In 2006, Drexel became the first major research university to open a new law school in 25 years. The Earle Mack School of Law is one of only two law schools to follow a cooperative model.

In 2000, Drexel became the nation’s first major university to implement a fully wireless campus.

In 1962, Drexel graduate Paul Baron (class of 1949) invents “packet switching,” a key component in the development of the Internet.

In 2002, the University launched DrexelOne Mobile, the first wireless Web portal service for students.

Athletics has nine NCAA Division I sports for men and nine for women, making Drexel one of the few colleges or universities in the nation that enjoys total parity between men's and women's athletics.

The Math Forum at Drexel is the Internet's leading mathematics learning community, and was ranked by Scientific American as one the Internet's top five sites for mathematics in its annual Sci/Tech Web Site Awards.

In 1983, Drexel became the nation’s first university to require all undergraduates to have personal access to a microcomputer for use in all of their coursework.

Drexel College of Medicine’s predecessor institution, Women’s Medical College of Pennsylvania, was the first medical school in the world for women.

Drexel University College of Medicine is designated as a National Center of Excellence in Women’s Health by the US Department of Health and Human Services.

Drexel College of Medicine’s Executive Leadership in Academic Medicine Program for Women is the nation’s only in-depth program focused on preparing senior women faculty at schools of medicine, dentistry, and public health to move into positions of institutional leadership.

Drexel College of Medicine is one of two institutions responsible for the discovery of the gene that causes Cornelia de Lange Syndrome, a disabling multi-system genetic disease that affects an estimated one in 10,000 children.

Drexel College of Medicine is home to one of the largest centers for malaria study in the country.