ECE Informational Open House for Prospective PhD Students

Wednesday, March 26, 2025, starting at 9 AM Eastern Time

Thank you for your interest in our ECE informational open house. We hope you plan to join us.

If you have any questions or concerns, please feel free to call the ECE Graduate Office at 765-494-3374 or email Lacey Siefers at lsiefers@purdue.edu.  

Registration Form - Deadline is March 25
Open House Schedule
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Open House Schedule

All the sessions below will be held via Zoom. Click the session titles to join.

Wednesday, March 26

9:00 - 9:45 AM ET

General information session for students

This session will be hosted by Vijay Gupta, Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering and Associate Head of Graduate and Professional Programs. Topics include:

  • An introduction to Purdue ECE
  • PhD program overview
  • Research and funding

10:00 - 10:30 AM ET

Area Q & A Session – Computer Engineering (CE)

This session will be hosted by faculty from the computer engineering area.

10:00 - 10:30 AM ET

Area Q & A Session – Fields and Optics (FO)

This session will be hosted by faculty from the fields and optics area.

10:00 - 10:30 AM ET

Area Q & A Session – Power and Energy Systems (PE)

This session will be hosted by faculty from the power and energy systems area.

10:45 - 11:15 AM ET

Area Q & A Session – VLSI and Circuit Design (VC)

This session will be hosted by faculty from the VLSI and circuit design area.

10:45 - 11:15 AM ET

Area Q & A Session – Microelectronics and Nanotechnology (MN)

This session will be hosted by faculty from the microelectronics and nanotechnology area.

10:45 - 11:15 AM ET

Area Q & A Session – Automatic Control (AC)

This session will be hosted by faculty from the automatic control area.

10:45 - 11:15 AM ET

Area Q & A Session – Communications, Networking, and Signal & Image Processing (CNSIP)

This session will be hosted by faculty from the communications and signal processing area.

11:30 AM - 12:00 PM ET

Student Panel with Current ECE Graduate Students

This session is hosted by ECE graduate student and will provide you an opportunity to ask questions of current ECE graduate students. No faculty or staff will be present, so bring all your questions, big or small!

Next Steps

  • Accept your offer of admission as by following the steps in your offer letter.
    • Funded students must accept admission and return the Offer Reply Form by April 15.
    • Unfunded students should accept admission no later than June 15.
  • If you are an international student, look for an email to your Purdue email account from Purdue ISS about starting NOI process.
  • In May, look for an email with instructions on how to access our required online orientation.
  • Complete the orientation and register for classes.
  • Plan to attend our in-person orientation on campus, starting Monday, August 18, 2025 at 8:30 AM Eastern Time.

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Please contact us if you have questions or concerns:

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