College of Science
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Students don’t come here to play it safe. They come here to change the world. Take your education in Science beyond the walls of your classroom and seize opportunities in research, study abroad, and summer internships. Join world-class scientists as you study climate change, data science, or infectious diseases. In the College of Science, you can be part of scientific discoveries that make an impact.
From your first year, you’ll take courses in your major and have opportunities to conduct research. In the classroom you will learn to synthesize ideas across disciplines and to apply quantitative problem-solving strategies. You will utilize those skills in a logical and analytical approach to the world. Science degrees are incredibly versatile, and the demand is sizzling in businesses, graduate & professional schools, and around the world. Join us and help us take a giant leap into the future.
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College of Science WebsiteWhat are Purdue Science graduates doing?
57.52% are employed, 31.46% are continuing with their education, 5.21% are seeking employment, 1.80% are seeking education, and 4.01% are engaged in other activities.
Average Salary: $72,154
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Faculty Profile: Phillip Low
So much of science is serendipity. You begin work with one specific goal in mind and then have an accidental finding or unexpected result that takes your work in a new, previously unimagined direction. This kind of science thrives when you have a large collaborative scientific environment, like we have at the Purdue University Center for Cancer Research.
One of the most exciting avenues of cancer treatment that I’ve been pursuing is to develop methods to target drugs specifically to cancer cells and thereby avoid the collateral toxicity that normally occurs to healthy cells. In my lab, we’ve discovered that cancer cells have a much larger appetite than normal cells for the vitamin folic acid. We’ve exploited this avarice for folic acid to deliver chemotherapy selectively to cancer cells by linking the vitamin to a cancer drug that can kill the malignant cell. We then allow the cancer to “eat” the vitamin with its attached poison, using folic acid much like a Trojan horse to fool the cancer cell into internalizing a drug that will kill it.
Right now, there are six drugs that are undergoing human clinical trials for kidney, ovarian, lung and endometrial cancers, resulting either directly or indirectly from research my lab has done here at Purdue.
From: Purdue Center for Cancer Research Stories - OUR STORIES: PHILLIP LOW
Science Majors
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- Accounting
- Actuarial Science
- Aeronautical and Astronautical Engineering
- Aeronautical Engineering Technology
- Aerospace Financial Analysis
- African American Studies
- Agribusiness (multiple concentrations)
- Agricultural Communication
- Agricultural Economics (multiple concentrations)
- Agricultural Education
- Agricultural Engineering (College of Agriculture)
- Agricultural Engineering (College of Engineering)
- Agricultural Systems Management
- Agronomy
- Airline Management and Operations
- Airport Management and Operations
- American Studies
- Animal Sciences (multiple concentrations)
- Animation and Visual Effects
- Anthropology
- Applied Meteorology and Climatology
- Aquatic Sciences
- Art History
- Artificial Intelligence
- Artificial Intelligence (College of Science)
- Asian Studies
- Atmospheric Science/Meteorology
- Audio Engineering Technology
- Automation and Systems Integration Engineering Technology
- Aviation Management
- Biochemistry
- Biochemistry (Chemistry)
- Biological Engineering (College of Agriculture)
- Biological Engineering (College of Engineering)
- Biology
- Biomedical Engineering
- Biomedical Health Sciences
- Brain and Behavioral Sciences
- Building Information Modeling
- Business Analytics and Information Management
- Cell, Molecular, and Developmental Biology
- Chemical Biology and Biochemistry
- Chemical Engineering
- Chemistry
- Chemistry - American Chemical Society
- Chinese Studies
- Civil Engineering
- Classical Studies
- Communication (multiple concentrations)
- Comparative Literature
- Computer and Information Technology
- Computer Engineering
- Computer Engineering Technology
- Computer Infrastructure & Network Engineering Technology
- Computer Science
- Computing Systems Analysis and Design
- Construction Engineering and Management
- Construction Management Technology
- Creative Writing
- Crop Science
- Cybersecurity
- Data Analytics, Technologies and Applications
- Data Science
- Data Visualization
- Design and Construction Integration
- Developmental and Family Science
- Digital Criminology
- Digital Enterprise Systems
- Early Childhood Education and Exceptional Needs
- Ecology, Evolution, and Environmental Sciences
- Economics (Pre) (College of Liberal Arts)
- Economics (Daniels School of Business)
- Electrical Engineering
- Electrical Engineering Technology
- Elementary Education
- Energy Engineering Technology
- Engineering (First Year)
- Engineering / Technology Teacher Education
- English
- English Education
- Environmental and Ecological Engineering
- Environmental & Natural Resources Engineering (College of Agriculture)
- Environmental & Natural Resources Engineering (College of Engineering)
- Environmental Geosciences
- Exploratory Studies (for undecided students)
- Family and Consumer Sciences Education
- Farm Management
- Fermentation Science
- Film and Video
- Finance
- Financial Counseling and Planning
- Flight (Professional Flight Technology)
- Food Science
- Forestry
- French
- Game Development and Design
- General Education: Curriculum and Instruction (non-licensure)
- General Education: Educational Studies (non-licensure)
- Genetics
- Geology and Geophysics
- German
- Global Studies
- Health and Disease
- History
- Horticulture (multiple concentrations)
- Hospitality and Tourism Management
- Human Resource Development
- Human Services
- Inclusion: Dual License in Special Education (K-6) & Elementary Education
- Industrial Design
- Industrial Engineering
- Industrial Engineering Technology
- Insect Biology
- Integrated Business and Engineering
- Integrated Studio Arts, BFA (Portfolio Required)
- Interdisciplinary Engineering Studies
- Interior Architecture
- Interior Design - Professional Program
- Italian Studies
- Japanese
- Jewish Studies
- Kinesiology
- Landscape Architecture (Pre)
- Law and Society (Criminology)
- Linguistics
- Management (General)
- Marketing
- Materials Engineering
- Mathematics
- Mathematics, Applied
- Mathematics - Business
- Mathematics Education
- Mathematics - Statistics
- Mechanical Engineering
- Mechanical Engineering Technology
- Mechatronics Engineering Technology
- Medical Laboratory Sciences
- Microbiology
- Motorsports Engineering
- Multidisciplinary Engineering
- Music
- Natural Resources and Environmental Science (multiple concentrations)
- Neurobiology and Physiology
- Nuclear Engineering
- Nursing
- Nutrition and Dietetics
- Nutrition and Dietetics/Nutrition, Fitness, and Health (double major)
- Nutrition, Fitness, and Health
- Nutrition Science
- Occupational and Environmental Health Sciences
- Organizational Leadership
- Pharmaceutical Sciences
- Philosophy
- Physics
- Physics, Applied
- Planetary Sciences
- Plant Genetics, Breeding, and Biotechnology
- Plant Science
- Plant Studies - Exploratory (Pre)
- Political Science
- Pre-dentistry
- Pre-law
- Pre-medicine
- Pre-occupational Therapy
- Pre-physical Therapy
- Pre-physician Assistant
- Pre-veterinary Medicine
- Professional Writing
- Psychological Sciences
- Public Health
- Purdue Polytechnic Institute Statewide Programs
- Quantitative Business Economics (QBE)
- Radiological Health Sciences
- Religious Studies
- Retail Management
- Robotics Engineering Technology
- Russian
- Sales and Marketing
- Science Education (Biology, Chemistry, Earth/Space, Physics)
- Selling and Sales Management
- Smart Manufacturing Industrial Informatics
- Social Studies Education
- Sociology
- Soil and Water Sciences
- Sound for the Performing Arts (Portfolio Required)
- Spanish
- Special Education: Mild & Intense Intervention 5-12
- Special Education: Mild & Intense Intervention K-6
- Speech, Language, and Hearing Sciences
- Statistics, Applied
- Statistics with Mathematics Option
- Studio Arts and Technology
- Supply Chain and Operations Management
- Supply Chain & Sales Engineering Technology
- Sustainable Food and Farming Systems
- Theatre
- Themed Entertainment Design
- Turf Management and Science
- Unmanned Aerial Systems
- UX Design
- Veterinary Nursing
- Visual Arts Design Education
- Visual Arts Education
- Visual Communication Design (Graphic Design)
- Web Programming and Design
- Wildlife
- Women’s, Gender and Sexuality Studies