Educational access is the founding premise for Purdue University. Established in 1869 under the Morrill Act of 1862, the University is a land-grant, state-assisted institution with its main campus in West Lafayette, Indiana. Named for its benefactor John Purdue, the University has gained a global reputation for quality, affordable education and as one of the nation's leading research institutions. Consistently ranked among the elite nationally and world-wide in programs such as science, agriculture, engineering, and business, Purdue's educational repertoire now includes more than 200 undergraduate majors and specializations and 80 graduate programs while serving nearly 74,000 students system-wide. Purdue’s main campus is comprised of 13 schools and colleges -- Agriculture, Education, Engineering, Exploratory Studies, Health and Human Sciences, Liberal Arts, Management, Pharmacy, Science, Technology, and Veterinary Medicine, Honors College as well as a Graduate School that oversees all graduate programs. A dynamic and affordable Purdue education is preparing tomorrow’s leaders for a changing world.

　　教育机会是普渡大学的创立理念。普渡大学成立于1869年，根据1862年莫里尔法案成立，是一所土地赠与、州资助的机构，主校区位于印第安纳州西拉斐特。大学以其捐助者约翰·普渡命名，因其优质、负担得起的教育以及作为全国领先的研究机构之一而享有全球声誉。普渡大学在科学、农业、工程和商业等项目中始终位列国内外顶尖水平，目前教育项目涵盖200多个本科专业和专业方向，以及80个研究生项目，服务近74,000名学生。普渡主校区由13个学院和学院组成——农业、教育、工程、探索研究、健康与人文科学、文理、管理、药学、科学、技术和兽医学，荣誉学院以及负责所有研究生项目的研究生院。充满活力且负担得起的普渡教育正在为未来的领导者准备迎接变化的世界。