Penn State Great Valley School of Graduate Professional Studies
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| Established | 1963 |
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| Type | Public graduate and continuing education |
| Chancellor | Diane M. Disney, Ph.D. |
| Faculty | 37 full-time, 40 part-time |
| Postgraduates | 1,319 |
| Location | Malvern, PA, USA |
| Campus | Suburban |
| Colors | Navy Blue and White |
| Mascot | Nittany Lion |
| Affiliations | Penn State University |
| Website | http://www.gv.psu.edu/ |
Penn State Great Valley is a commonwealth campus of Pennsylvania State University. It is located in Malvern, outside of Philadelphia in the United States. The campus houses the Penn State School of Graduate Professional Studies and focuses on graduate, professional programs in business (M.B.A.), engineering (M.Eng.), information science (M.S.), finance (M.Fin.), education (M.S., M.Ed.) and leadership.
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[edit] History
Penn State Great Valley was founded in 1963 to provide graduate engineering science programs to employees of local businesses. When it opened, it was housed in a rented school building in King of Prussia, Pennsylvania and known as the King of Prussia Graduate Center. Education programs were added in the late 1960s and, in 1974, the campus began offering courses off-site at area local businesses. In 1978, poor building conditions led to a move to an old elementary school building in Radnor, Pennsylvania. This location lasted only 4 years as the campus moved back to King of Prussia in 1982 and changed its name to the King of Prussia Center for Graduate Studies and Continuing Education.
In 1987, the university acquired its current location, an 8.5 acre site within the Great Valley Corporate Center in Malvern, Pennsylvania. A brand new facility was built on the site earning the distinction of being the first permanent campus in the country to be located within a corporate park. After completion, the campus moved into the new location in 1988 with yet another new name, Penn State Great Valley. This move also coincided with the introduction of a graduate management program. In 1998, the Board of Trustees approved the Great Valley campus to be a distinct School of Graduate Professional Studies. Due to its expanding programs, a second building, the Safeguard Scientifics Building, was built next to the original facility and opened in 2001 with a 300-seat auditorium and additional classrooms.
[edit] Academics
The school is comprised of the following divisions:
- Management: Provides an AACSB-accredited MBA program as well graduate programs in finance and leadership development.
- Engineering and Information Science: Provides graduate programs in information science, systems engineering and software engineering. Students may also minor in bioinformatics.
- Education
The MBA and information science programs are the largest programs in the school while the finance program is the newest, starting in January 2007. Great Valley also provides graduate certificates in various areas of business, engineering and information science as well as continuing education programs in areas such as project management and software development.
