WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. \u2014 Deepening and broadening long-standing collaborations, Purdue University and Google Public Sector on Monday (Jan. 12) announced a strategic partnership designed to advance AI-enabled education, accelerate AI innovation and expand AI workforce development.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Redefining collaboration between higher education and the technology industry, this partnership establishes a new standard for the modern campus\u2019s relationship with the private sector. By empowering the entire Purdue community to integrate AI into multiple facets of the university, this multiyear strategic commitment provides students, faculty and researchers with Google Cloud\u2019s full AI-optimized tech stack and high-performance computing power in a rapidly evolving and broadly impactful field.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cThis partnership with Google is a paradigm shift in academic-industry collaboration. Beyond the basic type of agreements, this alliance offers comprehensive access and opportunities to the Purdue community that are rarely extended to academic institutions and places us in a very select category among top-tier research universities in the age of AI,\u201d said Purdue President Mung Chiang. \u201cPurdue will continue to form industry partnerships and lead across the entire AI tech stack: from applications to data and models, from compute capabilities and semiconductor to power grid and SMR.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The Purdue Board of Trustees\u2019 Finance and Executive committees approved the strategic partnership across several key areas:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cAI is a catalyst for scientific breakthroughs,\u201d said Karen Dahut, CEO of Google Public Sector. \u201cBy providing Purdue with Google Cloud\u2019s AI infrastructure and TPUs, we are empowering researchers to tackle global challenges with unprecedented speed. This collaboration helps ensure researchers, students and educators are using the most advanced AI, while preparing the next generation to lead an AI-driven workforce.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The collaboration magnifies Purdue\u2019s recently unveiled broad strategy of AI@Purdue, which spans five functional areas: Learning with AI, Learning about AI, Researching AI, Using AI and Partnering in AI.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Approved by Purdue\u2019s Board of Trustees<\/a> in its Dec. 12 meeting, the Learning about AI part of AI@Purdue makes Purdue the nation\u2019s first major university to introduce an \u201cAI working competency\u201d graduation requirement for all undergraduate students on the main campus (Indianapolis and West Lafayette).<\/p>\n\n\n\n During the 2025 Google-Purdue AI Summit<\/a> held in November, the partners announced a shared goal of deeper collaboration in AI \u2014 one that combines education and research to prepare the next generation of AI leaders.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cThis extraordinary collaboration establishes a new benchmark for how leading research universities and innovative technology enterprises can advance scientific discovery in concert,\u201d said Dimitrios Peroulis, Purdue\u2019s senior vice president for partnerships and online. \u201cOur students will learn from and work with technologies that represent the forefront of AI development, and they’ll do so within an educational framework that emphasizes both innovation and responsible use.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n The Purdue Board of Trustees\u2019 Executive Committee, which met in public session on Dec. 23, has the authority to act for the full board in periods between regularly scheduled meetings.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Purdue University is a public research university leading with excellence at scale. Ranked among top 10 public universities in the United States, Purdue discovers, disseminates and deploys knowledge with a quality and at a scale second to none. More than 106,000 students study at Purdue across multiple campuses, locations and modalities, including more than 57,000 at our main campus locations in West Lafayette and Indianapolis. Committed to affordability and accessibility, Purdue\u2019s main campus has frozen tuition 14 years in a row. See how Purdue never stops in the persistent pursuit of the next giant leap \u2014 including its integrated, comprehensive Indianapolis urban expansion; the Mitch Daniels School of Business; Purdue Computes; and the One Health initiative \u2014 at https:\/\/www.purdue.edu\/president\/strategic-initiatives<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\nAbout Purdue University<\/h2>\n\n\n\n