Temple University College of Science and Technology

What Temple University College of Science and Technology does

Temple University College of Science and Technology (CST) is one of the constituent academic colleges of Temple University, a public research university owned by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and headquartered in Philadelphia. CST houses six academic departments — Biology, Chemistry, Computer and Information Sciences, Earth & Environmental Science, Mathematics, and Physics — delivering undergraduate, master's, doctoral, and Professional Science Master's (PSM) programs, plus graduate certificates. The college also operates an online Information Science & Technology (IS&T) master's program accessible to remote learners and supports study-abroad opportunities through Temple Japan in Tokyo.

The college runs an active research enterprise supported by federal grants from agencies including the NIH and NSF, leveraging facilities such as the Science Education and Research Center (SERC), the Nano Instrumentation Center, electron microscopy and X-ray diffraction facilities, the Temple Ambler Field Station, and the Temple Forest Observatory. CST's externally funded research portfolio spans molecular biology, neuroscience (e.g., CellREADR-based RNA tools for brain development), drug discovery via the Folding@home distributed computing network, dementia-focused agentic AI through Pennsylvania's Keystone AI + Quantum Factory, climate modeling of the Southern Ocean, statistical models for viral evolution, and deep-sea coral ecology through the Schmidt Ocean Institute.

CST's revenue model is a hybrid of recurring tuition and fees (undergraduate, graduate, professional science master's, doctoral, certificate, and online IS&T) plus federal and grant-funded research revenue, consistent with a public, nonprofit state-affiliated institution. The college distributes programs through Temple's centralized admissions system, virtual and in-person tours, online information sessions, social media channels, community outreach programs (George Washington Carver Science Fair, Sonia Kovalevsky Day, Girls Talk Math, Prison Math Project), and an internal news platform (TempleNOW).

Name

Temple University College of Science and Technology

Legal name

Temple University College of Science and Technology

Website

https://cst.temple.edu

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

101–250 employees

Short description

Temple University College of Science and Technology is a public, nonprofit academic college within Temple University in Philadelphia, offering undergraduate, graduate, doctoral, and Professional Science Master's programs across six STEM departments and conducting federally funded research.

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Higher Education

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Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools (6113)

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Services-Educational Services (8200)

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Education/Higher Education (Colleges & Universities)/Technical & Polytechnic Universities

Keywords

• Higher education services
• STEM degree programs
• Scientific research services
• Graduate and doctoral programs
• Professional science master's

Headquarters

HQ city

Philadelphia

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices5 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Technology or R&D, Infrastructure, Marketing or Sales

Revenue model

1. Tuition and educational services: The college generates revenue through undergraduate and graduate tuition for degree programs including bachelor's, master's, professional science master's, doctoral degrees, and graduate certificate programs.
2. Research grants and funding: Faculty research is funded through grants from federal agencies including NIH, NSF, and other research organizations, supporting research operations and personnel.

Go-to-market motion3 records

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

The College of Science and Technology (CST) at Temple University provides undergraduate degrees, graduate master's and doctoral programs, and Professional Science Master's (PSM) degrees across six academic departments: Biology, Chemistry, Computer and Information Sciences, Earth & Environmental Science, Mathematics, and Physics. The college delivers education through in-person instruction at the Philadelphia campus, the Temple Ambler Field Station, and Temple Japan, as well as fully online programs such as the IS&T Master's. CST also conducts funded scientific research supported by NIH, NSF, and other federal agencies.

Product overview

Temple University College of Science and Technology (CST) is an academic institution offering a comprehensive portfolio of educational programs and research services across six core science departments: Biology, Chemistry, Computer and Information Sciences, Earth & Environmental Science, Mathematics, and Physics. The college provides undergraduate degrees, graduate degrees including master's and doctoral programs, and professional science master's (PSM) programs. Notable programs include an online IS&T Master's requiring no tech background, a Medical Dosimetry PSM (launched November 2025), and research-intensive doctoral programs. The college also houses research centers and facilities supporting advanced scientific investigation across disciplines.

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Functional benefit

Products and services

• Online IS&T Master's Program An online master's degree program in Information Science & Technology offered fully online, requiring no prior tech experience, designed to future-proof careers across any field.
• Graduate Programs (Master's, PhD, Professional Science Master's) Comprehensive graduate degree offerings including master's degrees, doctoral degrees, and professional science master's programs across all science and technology disciplines.
• Department of Biology Programs Undergraduate and graduate programs in biology covering molecular & cellular biology, evolutionary genomics & computational biology, and ecology & biodiversity, including combined 5-year undergraduate-master's programs.
• Department of Chemistry Programs Undergraduate and graduate chemistry programs with research focus areas including biological chemistry, inorganic chemistry, organic chemistry, physical/analytical chemistry, and theory/computation.
• Department of Computer and Information Sciences Academic programs in computer and information sciences, including research and education in computing technologies and information systems.
• Department of Earth & Environmental Science Programs Undergraduate and graduate programs in earth and environmental science, including geology and environmental science with field-based research opportunities.
• Department of Mathematics Programs Undergraduate and graduate mathematics programs including Master of Science in Mathematics, PSM in High-Performance Computing, and PhD programs with research in algebra, analysis, applied mathematics, geometry, and probability.
• Department of Physics Programs Undergraduate and graduate physics programs including biophysics and materials science, professional science master's in medical dosimetry, and PhD research spanning fundamental particles to emergent collective phenomena.
• Medical Dosimetry PSM Degree A Professional Science Master's degree in medical dosimetry offered by the Physics department, led by Mulualem Kefene, launched in November 2025.

Quantifiable outcome

• Temple's Folding@home COVID-19 project reached 1 million+ participants, becoming the world's largest supercomputer with exaFLOP-scale compute power
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers7 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

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AI capability8 records

Feature7 records

Partnerships

16 partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• CIRCLES ConsortiumcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2024Multi-institution consortium on which Professor Benni Seibold leads the Temple team, focused on traffic control experiments examining effects of connected and automated vehicles on safety, traffic flow, and energy consumption. Won 2024 IEEE ITS Institutional Lead Award.
• Pennsylvania's Keystone AI + Quantum FactorycoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPennsylvania state initiative developing agentic AI systems. Temple University is a founding member, with Associate Professor Xinghua Mindy Shi developing AI systems for modeling dementia patient conditions.
• Schmidt Ocean InstitutecoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerSchmidt Ocean Institute provides research vessel Falkor for deep-sea research expeditions. Erik Cordes and Temple researchers conduct coral reef and deep-sea species research aboard the vessel, including expeditions to South Sandwich Islands.
• RIKEN Brookhaven Research CentercoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerFarid Salazar, a fellow of RIKEN Brookhaven Research Center, joined Temple's Physics Department, bringing expertise in particle astrophysics research.
• SLMath Institute (Mathematical Sciences Research Institute)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerSam Taylor spent spring semester at SLMath Institute in Berkeley as a Research Professor using Simons Fellowship funding. Multiple faculty members named SLMath Research Professors.
• Purdue UniversityminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerNour Khoudari, CST '24 Babuška Thesis Prize winner, currently a Golomb Visiting Assistant Professor at Purdue. Represents academic placement of graduate talent.
• Smithsonian National Museum of Natural HistorycoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerAndrea Quattrini, CST PhD 2014, is Curator of Invertebrates at Smithsonian and Presidential Early Career Award recipient. Conducts genomic research on coral and sea anemone evolution.
• Braver AngelsminorGTM or Marketing PartnerNational movement dedicated to bridging divides through civil discourse. Hosted COVID-19 policy discussion featuring CST's Maciej Boni and investigative journalist David Zweig.
• NOAA Geophysical Fluid Dynamics LaboratorycoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerRebecca Beadling was a Climate and Global Change Postdoctoral Fellow at NOAA's Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Laboratory before joining EES. Collaborates on Southern Ocean climate research.
• Impact Santé AfriqueminorGTM or Marketing PartnerAfrican health organization collaborating with Temple's Boni Lab on #ProtectTheCure initiative to safeguard antimalarial drugs in Africa.
• Normal Life Pictures (UK)minorGTM or Marketing PartnerUK-based production company collaborated with Boni Lab on documentary films for #ProtectTheCure initiative screening in Ghana and Senegal.
• USGScoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerTemple University Ambler campus partnered with USGS on new campus research initiatives.
• Temple University Institute for Genomics and Evolutionary MedicinecoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerInternal Temple research institute where Maciej Boni conducts infectious disease research and pandemic preparedness studies.
• Folding@home Distributed Computing NetworkcoreTechnology or IntegrationInternational distributed computing network used by Vincent Voelz's lab for coronavirus research simulations. Reached 1 million+ participants and exaFLOP-scale compute power during COVID-19 pandemic.
• Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer CenterminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartnered with Vincent Voelz's lab on coronavirus research using Folding@home distributed computing for drug compound screening.
• Diamond Light SourceminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerUK X-ray crystallography group solved coronavirus main protease structures and discovered drug fragments binding to protein sites for Voelz's computational screening research.

Scale indicators8 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Direct peers

• Stony Brook University College of Arts and Sciences: Public R1 STEM-oriented college with parallel departments (ecology & evolution, chemistry, physics, applied math, computer science). Comparable in scale, public-mission structure, and emphasis on federally funded research.
• University of Maryland College of Computer, Mathematical, and Natural Sciences: Public R1 STEM college with parallel departments (biology, chemistry, computer science, math, physics, geology, astronomy) and substantial federal grant capture. Strong functional analog to CST's departmental structure and research mission.
• Penn State Eberly College of Science: Large public R1 STEM college organized around departments in biology, chemistry, mathematics, physics, statistics, and astronomy. Directly comparable in scale, public-mission structure, and graduate-program emphasis (including online master's offerings).
• University of Pittsburgh Kenneth P. Dietrich School of Arts and Sciences: Public R1 arts and sciences school with biology, chemistry, math, physics, geology, and computer science departments. Comparable peer given shared Pennsylvania footprint, public-mission research profile, and broad STEM department mix.
• Northeastern University College of Science: Private R1 college spanning biology, chemistry, math, physics, and marine and environmental sciences. Comparable in STEM departmental structure and emphasis on co-op research experiences; differs in private status and co-op model.
• Drexel University College of Arts and Sciences: Also a Philadelphia-based R1 university with a broad arts and sciences college spanning biology, chemistry, math, physics, and environmental science. Most directly comparable peer given shared geography, public-mission-adjacent research scale, and overlapping STEM program mix.
• Rutgers University School of Arts and Sciences: Public R1 university school housing STEM departments (biology, chemistry, math, physics, earth sciences, computer science). Comparable as a state-related public R1 science division with similar governance and tuition model.

Broad incumbents

• University of Pennsylvania School of Arts and Sciences: Philadelphia-based Ivy League school with biology, chemistry, math, physics, earth and environmental science, and computer science departments. Larger and more resource-rich, but overlapping program portfolio and shared regional talent pool.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks4 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/CST_TempleU
• YouTubeyoutube.com/TempleUniversity
• Facebookfacebook.com/CSTatTempleU
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/temple-university-college-of-science-and-technology
• Instagraminstagram.com/csttemple

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Profiles5 records

Subsidiaries6 records

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