Special Populations Next Steps
As an admitted student in one of our special populations, below are your next steps to accept your offer and enroll at Purdue. Click on each step for more details.
Re-entry Students
(Returning students who are in good standing)
Visit the account activation website.
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You must reactivate your career account to access your myPurdue portal, through which you will conduct much of your future business with the university including course registration, fee payment, financial aid award review and acceptance, and more. Career account activation also creates your @purdue.edu email address. You may be prompted to setup a Purdue Login (two-factor authentication). For more information about Purdue Login, please visit the FAQ page.
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When you log in to your email for the first time, you'll be prompted to set up Microsoft's Multi-Factor Authentication, a tool Purdue uses to protect users by requiring a second form of authentication, in addition to a password, when signing into Office 365 applications. Options for authentication include using text messages, an audio phone call, or the Microsoft Authenticator app. When you set up the authentication method, be sure to sign up with a device you plan to use on campus. If you need to change your device or want to learn more, review the FAQ's.
- To activate your career account, you will need your Purdue University ID (PUID) number and your career account setup password, both of which are provided in your admission offer letter.
Accept your admission offer via myPurdue. No deposit will be required, but you must accept your offer before you will be able to register for classes.
A student visa is required for most international students who study in the United States. After accepting your admission offer, the Office of International Students and Scholars (ISS) will provide more information about the process to receive your visa eligibility documents (i.e. I-20 or DS 2019). ISS will send the visa process instructions to your @purdue.edu email account 3-5 days after you accept your admission offer.
File a Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) as soon as possible. We strongly recommend that you use the FAFSA's data retrieval tool to transfer your IRS tax information directly into your FAFSA.
University Residences provide on-campus housing options for students in West Lafayette and Indianapolis. Additionally, Purdue students have a variety of housing options available both on- and off-campus.
Contact your academic advising office to make plans for class registration. Visit the Office of the Registrar website for the class registration schedule.
Fee statements will be sent to your @purdue.edu email address and accessible through myPurdue. No paper fee statements will be mailed.
Readmission Students
(Returning students who were previously academically separated from Purdue)
Visit the account activation website.
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You must reactivate your career account to access your myPurdue portal, through which you will conduct much of your future business with the university including course registration, fee payment, financial aid award review and acceptance, and more. Career account activation also creates your @purdue.edu email address. You may be prompted to setup a Purdue Login (two-factor authentication). For more information about Purdue Login, please visit the FAQ page.
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When you log in to your email for the first time, you'll be prompted to set up Microsoft's Multi-Factor Authentication, a tool Purdue uses to protect users by requiring a second form of authentication, in addition to a password, when signing into Office 365 applications. Options for authentication include using text messages, an audio phone call, or the Microsoft Authenticator app. When you set up the authentication method, be sure to sign up with a device you plan to use on campus. If you need to change your device or want to learn more, review the FAQ's.
- To activate your career account, you will need your Purdue University ID (PUID) number and your career account setup password, both of which are provided in your admission offer letter.
Accept your admission offer via myPurdue. No deposit will be required, but you must accept your offer before you will be able to register for classes.
File a Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) as soon as possible. We strongly recommend that you use the FAFSA's data retrieval tool to transfer your IRS tax information directly into your FAFSA.
University Residences provide on-campus housing options for students in West Lafayette and Indianapolis. Additionally, Purdue students have a variety of housing options available both on- and off-campus.
Contact your academic advising office to make plans for class registration. Visit the Office of the Registrar website for the class registration schedule. Students reentering after more than five years may be eligible for academic renewal. If you qualify, you may discuss this option with your academic advisor.
Fee statements will be sent to your @purdue.edu email address and accessible through myPurdue. No paper fee statements will be mailed.
Students who enroll after being readmitted may not register for more than 15 credit hours (9 credit hours for summer) for their first academic term back at Purdue. In addition, readmitted students must earn a 2.0 GPA or higher for each term until their cumulative Purdue GPA is above 2.0. For subsequent terms, reentry students should consult with their academic advisor or refer to Purdue’s Academic Notice and Deficiency policies for information about student academic requirements.
Purdue Polytechnic Institute Statewide Program Students
Visit the account activation website.
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You must activate your career account to access your myPurdue portal, through which you will conduct much of your future business with the university including course registration, fee payment, financial aid award review and acceptance, and more. Career account activation also creates your @purdue.edu email address. You may be prompted to setup a Purdue Login (two-factor authentication). For more information about Purdue Login, please visit the FAQ page.
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When you log in to your email for the first time, you'll be prompted to set up Microsoft's Multi-Factor Authentication, a tool Purdue uses to protect users by requiring a second form of authentication, in addition to a password, when signing into Office 365 applications. Options for authentication include using text messages, an audio phone call, or the Microsoft Authenticator app. When you set up the authentication method, be sure to sign up with a device you plan to use on campus. If you need to change your device or want to learn more, review the FAQ's.
- To activate your career account, you will need your Purdue University ID (PUID) number and your career account setup password, both of which are provided in your admission offer letter.
Accept your admission offer. When accepting, new freshmen and transfer students must pay a nonrefundable $500 deposit, which will be applied toward first-semester fees. Re-entry and readmission students at Polytechnic Statewide must accept the admission offer, but no deposit is required.
File a Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) as soon as possible. We strongly recommend that you use the FAFSA's data retrieval tool to transfer your IRS tax information directly into your FAFSA.
Contact the Statewide Program Coordinator at the location to which you have been admitted to make plans for class registration and to learn about your next steps.
Fee statements will be sent to your @purdue.edu email address and accessible through myPurdue. No paper fee statements will be mailed.
Visit the Purdue Polytechnic Statewide website for more information.
Veterinary Nursing Distance Learning Students
Visit the account activation website.
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You must activate your career account to access your myPurdue portal, through which you will conduct much of your future business with the university including course registration, fee payment, financial aid award review and acceptance, and more. Career account activation also creates your @purdue.edu email address. You may be prompted to setup a Purdue Login (two-factor authentication). For more information about Purdue Login, please visit the FAQ page.
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When you log in to your email for the first time, you'll be prompted to set up Microsoft's Multi-Factor Authentication, a tool Purdue uses to protect users by requiring a second form of authentication, in addition to a password, when signing into Office 365 applications. Options for authentication include using text messages, an audio phone call, or the Microsoft Authenticator app. When you set up the authentication method, be sure to sign up with a device you plan to use on campus. If you need to change your device or want to learn more, review the FAQ's.
- To activate your career account, you will need your Purdue University ID (PUID) number and your career account setup password, both of which are provided in your admission offer letter.
Accept your admission offer via myPurdue. No deposit will be required, but you must accept your offer before you will be able to register for classes.
Fee statements will be sent to your @purdue.edu email address and accessible through myPurdue. No paper fee statements will be mailed.