2017-2022 Engineering Highlights
Strategic Goal: Pinnacle of Excellence at Scale
- Become the best in the world at the virtual-physical interface
- Innovate learning for the largest pool of premier engineering talents
- Empower industry
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Learning
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Top 4 graduate Ranking in the U.S. back-to-back (2021, 2022) for the first time
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Largest top 10 undergraduate engineering program in the U.S. since 2021
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Record-high applicant number, selectivity, yield rate, and graduation rate
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ARC: Agile Reform of Curriculum in BME, ECE, EEE, IE, ME
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GRIT+: Global, Research, Industry co-op and Team project learning
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Data Mind: all engineering graduates acquire the mindset of data literacy
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5X growth in Professional Master’s enrollment
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MS/MBA, and MD/PhD and MD/MS dual degrees with business and medical schools
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Elevated PhD stipend and 40% increase in number of PhD fellowships
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Innovation
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Creating knowledge and jobs together: attracting Rolls-Royce, Saab, SEL, Wabash and other companies to Purdue
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About 400 patent applications each year – up 40% in 5 years
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Contributed 75% of startups founded in 2021 at Purdue, which The Wall Street Journal ranked in top 6 in the U.S. in startup creation
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Indy 5G Zone opened in partnership with State of Indiana and private sector
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Ray Ewry Sports Engineering Center established in partnership with Purdue Athletics and International Olympic Committee
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Diversity
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Female Engineering students above 30% and minority students above 10% for first time in Class of 2026
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Minority Engineering graduation rate exceeded College average for first time
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Record percentage of female graduate students
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Trailblazers program for minority graduate students and first-generation student academic boot camp
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Top school for Native Americans in STEM
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Philanthropy
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$1.025B raised in Ever True Campaign that ended in June 2019, exceeding goal by 47%
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First public engineering college to raise more than $1B in a single campaign
Purdue Engineering Initiatives