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Type | Public land-grant research university |
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Established | May 6, 1869 |
Founder | John Purdue |
Parent institution | Purdue University System |
Accreditation | HLC |
Academic affiliations | |
Endowment | $4.1 billion (2023) (system-wide)[1] |
Budget | $2.5 billion (2020–21)[2] |
President | Mung Chiang |
Provost | Patrick J. Wolfe |
Academic staff | 2,974 (fall 2023)[3] |
Students | 52,211 (fall 2023)[3] |
Undergraduates | 39,170 (fall 2023)[3] |
Postgraduates | 13,041 (fall 2023)[3] |
Location | , , 40°25′30″N 86°55′23″W / 40.42500°N 86.92306°W |
Campus | Small city[5], 2,660 acres (10.8 km2)[4] |
Newspaper | Purdue Exponent |
Colors | Old gold and black[6] |
Nickname | Boilermakers |
Sporting affiliations | NCAA Division I FBS – Big Ten |
Mascot | |
Website | purdue |
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Purdue University is a public land-grant research university in West Lafayette, Indiana, United States, and the flagship campus of the Purdue University system.[7] The university was founded in 1869 after Lafayette businessman John Purdue donated land and money to establish a college of science, technology, and agriculture;[8] the first classes were held on September 16, 1874.[8]
Purdue University is a member of the Association of American Universities and is classified among "R1: Doctoral Universities – Very high research activity".[9] Purdue enrolls the largest student body of any individual university campus in Indiana, as well as the ninth-largest foreign student population of any university in the United States.[10] The university is home to the oldest computer science program and the first university-owned airport in the United States.
Purdue is the founding member of the Big Ten Conference and sponsors 18 intercollegiate sports teams. It has been affiliated with 13 Nobel laureates, 1 Turing Award laureate, 1 Bharat Ratna recipient,[a] 27 astronauts,[11] 2 World Food Prize laureates, 3 Pulitzer Prize winners, 18 Olympic medalists, 3 National Medal of Technology and Innovation recipients, 2 National Medal of Science recipients, 3 Presidential Medal of Freedom recipients, 7 members of Congress, 3 U.S. governors, and 2 heads of state.[12][13]
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