Which university did Elon Musk attend before transferring to the University of Pennsylvania?

Elon Musk attended Queen’s University before transferring to the University of Pennsylvania.

Musk enrolled at Queen’s University in Kingston, Ontario, in 1989. He spent about two years there before moving to the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia. At Pennsylvania, he completed undergraduate degrees in physics and economics in 1997.

This part of Musk’s education is sometimes missed because biographies often focus on his later degrees and business ventures. He was accepted into a doctoral program in materials science at Stanford University, but left after only a short time to pursue internet businesses during the dot-com boom.

Queen’s University is distinct from the University of Pennsylvania, where Musk earned his degrees. It is also not the same institution as the University of Toronto or another Canadian university sometimes associated with his early education.