Purdue University
public research university in West Lafayette, Indiana, United States
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Purdue University is a public research university[1]. It ranks in the top 4% of public research university entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (9,690 views/month).[2]
Key Facts
- Member of: ORCID, Inc.[3], Digital Library Federation[4], Association of Research Libraries[5], MetaArchive Cooperative[6], Orbital Reef University Advisory Council[7], ArXiv[8], Association of American Universities[9], American Council on Education[10], Confederation of Open Access Repositories[11], Open Education Network[12], Higher Education Leadership Initiative for Open Scholarship[13], Coalition for Networked Information[14], Association of Public and Land-grant Universities[15], Center for Research Libraries[16]
- Located in the administrative territorial entity: West Lafayette[17]
- Country: United States[18]
- Instance of: land-grant university[19], public educational institution of the United States[20]
- Founder: John Purdue[21]
- Postal code: 47907-2040[22]
- Child organization or unit: Herbert C. Brown Center for Borane Research, Purdue University[23], Graduate School, Purdue University[24], Hardwood Tree Improvement and Regeneration Center, Purdue University[25], Indiana Space Grant Consortium[26], Illinois-Indiana Sea Grant[27], Indiana University – Purdue University Indianapolis[28]
- Commons category: Purdue University[29]
- Inception: 1869[30]
- Coordinate location: 40.425, -86.92305555555555[31]
- Parent organization or unit: Purdue University system[32]
- Significant event: mixed-sex education[33]
- Official website: https://purdue.edu[34]
- Topic's main category: Category:Purdue University[35]
- Employees: 11,369[36]
- Described by source: The Encyclopedia Americana[37]
- Ranking: 72[38], 70[39], 77[40], 63[41], 61[42], 60[43], 57[44], 56[45], 69[46], 65[47], 80[48], 71[49], 75[50], 73[51]
Why It Matters
Purdue University has Wikipedia articles in 27 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[52] It is known by 51 alternative names across languages and contexts.[53]