Activate Your Career Account
Activate Your Career Account and Purdue Email
Student Career Account
Log in to your Purdue application portal. Select Next Steps from the portal menu and follow the prompts to set up your password and activate your account.
If you encounter problems activating your Purdue career account, visit Purdue IT’s New to Purdue page. Support is available 24/7 through the Purdue IT Service Desk at 765-494-4000.
Purdue Email
During the account activation process, you’ll also set up your @purdue.edu email account. We’ll be sending important information to this address, so get in the habit of checking this inbox regularly.
Two-factor Authentication
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 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.
Email Forwarding
Additionally, it is critical that you do not forward your @purdue.edu email to another email account; forwarding emails may prevent important course registration and academic advising messages from reaching you due to email and spam filters.
myPurdue Student Portal
You must activate your career account to access your myPurdue student portal, through which you conduct all your business with the university from now on, including accepting your offer, viewing your financial aid notification, course registration and more. So, bookmark it, log in and get familiar with it!