Life At Purdue

Experience the Boilermaker Community

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Housing and Dining

Living on campus is an immersive experience that enhances all Purdue has to offer.  

West Lafayette 

  • First-year students can choose between a variety of housing options.
  • Five dining courts and an array of restaurant options ensure that great food is never far away. 

Indianapolis 

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Student Clubs and Organizations

Discover that great minds don’t just think alike. They also get together to appreciate art, celebrate hip-hop, build robots, keep bees — and explore 1,000-plus other interests.

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Recreation and Wellness

Explore all the ways you can feel your best, from signing up for a fitness class to cooking with nutrition experts.

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Student Support Services

Find the resources and support systems to help you navigate your years here and face any challenge, big or small.

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Fraternities, Sororities and Cooperatives

Form lifelong friendships, network with people from all over the world and build leadership skills in one of our over 90 fraternities, sororities and cooperative organizations.

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Arts and Entertainment

See unforgettable musical and theatrical shows — or perform in one yourself — and visit the special exhibits at Purdue Galleries.

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Here’s What’s Happening Now

No. 12 among U.S. public universities. 🏅 Purdue rose one spot among the nation’s leading public institutions in the 2027 @timeshighered World University Rankings. We’re also the only university in Indiana in the global top 100. 🌎 See what’s driving Purdue’s persistent pursuit of excellence: 🔗 in bio. 👆
Few mysteries have captured the world’s imagination quite like Amelia Earhart’s disappearance. Nearly 90 years later, the search for her lost aircraft continues to bring people together. 🌏 We invite you to follow the expedition as it unfolds. Every great journey starts with a strong team. Go to the 🔗 in our bio to see our incredible sponsors and partners.
We asked Purdue students in Indianapolis why they think you should visit Indy ... here's what they had to say. 👀🎤⭐ Schedule your visit to Purdue Indy today at the 🔗 in bio.
After five days at sea, the Taraia Object expedition team is getting to work on Nikumaroro. The crew cleared a path to the lagoon in just two hours, with at least four coconut crabs encountered along the way. No crabs posed a threat to the operation. 🦀 Now, the team is setting up operations to investigate a visual anomaly that could be the remains of Amelia Earhart’s missing aircraft. Read the latest expedition update at @lifeatpurdue's 🔗 in bio.
Our Taraia Object expedition crew has safely landed on Nikumaroro! 🌴 Now the work of investigating one of aviation’s enduring mysteries begins. You might be wondering: Why Nikumaroro? 👇 The Nikumaroro hypothesis proposes that Amelia Earhart and navigator Fred Noonan may have reached this remote South Pacific island, landing there and becoming castaways after failing to locate Howland Island in 1937. 📡 Radio direction-finding evidence recorded by the U.S. Navy, U.S. Coast Guard and Pan American World Airways has been cited as converging on Nikumaroro. 🥾 Human bones discovered there in 1940 and artifacts from the 1930s, including a woman’s shoe, compact case, freckle cream jar and medicine vial, have kept the hypothesis alive. ✈️ Then there’s the Taraia Object: an unexplained feature in the island’s lagoon, first identified in satellite imagery in 2020 and believed to have remained in the same location since 1938. Could it be connected to Earhart’s Lockheed Electra? 🪏 Over the next several days, researchers will prepare to investigate the object using sonar, magnetometer surveys and other archaeological methods to examine its depth, orientation and composition. At Purdue, we believe science means asking difficult questions, following the evidence and having the courage to find out where it leads. This expedition is that belief in action. Every great journey starts with a strong team. Go to the 🔗 in our bio to see our incredible sponsors and partners.
Four days to go. 👀 Take a peek at some of the exclusive Purdue merchandise coming to the Boilermaker Fashion Showcase. Your next favorite Purdue fit might be waiting for you. Find us in Ross-Ade Stadium on the south end zone patio this Friday starting at 5 p.m. The showcase is open to everyone from 5-6 p.m., then continues for game ticket holders through the end of the third quarter of the @boilerfootball vs. Washington game. Vendors featured here: @habitscollegiate @section_103 @theshopindy @caitiegbags @left.grain @poshplay_co @vianne.clothing @purdue.nil.store @swanniesgolf @briannacannonofficial
No. 12 among U.S. public universities. 🏅 Purdue rose one spot among the nation’s leading public institutions in the 2027 @timeshighered World University Rankings. We’re also the only university in Indiana in the global top 100. 🌎 See what’s driving Purdue’s persistent pursuit of excellence: 🔗 in bio. 👆
Few mysteries have captured the world’s imagination quite like Amelia Earhart’s disappearance. Nearly 90 years later, the search for her lost aircraft continues to bring people together. 🌏 We invite you to follow the expedition as it unfolds. Every great journey starts with a strong team. Go to the 🔗 in our bio to see our incredible sponsors and partners.
We asked Purdue students in Indianapolis why they think you should visit Indy ... here's what they had to say. 👀🎤⭐ Schedule your visit to Purdue Indy today at the 🔗 in bio.
After five days at sea, the Taraia Object expedition team is getting to work on Nikumaroro. The crew cleared a path to the lagoon in just two hours, with at least four coconut crabs encountered along the way. No crabs posed a threat to the operation. 🦀 Now, the team is setting up operations to investigate a visual anomaly that could be the remains of Amelia Earhart’s missing aircraft. Read the latest expedition update at @lifeatpurdue's 🔗 in bio.
Our Taraia Object expedition crew has safely landed on Nikumaroro! 🌴 Now the work of investigating one of aviation’s enduring mysteries begins. You might be wondering: Why Nikumaroro? 👇 The Nikumaroro hypothesis proposes that Amelia Earhart and navigator Fred Noonan may have reached this remote South Pacific island, landing there and becoming castaways after failing to locate Howland Island in 1937. 📡 Radio direction-finding evidence recorded by the U.S. Navy, U.S. Coast Guard and Pan American World Airways has been cited as converging on Nikumaroro. 🥾 Human bones discovered there in 1940 and artifacts from the 1930s, including a woman’s shoe, compact case, freckle cream jar and medicine vial, have kept the hypothesis alive. ✈️ Then there’s the Taraia Object: an unexplained feature in the island’s lagoon, first identified in satellite imagery in 2020 and believed to have remained in the same location since 1938. Could it be connected to Earhart’s Lockheed Electra? 🪏 Over the next several days, researchers will prepare to investigate the object using sonar, magnetometer surveys and other archaeological methods to examine its depth, orientation and composition. At Purdue, we believe science means asking difficult questions, following the evidence and having the courage to find out where it leads. This expedition is that belief in action. Every great journey starts with a strong team. Go to the 🔗 in our bio to see our incredible sponsors and partners.
Four days to go. 👀 Take a peek at some of the exclusive Purdue merchandise coming to the Boilermaker Fashion Showcase. Your next favorite Purdue fit might be waiting for you. Find us in Ross-Ade Stadium on the south end zone patio this Friday starting at 5 p.m. The showcase is open to everyone from 5-6 p.m., then continues for game ticket holders through the end of the third quarter of the @boilerfootball vs. Washington game. Vendors featured here: @habitscollegiate @section_103 @theshopindy @caitiegbags @left.grain @poshplay_co @vianne.clothing @purdue.nil.store @swanniesgolf @briannacannonofficial
No. 12 among U.S. public universities. 🏅 Purdue rose one spot among the nation’s leading public institutions in the 2027 @timeshighered World University Rankings. We’re also the only university in Indiana in the global top 100. 🌎 See what’s driving Purdue’s persistent pursuit of excellence: 🔗 in bio. 👆
After five days at sea, the Taraia Object expedition team is getting to work on Nikumaroro. The crew cleared a path to the lagoon in just two hours, with at least four coconut crabs encountered along the way. No crabs posed a threat to the operation. 🦀 Now, the team is setting up operations to investigate a visual anomaly that could be the remains of Amelia Earhart’s missing aircraft. Read the latest expedition update at @lifeatpurdue's 🔗 in bio.