China people are no strangers to Purdue University, which is the American alma mater of China's "two bombs and one satellite" Deng Jiaxian. Sun Liren, a famous anti-Japanese, also studied at Purdue University and obtained a bachelor's degree. On 200 1, 10, Tsinghua University hired Professor Sylvie, an academician of the American Academy of Engineering and the Department of Industrial Engineering of Purdue University, as the first director of the Department of Industrial Engineering in Tsinghua, setting a precedent for Ren Qinghua, a first-class foreign scholar.

Purdue University has trained the largest number of astronauts in American universities, including Armstrong, the first man to land on the moon, and 22 astronauts, including the last man to leave the moon.

Chesley B. Sullenberger III, a heroic pilot who successfully forced the damaged United Airlines plane to land on a glacier near new york in June 5438+ 10, 2009, saved 155 lives, and graduated from Purdue University majoring in industrial psychology.

◆ School of Engineering

Including the following nine colleges: aerospace engineering, biomedical engineering, chemical engineering, civil engineering, electrical and computer engineering, industrial engineering, material engineering, mechanical engineering and nuclear engineering. Including the following departments: agriculture and bioengineering department, engineering education department and engineering professional education department. Including a branch: construction engineering and management.

◆ College of Science

Including the following seven departments: biological science, chemistry, computer science, earth and atmospheric science, mathematics, physics and statistics. It is the first academic unit of computer science in the United States established in 1962.

◆ Agricultural College.

Including the following eleven departments: agriculture and bioengineering, agricultural economics, agronomy, zoology, biochemistry, plants and plant pathology, entomology, food science, forests and natural resources, horticulture and landscape, and agricultural primary education.

◆ Ke Lannert School of Management.

American News and World Report named it the 12 business school in the United States. Businessweek named it the eighth largest public university in the United States. Hotel and Tourism Management is under the Department of Catering and Tourism Management. Tourism education ranks first in America. The MBA program was once rated as the first place for local enterprises to recruit talents by the Wall Street Journal.

◆ College of Literature.

Including the following ten departments: English, foreign languages and literature, sports health and leisure, history, philosophy, politics, psychology, sociology and anthropology, visual arts, speech, language and auditory science, and communication.

◆ College of Consumer and Family Sciences.

Including the following four departments: child development and family science, consumer science, food and nutrition, catering and tourism management.

◆ College of Education

Including the following two departments: currency and teaching and educational research.

◆ College of Pharmacy, Nursing and Health Sciences.

Including the following three schools: pharmacy, nursing and health science. The doctoral program in pharmacy was rated as the fourth largest undergraduate program in the United States by US News and World Report.

◆ Technical College

Including the following eight departments: aviation technology, architecture and building management, computer drawing technology, computer and information technology, electrical and computer engineering technology, industrial technology, mechanical engineering technology, and organization, leadership and supervision.

◆ Veterinary College

It includes the following three departments: veterinary pathology, veterinary clinic and basic medicine.

Honor and discipline ranking:

American news and world report review;

American employers rank fifth.

The National Institute of Technology ranks sixth.

The department of agriculture and bioengineering ranks second in the national research institute.

The National Institute of Aerospace Engineering ranked fourth.

The National Institute of Industrial Engineering ranked fifth.

The National Institute of Nuclear Engineering ranked fifth.

The National Institute of Civil Engineering ranked eighth.

The School of Mechanical Engineering ranked eighth.

The American Institute of Electrical and Computer Engineering ranked 10th.

Industrial/manufacturing projects rank second in the United States.

Purdue University is also called "the cradle of astronauts". Among its graduates, Purdue University has 22 astronauts, including the first and last astronauts who landed on the moon.