Student Engagement

The Defense Civilian Training Corps (DCTC) is a new program for students that will build civilian careers in the Department of Defense (DOD) relating to acquisition, digital technologies, critical technologies, science, engineering, and finance and more. DCTC is a scholarship-for-civilian-service award.

The Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) Regional Network - Midwest is a new science and technology ecosystem comprised of universities, large and small businesses, other government agencies, and venture capitalists. The Midwest Network supports the AFRL by cultivating strategic collaborations that drive innovative research, translation and workforce development opportunities that bolster the critical technology needs of the U.S. Air Force (USAF). The Midwest Network encompasses 12 states and is headquartered at Purdue University.

Army ROTC is an elective curriculum you take along with your required college classes. It prepares you with the tools, training and experiences that will help you succeed in any competitive environment. Along with great leadership training, Army ROTC can pay for your college tuition and provide other monetary benefits. The best part of the ROTC program is that it allows you to have a normal college student experience like everyone else on campus, but when you graduate, you will be a Second Lieutenant in the U.S. Army.

Housed in the College of Engineering, PMRI partners with the Army, Navy, Marines, Air Force, Space Force and the Coast Guard to support graduate tuition fellowships for U.S. active-duty officers. Purdue President Chiang vigorously supports this in-resident initiative focusing first on PhD candidates, but also considers highly qualified MS applicants and then matches students with Purdue faculty preferably working on Department of Defense (DOD) and other government-funded research projects.

SCALE is the preeminent U.S. program for semiconductor workforce development in the defense sector. Funded by the Department of Defense (DOD), SCALE is led by Purdue University and managed by NSWC Crane on behalf of OUSD R&E.; SCALE facilitates a different approach to training highly skilled U.S. microelectronics engineers, hardware designers, and manufacturing experts, ensuring U.S. leadership in this important area.

Purdue Global delivers personalized online education tailored to the unique needs of adults who have work or life experience beyond the classroom, enabling them to develop essential academic and professional skills with the support and flexibility they need to achieve their career goals.