Purdue University is a public land-grant university in West Lafayette, Indiana. According to its history page, the Indiana General Assembly chose the Lafayette area for the new institution in 1869, accepted a gift from John Purdue and named the school Purdue University. Purdue says it has over 50,000 students in West Lafayette.
Its College of Agriculture covers agricultural, food, life and natural resource sciences across departments including Agronomy, Animal Sciences, Agricultural and Biological Engineering, Agricultural Economics, Entomology, Food Science, and Forestry and Natural Resources, and runs Purdue Extension in Indiana. Research facilities include the 991-acre Agronomy Center for Research and Education, the Indiana Corn and Soybean Innovation Center, the Ag Alumni Seed Phenotyping Facility and the Purdue Agricultural Centers, a network of farms across Indiana. The college’s Office of Industry Partnerships says Purdue has over 470 active industry-sponsored research projects. On 1 November 2024 Purdue announced a Center for Education and Engagement in India to offer dual and joint degrees in areas including agriculture.