Penn State Behrend

Get hands-on experience with virtual and augmented reality—both in using the technology for learning and in developing VAR solutions for community partners—in Behrend’s VAR Lab.

At Behrend, students gain hands-on experience in the Plastics Training Lab, a facility equipped with state-of-the-art plastics manufacturing equipment. This lab is one of the largest and best-equipped of its kind in the country, providing comprehensive training in all aspects of plastics processing.

Experience real-world opportunities at Knowledge Park, our on-campus research and development complex. Experience valuable learning, internship, and employment opportunities that help students gain the experience they need to launch successful ventures.

With classmates from forty states and forty countries, diverse perspectives thrive at Behrend. Hear international students discuss unique academic programs, finding community, and faculty support on campus.

Behrend students gain hands-on learning in the James R. Meehl Innovation Commons makerspace, where they design and create new products. Notable projects include a large-scale 3D scanner, designed and built by School of Engineering students.

Business students at Behrend learn on state-of-the-art equipment, like Bloomberg Terminals in the Financial Trading Lab. These terminals provide access to a comprehensive database of market data and financial information for real-world experience.

Get a bird’s-eye view of Behrend’s sprawling 854-acre campus.

Get active at the new Erie Hall, a modern fitness, recreation, and wellness center. Additional recreation spaces include the Junker Center, home to the college’s NCAA Division III teams, and Behrend Fields, which offer a track-and-field facility, intramural fields, and an expanded disc golf course.

Discovery is a hallmark of Behrend’s Open Lab learning, where students collaborate with business, industry, and community partners to solve real-world problems. In one Open Lab project, student researchers identified an invasive species in Lake Erie’s Pennsylvania waters.