School profile is as follows:

1. Purdue University West Lafayette (also translated as Purdue University West Lafayette), the flagship branch of Purdue University in the American public university system, was established in West Lafayette, Indiana 1869. The school is a founding member of the Top Ten Alliance and a member school in association of american universities.

2. The school is dominated by science and engineering, business and social sciences, and there are no medical schools and law schools. Purdue University is famous for its engineering. Hoover Dam and Golden Gate Bridge were built by teachers and students of Purdue University. Purdue University has 13 Nobel Prize winners. Deng Jiaxian, the founder of China Two Bombs, Liang, the first generation rocket expert, Chen and Wang Buxuan, the founders of thermal energy engineering, all graduated here.

Purdue University is the first university in the United States with its own airport, and it is also the university that trains the most American astronauts. Armstrong and eugene cernan both graduated here, and more than 65,438+0/3 of NASA missions have Purdue alumni. Purdue University established the first computer science department in American universities in 1962.

In addition, Purdue University's College of Agriculture, College of Pharmacy, College of Veterinary Medicine and College of Technology are among the top ten in the United States. 1862, American President Lincoln signed the Moreel Land-grant College Act proposed by Vermont Senator Justin Smith, and the federal government allocated land to the states according to the number of representatives.

The funds from the sale of these lands will be used to build universities that mainly teach agricultural and mechanical knowledge. 1865, the Indiana government obtained 150,000 USD from John Purdue, a business leader and philanthropist in lafayette, including $50,000 from Ti Picano Yi County and150 mu of land provided by lafayette residents.

6. Purdue University was formally established on this land in the western suburbs of lafayette in 1869. Purdue University officially opened in September, 1874, 16. Purdue University originally had only three buildings, six teachers and 39 students, and was officially awarded its first degree in June. 1875.

7. In the same year, Purdue University enrolled its first female student. 1883, the number of Purdue University students increased to 350. At the beginning of the 20th century, Purdue University began to expand rapidly in terms of academics, teaching and equipment, and gradually became a world-renowned university of science and engineering.