99 people. Purdue University refers to Purdue University West lafayette, the flagship campus of Purdue University in the American public university system, established in 1869, located in West lafayette, Indiana. The school is a founding member of the Top Ten Alliance and a member school in association of american universities. The school is dominated by science and engineering, business, agriculture, forestry and social sciences, and there are no medical schools and law schools. Purdue University is famous for its engineering. In the ranking of the American School of Journalism and Engineering in 2023, Purdue School of Engineering ranked fourth in the United States, and the Hoover Dam and Golden Gate Bridge were created by Purdue 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 has trained the most American astronauts. Armstrong and eugene cernan both graduated from this university, 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. Purdue University ranked 43rd in the US news rankings in 2023. In terms of ranking of world universities, Purdue University ranked 99th in QS World University in 2024, 86th in Times Higher Education World University in 2024 and 96th in World University of Soft Science in 2023.