This university was started in 1869 and it is situated in Lafayette in Indiana, United States. This university provides more than two hundred graduate, undergraduate and post-graduates programs and this university has aviation and aeronautical engineering programs also which are well-known around the globe. The man who first set foot on the moon Neil Armstrong is the student of Purdue University and also has announced more than twenty astronauts which also include Eugene Cernan and Gus Grissom. This Purdue University is famous for its different student mix and atmosphere.
Research:
This University is very famous for its researches also in different fields such as business and economy, veterinary medicines, technology, agriculture, education, science, individuals, culture, society, engineering, manufacturing and environment. This university also receives funds from individual donors and also from both the state and the federal government. The nanotechnology is one of the best research centres in Purdue University in the complete country. Purdue University also started the Discovery Park where modernism is the best part with multidisciplinary inferences and the development across the world.
Schools/ Colleges:
Purdue University has fourteen schools and colleges which provides a wide range of programs or courses such as pre-professional programs, a separate Graduate School, pre-medical, School of Veterinary Medicine, IU School of Medicine, Undergraduate Studies Program, Nursing and Health Sciences, College of Pharmacy, College of Science, College of Technology, College of Consumer and Family Sciences, Krannert School of Management, College of Agriculture, College of Engineering, College of Education and College of Liberal Arts.
This Purdue University also has the wide library and has more than two million electronic copies and books. Purdue University is also very famous for athletic activities and it included sports like tennis, football and basketball and so on. It also has the strong links with NASA because of its strong hand at aviation science and aeronautical engineering. This university gives famous personalities like John Wooden, Bran Lamb, the CEO of C-Span, Orville Redenbacher, a popcorn specialist and so on.