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| Purdue University in West Lafayette,Indiana,United States |
For undergraduates, over 69 masters and doctoral programs, and
professional degrees in pharmacy and veterinary medicine, the
main campus in West Lafayette offers more than 200 majores.
Purdue also has 18 intercollegiate sports teams and over 900 student
organizations. Purdue is a member of the Big Ten Conference and enrolls
the second largest student body of any Indiana university, as well as
the fourth largest foreign student population of any US university.
Purdue University is a member of the
American Universities Association and is ranked as "R1:
Doctoral Universities – Very High Research Activity." Purdue has
25 American astronauts as alumni and the university has been
associated with 13 Nobel Prizes as from April 2019.
Campuses
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| Purdue University in West Lafayette |
Purdue's campus is situated in West Lafayette's tiny village,
adjacent to the west side of the Wabash River, on
which Lafayette 's larger village lies. State Street, at
the same time as State Road 26, divides the campus' northern and
southern parts. Academic buildings are mostly concentrated on the
eastern and southern parts of campus, with residence halls and
intramural fields to the west, and athletic facilities to the north.
The Greater Lafayette Public Transportation Corporation (CityBus)
operates eight campus loop bus routes where students, faculty , and
staff can ride Purdue Identification free of charge.
South Campus
Purdue 's agricultural, fine arts, life sciences, and
veterinary buildings are located in the area south of State Street. The
Krannert School of Management, Horticulture Gardens, Discovery Park, Lyles Porter Hall and Purdue Airport are also located in this area. The
Krannert School of management for both undergraduate and
graduate degree programs has been ranked nationally and globally.
Krannert and Rawls Hall provide state-of-the-art learning
facilities to most on-campus business classes. Rawls Hall was built in
2006 with the help of Jerry S. Rawls' $10-million gift, the largest in
the history of the management school.
Between the College of Health and Human Sciences and the
School of Medicine, Lyles Porter Hall houses interdisciplinary
health care services and classroom rooms. Collectively, in this
state-of-the-art interdisciplinary healthcare facility, students and clinical
faculty in nursing, health and kinesiology,
nutritional sciences, psychological sciences, and speech ,
language, and hearing sciences see approximately 3,000 patients a year.
West Campus
The western portion of the campus consists of lodging, dining and
recreation facilities for students. Students can play club and intramural
sports at the Córdova Recreational Sports Centre, the
Morgan J. Burke Aquatic Center (named former
Purdue Men's Swimming & Diving Captain and longtime
Vice President & Athletics Director), and intramural playgrounds in
this area. Built in 1957, the Córdova Recreational Sports Center is the
first nation-wide building created solely to serve recreational needs of
university students. It was initially named the "Co-recreational Gymnasium" as a substitute for the traditionally different women's and men's
gymnasia.