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 <span style="font-size: 12px;">Purdue University is a land-grant institution founded by John Purdue in 1869. From its inaguaration, Purdue offers over 200 different majors for undergraduate students and over 70 majors for graduate students. Purdue has been ranked as the 9th best engineering school for undergraduates, and as well as ranked 3rd for largest international student population. &nbsp;</span> ==&nbsp;

== '''Actively supporting the university technology transfer function&nbsp;'''<br/> == == <span style="font-size:small;">'''Purdue's Office of Technology Commercialization specializes in taking university-driven innovations and bringing them to market.&nbsp;'''<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: proxima-nova-condensed-1, proxima-nova-condensed-2, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 18px;">&nbsp;Services provided by this office support the economic development initiatives of Purdue University and benefit the university's academic activities.</span></span> == Purdue’s intellectual property is an asset we strive hard to protect, market and license. We work hand-in-hand with Purdue faculty-, staff- and student-entrepreneurs to provide the resources needed to better understand Purdue&nbsp;[http://otc-prf.org/technology-transfer/commercialization-processes policies]&nbsp;related to intellectual property and the&nbsp;[http://otc-prf.org/technology-transfer/commercialization-processes processes]&nbsp;whereby this intellectual property (patents, copyright, trademarks, and tangible research property) can become an actual product or service. To ensure the long-term success of the innovations, we take the process one step further – at times – and help our inventors form startup companies complete with investor support and qualified management teams.