Purdue University College of Engineering

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Purdue University
College of Engineering
Material Science and Electrical Engineering Building in 2007
TypePublic engineering school
Established1874
DeanArvind Raman[1]
Academic staff
494 (2023)
Students16,423 (Fall 2023)
Undergraduates11,258 (Fall 2023)
Postgraduates5,165 (Fall 2023)[2]
Location
United States West Lafayette
,
IN
,
USA
AffiliationsPurdue University
Websiteengineering.purdue.edu

The Purdue University College of Engineering is the engineering school and one of eight major academic divisions of Purdue University, a public research university in West Lafayette, Indiana. Established in 2004, its forerunner began in 1874 with programs in Civil and Mechanical Engineering.

The college now offers B.S., M.S., and Ph.D. degrees in more than a dozen disciplines.[3] Purdue's engineering program has also educated 27 of America's astronauts, including Neil Armstrong and Eugene Cernan, who were the first and last astronauts to have walked on the Moon, respectively.[4] Many of Purdue's engineering disciplines are recognized as top-ten programs in the U.S.[5] The college as a whole is currently ranked 4th in the U.S. of all doctorate-granting engineering schools by U.S. News & World Report.[6]

Cassier's Magazine featured the Purdue University in its August 1892 edition. Here is a look at the locomotive testing plant within the Mechanical Laboratory.
  1. ^ "Indian-origin professor named Dean of Purdue's College of Engineering". The Economic Times. 11 February 2023.
  2. ^ "Facts and Figures". College of Engineering - Purdue University.
  3. ^ "History : About Us". College of Engineering - Purdue University.
  4. ^ "Astronauts - Purdue University". www.purdue.edu. Archived from the original on 2016-03-24. Retrieved 2023-02-21.
  5. ^ "Purdue Engineering National Rankings". College of Engineering - Purdue University.
  6. ^ U.S. News & World Report Graduate Engineering Rankings