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Purdue University is a public land-grant research university in West Lafayette, Indiana, United States, and the flagship campus of the Purdue University system. [7] The university was founded in 1869 after Lafayette businessman John Purdue donated land and money to establish a college of science, technology, and agriculture; [8] the first classes were held on September 16, 1874.
Many of Purdue's engineering disciplines are recognized as top-ten programs in the U.S. [5] The college as a whole is currently ranked 4th in the U.S. of all doctorate-granting engineering schools by U.S. News & World Report. [6] Cassier's Magazine featured the Purdue University in its August 1892 edition. Here is a look at the locomotive ...
The School of Mechanical Engineering (ME) is the oldest academic unit at Purdue University College of Engineering. The School of ME offers both an undergraduate B.S. degree as well as M.S. and PhD graduate degrees in Mechanical Engineering.
The Purdue University system is a public university system in the U.S. state of Indiana.A land-grant university with nearly 75,000 students across three institutions comprising five physical campuses, a statewide technology program, extension centers in each of Indiana's 92 counties, and continuing education programs.
In the summer of 1883, Purdue's fourth president James H. Smart was conversing with his friend, John N. Hurty, in Hurty's Indianapolis drugstore. Hurty brought up the idea that it would be a good idea for Purdue University (founded 14 years earlier) to offer courses to train students as pharmacists.
Purdue Electrical Laboratory, c. 1892 1904 Panorama of Purdue campus with Electrical Laboratory. In 1901, Telephone Engineering became part of ECE to accommodate the urgent need for engineers who understood how to expand telephone systems from city to city. WBAA, Indiana's oldest surviving radio station, was started in Purdue ECE in 1922.
Purdue Global was created in 2018 by Purdue University's acquisition and rebranding of for-profit Kaplan University. Kaplan Higher Education, a division of Graham Holdings Company(GHC), provides non-academic support services such as recruitment, admissions, human resources, marketing, and technology support. As such, GHC maintains an ongoing ...
Purdue's first Ph.D. in Aeronautical Engineering was awarded to R. L. Duncan in 1950 for his work with Professor Maurice Zucrow on the performance of gas turbines. [4] The school's present name was adopted in 1973. [5] Purdue students have built and restored several aircraft as part of the program.