https://vimeo.com/channels/60seclec) on Locust Walk, cheering from the sidelines for one of our sports teams, or sharing in the fun of “cookie nights" in our College Houses. Our nearly 5,000 professors are accessible, approachable, and visible on campus. Their commitment to our students goes beyond academics, with some choosing to live alongside undergraduates in the College Houses.

Penn’s professors teach and carry out research across the University, while offering an integrated, multi-disciplinary point of view to our undergraduate, graduate, and professional school students. They are respected thinkers, researchers, and award-winning innovators at the forefront of their professions and disciplines. In addition, each year many distinguished scholars come to Penn from around the world to study, teach and live.

So whether you’re looking for additional help during office hours, interested in a certain area of research, or looking to explore new ideas, our faculty is here to help enhance your academic experience at Penn.

[## College of Arts and Science Faculty

As scholars, Arts and Sciences faculty are among the best in the world. They are respected thinkers, researchers and award-winning innovators at the forefront of their professions and disciplines.

Learn More](https://pan-school.sas.upenn.edu/people/faculty)

[## Penn Engineering Faculty

Penn Engineering students get valuable and extensive hands-on experience, conducting research and pursuing creative designs and new products alongside faculty renowned in their fields.

Learn More](https://directory.seas.upenn.edu/)

[## School of Nursing Faculty

As the #1 Nursing School in the world, Penn Nursing is home to some of the world's most expert clinicians, teachers, and researchers. Students have the ability to work closely with top faculty to shape the way we care for patients in a real and tangible way.

Learn More](https://www.nursing.upenn.edu/about/our-faculty/)

[## Wharton School Faculty

Wharton is home to over 240 outstanding professors. Our students benefit from decades of expertise and wisdom. Wharton faculty research regularly appears in leading academic journals and periodicals and is frequently cited by the press.

Learn More](https://www.wharton.upenn.edu/faculty-directory/)

## One-on-One Mentorship

As a Penn student, you’ll have at least one faculty advisor—either someone who is assigned to you or someone with whom you’ve developed a rapport and a mentoring relationship.

Your advisors help you build a set of curricular and extracurricular experiences that match your interests and goals and take you beyond the books. Along with your advisor, you’ll explore ideas, generate questions, and seek solutions. Your mentor will help you create a path that may lead to developing your own research theses, or to assisting professors in their research projects.

Remember, creating these one-on-one relationships is important while you’re at Penn, and many connections last a lifetime. If you expect to apply to graduate school, your mentor can provide a recommendation as someone who knows you well and is inspired to advocate on your behalf.

## Penn Integrates Knowledge Faculty

[Our Penn Integrates Knowledge (PIK)](https://pikprofessors.upenn.edu/) professors interact across departments, so they come to the classroom with a wide range of knowledge—fuel that drives innovation and creativity.

PIK professors have dual appointments, which means they’re on the faculty of two different Penn schools. Imagine the unique viewpoint and knowledge of a professor who works in both anthropology and filmmaking, medicine and ethics, chemistry and engineering, or epidemiology and health psychology. These unusual academic pairings give PIK professors an approach that teaches you a holistic way to anticipate, comprehend, and address challenges you encounter in your career and in everyday life.

## Faculty Directors

In each of Penn’s [College Houses](https://www.collegehouses.upenn.edu/), tenured professors live among undergraduates as on-site mentors, advisers, and companions. Meals are shared in faculty kitchens, and lively discussion and unexpected learning happen every day in the faculty living rooms. Your interactions with Faculty Directors add another layer to our engaging culture, as the Directors are carefully chosen from a group who truly love daily immersion with our diverse, thought-provoking students.

College House Directors and Fellows make many positive contributions to College House life. In fact, our faculty become better teachers by living among their students and seeing firsthand how they think, communicate, and learn. Across campus, teaching methods and lesson plans often evolve as Directors and Fellows learn from Penn students.