Academic notice: Students may be placed on academic notice by the university if their semester GPA or cumulative GPA is below 2.0. Additional details here: Academic notice

For ECE academic standards:

Academic separation: If both of a students’ GPAs fall below a 2.0 while on academic notice, then the student will be academically separated from the university.

Additional details here:

Adding a Course

How to add a course

Advisor/ECE Contacts

ECE graduate office directory

Matt or Lacey: Main contact for PhD students.
Lynn: Main contact for Master’s students.
Elisheba: Main contact for course registration and international student concerns.

Announcements

See the ECE announcements page for job postings, events, funding opportunities, and other information.

Auditing a Course

How to audit a course

Important! The deadline to change the grade mode to audit is the end of the second week of the semester.

Bursar

Contact the Bursar for all questions related to your tuition bill.

Career Resources

CityBus (West Lafayette off-campus transportation)

Co-Rec

All full-time students have access to programs at the France A Cordova Recreational Sports Center (Co-Rec).

Commencement

All Purdue ECE students, including online students, are eligible to participate in commencement: Commencement website

Concentrations

Multiple concentrations are available to ECE students. These concentrations appear on the transcript but not the diploma.

Confirm Your Enrollment

You must confirm your enrollment each term to prevent cancellation of your registration: Instructions for confirming enrollment

Core Courses, ECE

List of ECE core courses

Counseling and Psychological Services (CAPS)

Counseling and Psychological Services (CAPS) offers same-day/next-day services for any student seeking care with no predefined session limits and most services are free. CAPS offers 24/7 access to crisis services by calling their main line at (765) 494-6995.

Course Lists

ECE graduate courses
Purdue Engineering Online graduate courses (for fully online students only)
ECE course lists by semester

CPT – International Students

Curricular practical training (CPT) is a program available for F-1 (international) students:

ECE information on CPT (review this information first)
ISS information on CPT

Dean of Students

Contact the Office of the Dean of Students for academic, personal, or financial concerns, including absences, withdrawal, and grant emergency loans.

Diplomas

Diploma information

Disability Resource Center (DRC)

Contact the Disability Resource Center (DRC) to discuss any accommodations you may need related to a disability. These accommodations may include extended testing time, accessible course content, or use of specific technology.

Division of Financial Aid

Contact the Division of Financial Aid for questions related to financial aid.

Dropping a Course

How to drop a course

Important! If you are dropping your last or only course, you must follow these instructions: If you are dropping all courses

ECE Faculty

List of ECE faculty

Email

Contact Purdue IT for assistance with your Purdue email.

Emergency Contact Hold

See this video for information on resolving the emergency contact hold.

Enrollment Verification

See this webpage for information on how to obtain an enrollment verification certificate.

Final Exam/Defense

For MSECE students: Master’s thesis and final examination information

For PhD students: PhD thesis and final examination

Financial Responsibility Hold

See this information on the financial responsibility hold.

Funding

See this webpage for information on finding GTA or RA funding or hourly positions: Finding funding

Graduation

Candidate survey: ECE students must complete the ECE candidate survey to indicate their intent to graduate. A link to the candidate survey is sent by email each term. Contact Lacey Siefers with questions about the candidate survey.

Commencement: All Purdue ECE students, including online students, are eligible to participate in commencement: Commencement website

GTA and RA positions

See this webpage for information on finding GTA or RA funding or hourly positions: Finding funding

Health Insurance

Health insurance is available through Purdue for:

Domestic students
International students (insurance is mandatory)
Students with a graduate assistantship (GTA or RA)

Health and Wellness

Health and wellness resources, West Lafayette and Indiananpolis

Holds

Holds are placed on student accounts at the start of each term or as needed.

Resolving myPurdue holds
Who to contact regarding a hold: Hold contact list

Transcript holds: The graduate school may place a hold on a student's account if official transcripts or related documents have not been submitted. These holds may look like the following:

deg/trans
official trans/bs diploma
official transcript

See this page for information on how to resolve holds related to transcripts. If you are unsure of which documents are needed, email gradadm@purdue.edu.

Immunizations

Purdue residential students must meet Indiana State requirements for immunizations: State Immunization Requirements.

Online students are exempt from this requirement.

International Student Links

Important links for international students:

Contacting ISS, F-1 students
CPT
OEPT
Online courses, rules for international students
OPT
Reduced course load (RCL)

ISS Contact - International Students

Contacting ISS, F-1 students

IT Help

Contact Purdue IT for assistance with your Purdue email, two-factor authentication, and other IT services.

Legal Services

Student Legal Services offers support for legal issues students are encountering.

Libraries

All Purdue students have full access to the Purdue University Libraries. Many textbooks are available online through the website.

Math Courses for ECE

Allowed math courses for ECE graduate students

MATLAB

All Purdue students have full access to MATLAB through the Purdue MATLAB portal.

Mental Health Resources

Office of the Dean of Students Student Support Services: Contact this office for concerns related to academic, personal, or financial concerns, including absences, withdrawal processes, and grant emergency loans.

OEPT

The Oral English Proficiency Test (OEPT) is a computer-based test used by the OEPP to screen prospective teaching assistants for language proficiency.

Contact Elisheba Van Winkle (vanwinke@purdue.edu) in ECE for registration information.

Online Courses, Rules for International Students

International students must comply with certain guidelines related to the number of online courses that can be taken each term. See the information on this page under Online/Distance Education Courses.

OPT – International Students

Optional practical training (OPT) is a program available for F-1 (international) students: ISS information on OPT (review this information first)

ECE students interested in OPT should contact Elisheba Van Winkle (vanwinke@purdue.edu).

Pass/No Pass Grades

ECE students may take courses with a grade of Pass/No Pass, but these courses cannot be used on an ECE plan of study.

See this video on how to change the grade mode of a course to Pass/No Pass.

Pay Your Tuition Bill

Contact the Bursar for all questions related to your tuition bill.

Plan of Study

All ECE students must submit a plan of study. Residential MS students will submit a plan of study during their first enrolled term. Online MS students will submit plan of study around the time they have completed 9 credit hours.

Plan-of-study instructions for MSECE, MSSWE, and PhD students

Additional plan-of-study information for PhD students

Preliminary Exam (PhD)

Information on the PhD preliminary exam

Purdue ID Card

Purdue ID card information

Purdue Recreation and Wellness

All full-time students have access to programs at the France A Cordova Recreational Sports Center.

PUSH

The Purdue Student Health Services (PUSH) is located on campus and provides healthcare services for Purdue students.

Reduced Course Load– International Students

Graduate students in their final semester needing less than full time registration to complete their degree must request approval for a reduced course load (RCL) using the Reduced Course Load for Academic Reason e-form in MyISS.

Use Elisheba Van Winkle (vanwinke@purdue.edu) as your department contact.

Refunds, Tuition

See this webpage for information on tuition refund policies.

Registrar

See the Purdue Registrar website for information on:

Obtaining enrollment certifications
Updating your directory information
Transcripts

Registration PIN

You will never find your registration PIN in myPurdue. Instead, you will find it here: Get your registration PIN

For Summer registration, you will use the same PIN as for Spring.

Research Areas, ECE

List of ECE research areas

Research Registration

MSECE students in the thesis option will register for ECE 69800; PhD students will register for ECE 69900.

How to register for research

Respecting Boundaries

All students must complete the Respecting Boundaries training course in Brightspace.

Additional information is here: Respecting Boundaries

Shuttle, Indianapolis to West Lafayette

Indianapolis and West Lafayette shuttle services

Student Activities and Organizations

Purdue student organizations

Student of Concern/Incident Report

See this page for information on reporting student concern or misconduct: Report a Concern or Incident

Textbooks

A link to textbook information can be found in myPurdue on the Student Schedule card.