The nationally ranked bioengineering department offers the school's most popular undergraduate degree program.

[2] The early growth of the school benefited from the generosity of two Philadelphians: John Henry Towne and Alfred Fitler Moore.

Towne, a mechanical engineer and railroad developer, bequeathed the school a gift of $500,000 upon his death in 1875.

Penn’s School of Engineering and Applied Science is organized into six departments:[5] The school’s Department of Bioengineering, originally named Biomedical Electronic Engineering, consistently garners a top-ten ranking at both the undergraduate and graduate level from U.S. News & World Report.

[6] The department also houses the George H. Stephenson Foundation Educational Laboratory & Bio-MakerSpace (aka Biomakerspace or BioMaker Space) for training undergraduate through PhD students.

SEAS research strives to advance science and engineering and to achieve a positive impact on society.

Faculty at Penn’s School of Engineering and Applied Science have created several centers for advanced study including.