Founded in 1869, Purdue University is a public land-grant research university in West Lafayette, Indiana, and the flagship campus of the Purdue University system.
The main campus in West Lafayette offers undergraduate, masters and doctoral programs, as well as professional degrees in pharmacy, veterinary medicine, and doctor of nursing practice. Purdue is the founding member of the Big Ten Conference and enrolls the second largest student body of any university in Indiana, as well as the fourth largest foreign student population of any university in the United States.