Do you want to attend school in a region with a thriving music and nightlife scene, amazing shopping and restaurants, professional sports teams, and world-renowned cultural institutions all just beyond the campus gates? Philadelphia has it all.

You don’t have to be one of the 400 students from over 65 countries living at International House Philadelphia to take advantage of the 150 cultural, educational, and social programs hosted there annually.

Philadelphia is called the Paris of America. It is home to 100 theater companies, more than 100 museums, and has the world’s second largest collection of impressionist paintings.

The city is filled with such an endless array of student-oriented dance clubs, restaurants, art galleries, ethnic festivals, live music and cinema, that Philadelphia has its own online event guide for students: www.campusphilly.org.

If you are into cutting edge music, there’s no better place to hear today’s top emerging sounds. More famous hip-hop artists and DJ’s got their start in Philadelphia than anywhere else.