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I'm Gwen Outen with the VOA Special English Education Report.
We continue our series of reports for students who want to come to the United States to attend a college or university. Recently we have talked about some individual schools. This week our subject is Purdue University, in the Midwest. It is known for its engineering and business programs among others.
Purdue University is in West Lafayette, Indiana. It was established in 1869 to teach about agriculture and the mechanical arts. A local business leader named John Purdue gave 150,000 dollars to get started. At first there were six teachers and 39 students.
Today, Purdue University offers more than 500 areas of study. It has many different colleges. In addition to agriculture and engineering, these include business, education, technology and veterinary medicine.
Purdue University has more than 38,000 students at its main campus. This year nearly 5000 of these students are from outside the United States. They are from 127 countries in all. The largest number of foreign students, almost 1000, are from India. Next is China, with more than 700 students. Other nations with more than 100 students at Purdue this year are South Korea, Indonesia, Taiwan, Turkey, Malaysia and Canada.
Almost 3000 foreign students at Purdue this year are in graduate programs. Most are studying engineering, science and business. Graduate students pay about the same as undergradates to attend Purdue. The cost is about 29,000 dollars for one year. That includes classes, housing, food, books and transportation.
This year, the university began offering financial aid to more students, including students from other countries.
The Web site of the international student office at Purdue has information about financial aid and other programs. The address is iss.purdue.edu. Purdue is spelled p-u-r-d-u-e.
This was week number 30 in our Foreign Student Series. Our reports are online at voaspecialenglish.com. To send us e-mail, write to pecial@voanews.com.
This VOA Special English Education Report was written by Nancy Steinbach. I'm Gwen Outen. | 
