Purdue University-Main Campus Top Questions

Describe your favorite campus traditions.

Alisha

Engineering

Yong-Show

The engineering, school of management and pre-pharmacy department.

Amanda

Our school is very well known for its success in th emath and science areas. It is very highly ranked for engineering. I t also has a really good basketball team.

Samantha

I would definitely say our school is best known for its research and the progress and discoveries made through this research. We have a huge engineering program that is very reputable. Additionally, famous astronauts such as Neil Armstrong attended this school. We also are now taking on a huge environmentally-conscious program to improve the planet.

Kim

Engineering above all, Research, Very well internationally known, has a lot of study-abroad programs, good hospitality management program and management school

Kenneth

It's best known for all of the engineering programs (mostly that we've put more people in space than any other college) and known for the agricultural programs. Yet, the management and HTM programs are respectable as well.

Adam

Being a part of the Big 10, almost everyone recognizes the name of the school. That is one of the things that people indentify the school with

Stephen

Probably a combination of Engineering academically, then football and basketball sporting wise.

Cory

Purdue University has a well known and highly respected reputation for producing some of the country's finest engineers. In addition, Purdue is known as the "Cradle of Astronauts" because more astronauts are Purdue Alum than any other school, with the exception of military schools. My school is excellent in the area of academics, because the professors here push students to reach their maximum potential.

Marianne

School Spirit and Engineering nerds. We have a ton of super smart people that go to this school so we have a great reputation. We also have a ton of insane school spirit :) its fun!