2021: Year in Review
#2 Engineering Program Among U.S. Public Institutions
Ranked #2 Public College for Engineering
8 National Medals of Technology Awarded to Faculty or Alumni (2020)
First female NAE (National Academy of Engineering) member and 'First Lady of Engineering,' Lillian Gilbreth.
Home of EPICS (Engineering Projects In Community Services) in 35 universities and 100 high schools worldwide.
First U.S. university to have WIEP (Women in Engineering Program.) 1969
Cradle of Astronauts: 25 Purdue Graduate NASA Astronauts
#1 ABE (Agricultural and Biological Engineering) undergraduate & Graduate programs in the U.S.
#3 in online graduate engineering programs.
Neil Armstrong, first to walk on the moon, Alumnus (BS '55, MS '70).
First department (now school) dedicated to Engineering Education (2004)
First department of First-Year Engineering (1953)
First high-voltage research lab in the U.S.
First-of-its-kind partnership in the U.S.: Rolls-Royce University of Technology Center.
32 past and present NAE (National Academy of Engineers) members.
second nationwide in producing undergraduate female engineers. ASEE by the Numbers (2019)
Amelia Earhart, Career Counselor, Advisor to the Department of Aeronautics.
Birthplace of the NSBE (National Society of Black Engineers.)
Golden Gate Bridge Designer, Professor Charles Ellis.
Home of nanoHUB, a pioneering computing environment for nanotechnology.
First fully digitized nuclear reactor in the U.S.
Largest academic propulsion lab in the world: Zucrow Labs.
Gene Cernan, most recent astronaut on the moon, Alumnus (BS '56, MS '64)
100,000+ Alumni Living Worldwide
First Non-Medical Public College to raise $1b+ in a Single Campaign
#4 Engineering College Number of Hispanic Faculty. ASEE (2019)
Future Home of the fastest hypersonic wind tunnel in the U.S.
Largest student-run job fair. 400+ companies & 12,000+ students in the U.S. (Industrial Roundtable)
Largest top 10 Engineering Undergraduate program in the U.S. U.S. News & World Report (2021)
82% more female undergrads in the last 10 years
750+ patents awarded
Most Startups among U.S. public engineering colleges
12 Federally Funded $10M+ Research Centers
#4 Graduate Engineering Program in the U.S.
4th in preparing for the workforce among U.S. universities
8th Best College town in America
8th safest college in America
#8 Public university in the U.S.
Top school for Native Americans in STEM
Home of the First broadly successful cloud-computing environment for research across multiple disciplines (NanoHUB)
Instrumental in launching first-of-its-kind public-private hub to accelerate 5G innovation across multiple disciplines
#9 Engineering Program in the U.S.
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Alumna, Beth Moses First Woman on a Commercial Spaceship
Neil Armstrong, first to walk on the moon, Alumnus (BS '55, MS '70).
Cradle of Astronauts: 25 Purdue graduates / NASA astronauts.
First U.S. university to have WIEP (Women in Engineering Program.)
#1 undergraduate U.S. program in ABE (Agricultural and Biological Engineering.)
#3 in online graduate engineering programs.
Home of EPICS (Engineering Projects In Community Services) in 35 universities and 100 high schools worldwide.
Dr. Lillian Gilbreth Pioneered the Discipline Industrial Engineering (1930s)
First department (now school) dedicated to Engineering Education (2004).
First department of First-Year Engineering (1953).
First high-voltage research laboratory in the U.S.
First-of-its-kind partnership in the U.S.: Rolls-Royce University Technology Center with AAE (Aeronautics and Astronautics Engineering).
Fourth nationwide in producing undergraduate female engineers.
Amelia Earhart, Career Counselor, Advisor to Department of Aeronautics.
Birthplace of the NSBE (National Society of Black Engineers.)
Golden Gate bridge designer, Professor Charles Ellis.
Home of nanoHUB, a pioneering computing environment for nanotechnology.
First and only fully digitized nuclear reactor in Indiana.
Largest academic propulsion lab in the world: Zucrow Labs.
Gene Cernan, most recent astronaut on the moon, Alumnus (BS '56, MS '64)
Top school for Native Americans in STEM
Home of the first broadly successful cloud-computing environment for research across multiple disciplines (NanoHUB)
Instrumental in launching first-of-its-kind public-private hub to accelerate 5G Innovation across multiple Disciplines (launched in 2019)