Daily Visits
The Office of Admissions offers four Daily Visits Monday—Friday throughout the year (with a few exceptions) and one on Saturdays during the academic year.
The full Daily Visit (including a 45-minute information session and 90-minute campus walking tour) is offered most days, but Saturday tours and some weekday tours are limited. When selecting a visit date, please read the description for details of the selected session.
Guests may customize a visit using our recommendations below.
Register for a Daily Visit
Use the links below to register for an available program during the respective month. Plan your visit well in advance to ensure we have available space on your desired date.
Daily Visits
Options to Customize Your Purdue Visit
Engineering Information Session (EIS)
For students interested in engineering. If scheduling an EIS, choose an 8:45 a.m. or 1:45 p.m. Admissions Daily Visit time.
Krannert Information Session (KIS)
For students interested in business. If scheduling a KIS, choose an 8:45 a.m. or 1:45 p.m. Admissions Daily Visit time.
Other options
- Attend a class.
- Schedule a meeting with another department on campus, such as student services or academic advising.
- Shadow a current Purdue student.
- Eat in one of Purdue's award-winning dining courts.
- Attend an on-campus athletic event or artistic performance.
- Check out educational pricing on computer equipment at the Information Technology at Purdue (ITaP) shopping facility.
West Lafayette Time Zone
Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana, is on Eastern Time (same time as the East Coast) throughout the year.
Arriving for Your Daily Visit
Daily Visits begin at the Office of Admissions, Room 109 Schleman Hall. Use this map to see the best pedestrian route to Schleman Hall from the recommended parking garages.
Parking and Driving Directions
We recommend you park either in the Grant Street Parking Garage or the Visitor Information Center Parking Garage. You should plan to pay at least $5 for parking at either garage and the Grant Street Garage is more likely to have ample space on weekdays during the school year. On weekends, parking is free in both garages.
- Grant Street Garage, 120 N. Grant St., PGG on campus map. Weekday parking rates are hourly - $3 for first 60 minutes and $1 each hour for 2nd-8th hours; daily max $10. (The scheduled portion of a Daily Visit lasts up to three hours, although many families plan extra activities on their own.) Payment must be made before returning to your vehicle at a machine in the garage lobby (southwest corner of garage across from the Purdue Memorial Union Hotel entrance). The machine accepts only cash. (You do not need to pay or stop at the machine for weekend parking.) Driving directions to the Grant Street Garage.
- Northwestern Avenue Parking Garage (Visitor Information Center), 504 Northwestern Ave., PGNW on the campus map. Enter this garage at the Visitor Information Center (VIC) entrance on Northwestern Avenue and park in one of the short-term spots immediately to your right to buy a parking pass inside VIC. The $5 pass will allow you to park in this garage and other parking facilities on campus on the day of your visit. After buying the pass, you must move your car to an “A" pass designated parking spot. (You do not need to pay or stop at the VIC office for weekend parking.) Driving directions to the Northwestern Avenue Parking Garage.
Be sure to wear comfortable walking shoes and clothing appropriate to Indiana's seasonal weather.
University Residences Virtual Tour
Most Daily Visits include a residence hall tour. (When registering, see Daily Visit session descriptions for details about housing portion of tour.) Also, a virtual tour of student residence halls and dining courts is available online.
