Temple University Ambler is a suburban campus of

Temple University Temple University (Temple or TU) is a public university, public Commonwealth System of Higher Education, state-related research university in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. It was founded in 1884 by the Baptists, Baptist minister Russell Conwell an ...

. The Ambler campus is located 30 minutes outside

Philadelphia Philadelphia, often called Philly, is the largest city in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, the sixth-largest city in the U.S., the second-largest city in both the Northeast megalopolis and Mid-Atlantic regions after New York City. Sinc ...

Pennsylvania Pennsylvania (; (Pennsylvania Dutch: )), officially the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, is a state spanning the Mid-Atlantic, Northeastern, Appalachian, and Great Lakes regions of the United States. It borders Delaware to its southeast, Ma ...

Montgomery County, Pennsylvania Montgomery County is a county in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. It is the third-most populous county in Pennsylvania and the 73rd-most populous county in the United States. As of the 2020 census, the population of the county was 856,553 ...

. While its postal address is in Ambler, Pennsylvania, it is actually in

Upper Dublin Township Upper Dublin Township is a township in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 25,569 at the 2010 census. Until the 1950s, Upper Dublin was mostly farmland and open space, but transitioned to a residential suburb durin ...

. It has 2,950 undergraduate and 962 graduate students, with a 3:4 male/female ratio (60% female). The campus is , including the Landscape Arboretum, and includes two residence halls. On campus, there are 30 student organizations. The campus offers 21 bachelor's degree programs—8 majors and 13 minors—as well as one associate degree program.

Bachelor's degree programs

The following 8 bachelor's degrees are offered at the Ambler campus: *Accounting *Business Management *

Horticulture Horticulture is the branch of agriculture that deals with the art, science, technology, and business of plant cultivation. It includes the cultivation of fruits, vegetables, nuts, seeds, herbs, sprouts, mushrooms, algae, flowers, seaweeds and no ...

*Human Resource Management *

Landscape Architecture Landscape architecture is the design of outdoor areas, landmarks, and structures to achieve environmental, social-behavioural, or aesthetic outcomes. It involves the systematic design and general engineering of various structures for constructio ...

*Liberal Arts-Interdisciplinary Studies *Marketing *Psychology Students can begin more than 100 bachelor's degree programs and take courses at any of Temple's campuses, including affiliated international campuses. A free shuttle bus is available seven days a week to and from the main campus.

Tyler School of Art and Architecture

Ambler College, whose name was changed during the summer of 2009 to the School of Environmental Design and in 2019 to the Tyler School of Art and Architecture, is one of the 14 schools and colleges at Temple University. Based at the Ambler campus, the School features three environmental programs: community and regional planning, horticulture, and landscape architecture. The campus was founded in 1910 as the Pennsylvania School of Horticulture for Women. The School has a focus on environmental sustainability and ecological restoration. The Ambler campus is also the home of the Center for Sustainable Communities.

Campus organizations

There are 30 Ambler student organizations, including the student newspaper, ''The Temple Column'', the Ambler Food Committee, and the student radio station, WRFT 1610-AM. The Ambler campus is also home to the Temple University Infant Lab, directed by Professors Kathy Hirsh-Pasek and

Nora Newcombe Nora S. Newcombe (born 1951 in Toronto) is the Laura H. Carnell Professor of Psychology and the James H. Glackin Distinguished Faculty Fellow at Temple University. She is a Canadian-American researcher in cognitive development, cognitive psychology ...

. The lab researches the development of memory, language, and spatial cognition, as well as how play supports the development of the latter two abilities.

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* {{authority control Temple University Upper Dublin Township, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania Educational institutions established in 1910 Universities and colleges in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania 1910 establishments in Pennsylvania