Computer Infrastructure & Network Engineering Technology

Purdue University in Indianapolis, Purdue University in West Lafayette

Students focus on the overall design of wired and wireless computer networks, and examine those systems’ hardware and software needs.

Coursework includes the study of systems development, IT network architecture, and software and hardware development. Instructors are experienced with bioinformatics, robotics, cybersecurity, homeland security and cyber forensics.

The Purdue Polytechnic Institute is one of 10 academic colleges at Purdue University. The Polytechnic specializes in team-based labs where you’ll test ideas, take things apart and put them back together — only better. You’ll learn side-by-side with professors who have worked in the industry and thrive on combining theory, imagination and real-world application. In this innovative environment, you'll learn by doing - gaining deep technical knowledge and applied skills in your chosen discipline coupled with problem-solving, critical-thinking, communication and leadership skills employers desire.