Chiang tapped as Executive Vice President at Purdue while continuing as Engineering Dean
#4 Graduate Engineering Program in the U.S.
#3 in online graduate engineering programs.
First U.S. university to have WIEP (Women in Engineering Program.) 1969
8 National Medals of Technology Awarded to Faculty or Alumni (2020)
Ranked #2 Public College for Engineering
First female NAE (National Academy of Engineering) member and 'First Lady of Engineering,' Lillian Gilbreth.
Cradle of Astronauts: 25 Purdue Graduate NASA Astronauts
Neil Armstrong, first to walk on the moon, Alumnus (BS '55, MS '70).
Home of EPICS (Engineering Projects In Community Services) in 35 universities and 100 high schools worldwide.
#1 ABE (Agricultural and Biological Engineering) undergraduate & Graduate programs in the U.S.
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. (PUR-1)
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
Alumna, Beth Moses First Woman on a Commercial Spaceship
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
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Gene Cernan, most recent astronaut on the moon, Alumnus (BS '56, MS '64)
First female NAE (National Academy of Engineering) member and 'First Lady of Engineering,' Lillian Gilbreth.
Neil Armstrong, first to walk on the moon, Alumnus (BS '55, MS '70).
#3 in online graduate engineering programs.
Cradle of Astronauts: 25 Purdue graduates / NASA astronauts.
Home of EPICS (Engineering Projects In Community Services) in 35 universities and 100 high schools worldwide.
#1 undergraduate U.S. program in ABE (Agricultural and Biological Engineering.)
First U.S. university to have WIEP (Women in Engineering Program.)
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 (PUR-1) in Indiana.
Largest academic propulsion lab in the world: Zucrow Labs.