Purdue University Calumet espouses the spirit of the land grant university tradition and is especially dedicated to the service of the people of northwest Indiana within the charter given to Purdue University. Purdue Calumet's primary mission is threefold:

• To provide its students with a liberal education that will prepare them for life and the professions;
• To provide career-oriented curricula that leads to certificates, associate degrees, baccalaureate degrees and master's degrees;
• To provide programs that meet the professional, cultural and general education needs of this urban-industrialized region.

• …is academically comprehensive and accredited,
• …is a regional institution of more than 9,300 students within the internationally respected Purdue University system,
• …is located in Hammond, Ind.-within minutes of downtown Chicago and the shores of Lake Michigan. Classes also are offered at an off-campus Academic Learning Center 20+ miles southeast of campus in Merrillville, Ind.
• … offers associate, baccalaureate and master's degrees in more than 100 major areas of study, including traditional Purdue strengths. Our undergraduate engineering program ranked among the top 50 in U.S. News & World Report's America's Best Colleges 2005 edition. Skill enhancing certificate and post-baccalaureate programs also are available.
• …claims graduates who have earned more than 36,000 world class Purdue degrees.
• …features faculty members who demonstrate nationally and internationally recognized scholarly expertise in numerous fields, including advanced steel manufacturing technologies, water quality, radio frequency effects on human and bacterial gene activities, global media, and family therapy/sexual and substance abuse.

• To further student success by retaining and graduating more students,
• To be preferred for academic program quality in the Purdue tradition,
• To advance northwest Indiana and its economic development through partnerships with business & industry, applied faculty research, and experiential student learning opportunities,

• …features 16 buildings on 167 acres in Hammond, Indiana's attractive Woodmar neighborhood -(one-third mile north of Interstate 80/94, 3 blocks east of Indianapolis Boulevard),
• …is located within 25 miles of downtown Chicago and the Indiana Dunes of Lake Michigan.
• …became a residential university in fall 2005 with the opening of The University Village at Purdue Calumet, a complex of fully-furnished, private bedroom apartments.
• …features a tree trail that includes species of most Indiana trees.

• …9,302 are enrolled during fall 2005-including 943 graduate students.
• …58% are female
• …90% reside in Indiana.
• …31.5% are minority students (We ranked in the top 12 in diversity among Midwestern Universities-Masters institutions in U.S. News & World Report's Best Colleges 2005 edition.).
• …55.5% carry full course loads.
• Nearly 75% are first-generation students (neither parent attended college).

Outreach services, programs and facilities that address personal, cultural and general educational interests include:

• Calumet Conference Center (conference operations, banquets & special events)
• Couples and Family Therapy Center
• Distance Education and Extended Learning Center
• Fitness Center
• Gerontology Center
• Riley Child Center

Additionally, the Challenger Learning Center of Northwest Indiana and the Napolean Hill World Learning Center are housed at the Calumet Conference Center.

The community also is invited to use the campus' library resources in the Student Union & Library, as well as attend the numerous lectures and assemblies, fine arts presentations, athletic contests and other events held on campus.

Outreach services, centers and institutes that Purdue Calumet has initiated or with which it partners to advance northwest Indiana and its economic development include:

• Entrepreneurship Center (for current business owners)
• Water Institute
• Center for Energy Efficiency and Reliability
• Center for Women and Minorities in Construction
• Center for Science and Technology in Education
• Purdue Technology Center of Northwest Indiana
• Hammond Business Incubator

• The Purdue University Calumet Information Center is open weekdays, evenings (Monday-Thursday) and Saturday mornings (September-May). It is located on the concourse of the Student Union & Library. Telephone: 219/989-2400.

• Two 16-week semesters and 12 weeks of summer instruction-including a traditional 8-week session and shorter, more intense terms of study-are offered.
• The fall semester begins in late August and continues through mid-December.
• The spring term goes from mid-January through early May.
• Summer instruction begins in mid-May and continues through early August.