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2015-2016 University Catalog 
    
2015-2016 University Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

College of Engineering


College of Engineering

Overview

Highly Ranked

U.S. News and World Report ranked both our graduate and undergraduate programs in the Top 15 nationwide. Purdue’s College of Engineering is among the largest in the United States and includes 13 academic programs all with high rankings. And we’re accelerating the speed at which we progress. Together, we’re bringing our college from excellence to preeminence.

Aggressive Growth

Purdue’s College of Engineering is embarking on a period of remarkable growth. With the support of the Provost and Board of Trustees, we expect to increase the size of the CoE faculty by as much as 30% and the CoE staff by 28% over the next five years. Growth on this scale is an opportunity for Transformational change. More information can be found on our Strategic Growth Initiative page.

Interdisciplinary, Global, and Diverse

Our growth, fueled by our alumni and friends, is giving us the tools and room to develop more revolutionary technologies that are already changing the world around us. We are cutting across the established boundaries of Purdue’s engineering and related disciplines. In doing so, we’re incorporating all perspectives. We’re taking advantage of our own diverse makeup, and we’re approaching issues from a world point of view. We’re equipping our students with the capacity to perform in a fast-changing and increasingly global economy.

To find out more about Purdue Engineering, check out the rest of this Web site. You can also contact us, or please come for a visit to see what Purdue and you can do together.

Engineering Degrees

Aeronautical & Astronautical Engineering   Electrical Engineering  
Agricultural Engineering   Environmental & Ecological Engineering   
Biological Engineering    Industrial Engineering  
Biomedical Engineering   Interdisciplinary Engineering  (BS only)
Civil Engineering   Materials Engineering  
Chemical Engineering   Mechanical Engineering  
Computer Engineering    Multidisciplinary Engineering  
Construction Engineering & Management    Nuclear Engineering  

 

Admissions

http://www.admissions.purdue.edu/majors/colleges.php?ClgCd=ENGR

Advising

First-Year Engineering at Purdue

The First-Year Engineering (FYE) Program of the School of Engineering Education is the entry point for all beginning engineering students. The mission of this student-oriented program is to advise, prepare, and retain outstanding students for degree programs in Purdue’s College of Engineering.

Advising Information

  1. Talk to an FYE Advisor
  2. FYE Requirements
  3. Registration portal (mypurdue.purdue.edu), including MyPurduePlan
  4. Transition to Major (T2M) process
  5. Think Summer

Requirements for First-Year Engineering

The requirements listed here are applicable for students with a “catalog term” of 201510 or higher (typically students who first entered Purdue in the Fall 2014 term or later).  To complete FYE and be eligible for consideration for entry into an Engineering degree program, a student must complete the following courses:

Minimum Grades: Earned grades must be C- or better for any course used to meet the requirements above, if the grade posts to the Purdue transcript.

Grade Average: To complete FYE, the student’s cumulative GPA must be of 2.00 or greater, and an Engineering Admissions Index (EAI) must be 2.00 or greater. Calculation of the EAI is equivalent to the calculation of GPA for courses used to meet all FYE requirements 1-9 above. If a student meets a requirement in more than one way, only one will be used to calculate the EAI. The FYE Curriculum Committee will be responsible for keeping an updated, clear, and universal set of rules for determining which course is used in EAI for these situations. These rules are available to students in the FYE Advising office.

Total Number of Credits: Students must earn a total of at least 30 credits.

Contact Information

Office of the Dean of Engineering

Purdue University
Neil Armstrong Hall of Engineering, Suite 3000
701 West Stadium Ave.
West Lafayette, IN 47907-2045
E-mail: dean.of.engineering@purdue.edu
Phone: +1 (765) 494-5345
FAX: +1 (765) 494-9321
For additional faculty and staff contact information, consult our directory.

School of Aeronautics and Astronautics

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Programs

Baccalaureate

Department of Agricultural and Biological Engineering

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Weldon School of Biomedical Engineering

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Programs

Baccalaureate

School of Chemical Engineering

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Programs

Baccalaureate

Lyles School of Civil Engineering

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Programs

Baccalaureate

Minor

Division of Construction Engineering and Management

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Programs

Baccalaureate

School of Electrical and Computer Engineering

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Programs

Baccalaureate

Minor

School of Engineering Education

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Programs

Baccalaureate

Minor

Division of Environmental and Ecological Engineering

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Programs

Baccalaureate

Minor

School of Industrial Engineering

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Programs

Baccalaureate

School of Materials Engineering

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Programs

Baccalaureate

Minor

School of Mechanical Engineering

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Programs

Baccalaureate

Minor

School of Nuclear Engineering

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Programs

Baccalaureate