What is Purdue University known for?

Answer 1

Here's a few to get started:

• 22 of their alumni have been astronauts, including the first and last people on the moon (Neil Armstrong and Eugene Cernan).
• There is a nuclear reactor and a particle accelerator underground.
• High school English teachers around the country use handouts printed from its Online Writing Lab.
• They invented the sport of cricket spitting.
• Their marching band plays the World's Largest Drum.
• The Purdue Research Foundation funded Amelia Earhart's last flight.
• They have the oldest computer science department in the United States.

Answer 2

The Engineer of 2020 will need to posess strong leadership characteristics, ingenuity, and adaptability as well as technical proficiency. To ensure that our students graduate with the skills and attributes to be competitive in an uncertain and rapidly changing global economy, Purdue's College of Engineering has established the Engineer of 2020 Initiative.

Purdue Engineering was ranked 2nd in the nation in preparing its students for the work force in a Wall Street Journal survey of corporate recruiters released in September 2010. Purdue's engineers stand at the forefront of industry, education and discovery with a goal of impacting the world and those who live in it.

Answer 3

Engineering. For sure.