Coat of arms of the University of Pennsylvania

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Coat of arms of the University of Pennsylvania
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Seal of the Corporation of the University of Pennsylvania
Adopted	1933; 91 years ago (1933)
Shield	In the chief, gules, two open books and a dolphin, argent; in the ground, argent, a chevron, azure, with three plates, argent.
Motto	"Quid leges sine moribus vanae proficiunt"

The coat of arms of the University of Pennsylvania is the assumed heraldic achievement of the University of Pennsylvania. The achievement in its current iteration was approved in 1932 and adopted in 1933.^[1] The blazon of the achievement is

Arms: In the chief, gules, two open books and a dolphin, argent; in the ground, argent, a chevron, azure, with three plates, argent. Motto: Quid leges sine moribus vanae proficiunt.