1, Purdue University, usually referred to as Purdue University West lafayette Campus under Purdue University system, was established in 1869, and is a university located in West lafayette, Indiana, USA. Founding member of Top Ten Alliance, member school of association of american universities, public Ivy League. Purdue University has six other member schools. The school consists of ten colleges, mainly in science and engineering and business, without medical college and law school.

2. Purdue University ranks in the top ten in American engineering. Hoover Dam and Golden Gate Bridge were built by Purdue University teachers and students. 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 founded the first computer science department in American universities on 1962, and has been ranked in the top 20 in the United States. 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.