Purdue University is a public science university in the United States located in West Lafayette , Indiana , the main of the six Purdue University System campuses. [1] The university is always on the list of the most prestigious institutions of higher education. Students from 49 states of the USA and 122 countries of the world study at the university.
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| Based | 1869 |
| Type of | state university |
| Trust fund | $ 2.425 billion (2017) |
| The president | Mitch Daniels |
| Location | West Lafayette , Indiana , USA |
| Campus | urban (10.01 km²) |
| Students | 41,573 |
| Bachelors | 31 006 |
| Masters and Doctors | 10 408 |
| Teachers | 3 055 |
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| Official site | www.purdue.edu |
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History
It was founded on May 6, 1869 , when the Indiana General Assembly accepted land and money from Lafayette businessman John Purdue to create a college of science, technology and agriculture, named after him [2] . The first classes were held on September 16, 1874, while the college consisted of three buildings, in which 6 teachers taught and 39 students studied [2] .
Today, the university is the second in number of students in Indiana, and the second in the number of foreign students in the country [3] , which is the result of an aggressive policy of recruiting students from abroad, mainly from Latin America and Asia .
International Recognition
The university has made a great contribution to the history of US aviation , and programs in the aviation industry remain among the best and most competitive in the world. Purdue University introduced loans to evaluate flight training, introduced a four-year bachelor's program in aviation, and acquired its own airport . In the mid- 20th century , the university’s aviation programs span advanced space technology . Twenty-two graduates became astronauts , including Virgil Grissom (one of the seven members of the first squad of US astronauts ), Neil Armstrong (the first person to walk on the moon ), and Eugene Cernan (the last person to walk on the moon today).
In 2014, Purdue University took 38th place in the Academic ranking of the best universities in the United States, and 119th place in the ranking of the best universities in the United States according to Forbes [4] .
Campuses
Purdue University has five regional campuses:
- Purdue University Indianapolis ( IUPUI )
- Purdue University at Fort Wayne ( IPFW )
- Purdue University at Columbus ( IUPUC )
- Purdue North Central University in Westville
- Purdue Calumet University of Hammond
In addition to the academic programs offered at Purdue campuses, the College of Technology offers training programs in several other places in Indiana, such as: Anderson , Greensburg , Kokomo , Lafayette , Mansi , New Albany , Richmond , South Bend , Elkhart .
Famous Graduates
- Jan Murdoch is the founder of the Debian project.
- Faudry, Ralph - Professor, Specialist in Combinatorics and Graph Theory.
- 23 astronauts , including: Neil Armstrong , Virgil Grissom , Eugene Cernan .
- Nobel laureates: Edward Parsell , Ben Mottelson , Akira Suzuki .
- Robert Burner , geologist and geophysicist
- Amelia Earhart , the first female pilot to fly over the Atlantic Ocean
Notes
- ↑ Purdue Points of Pride (inaccessible link) . Purdue University. Archived on May 8, 2004.
- ↑ 1 2 About Purdue> Purdue History . Purdue University. Archived on June 20, 2012.
- ↑ Sen, Soumitro Purdue's international student population 2nd largest among US public universities . Purdue University (2008). Archived on June 20, 2012.
- ↑ America's Top Colleges List - Forbes 2014