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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.
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.
The Purdue Fort Wayne campus is 688 acres (2.78 km 2), encompassing four main campus areas, including 40 buildings which cover 2,668,078 square feet (247,872.6 m 2). [2]
Purdue University Northwest (PNW) is a public university with two campuses in Northwest Indiana; its main campus is in Hammond with a branch campus [2] in Westville.It is part of the Purdue University system and offers more than 70 undergraduate and graduate degree programs to approximately 6,200 students with more than 64,000 alumni.
In July 2006, Action Sports Media announced a ten-year partnership with Purdue, helping finance the installation of a new state-of-the-art 31-by-68-foot (9.4 by 20.7 m) Daktronics video board, priced at $1.7 million, and sideline advertising panel. [4] The new technology was installed in time for the start of the 2007 season. [12]
A single Individual campus with a single physical location of a four-year public university within the United States Enrollment is the sum of the headcount of undergraduate students Enrollment is counted by the 21st-day headcount, as provided to the United States Department of Education under the Common Data Set program.
The Elliott Hall of Music is a theater located on the campus of Purdue University in West Lafayette, Indiana. [1] [2] With a seating capacity of 6,005, it is one of the largest proscenium theaters in the world, and is 45 seats larger than Radio City Music Hall. [3]
Purdue's Indianapolis campus is a 21-acre (8.5 ha) plot that was formerly the northeastern-most portion of the IUPUI campus, bordered by Michigan Street, West Street, and Indiana Avenue in downtown Indianapolis. [3] Purdue also initially leased five academic buildings and part of a dormitory from IUI. [4]