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Applying to Purdue

If you are considering Purdue for your undergraduate or graduate studies abroad, then you have to apply online to the corresponding undergrad or grad school. Purdue has 4 regional campuses:

  • IU-PU Fort Wayne
  • Purdue Calumet
  • Purdue North Central
  • Purdue West Lafayette

Where Purdue's West Lafayette campus is the biggest and is the only one to offer graduate studies. For more information about the regional campuses, please visit this link. And for applying online to Purdue you may want to explore this link.

Housing

After getting admission, the first thing to worry about is where to stay once you come. Here are some tips about what to do in this regard:
Pick up

You may have questions regarding what to do once you land. You can do following things before arrival:

  • Contact your friends at Purdue via phone or email if you have any and ask them to pick you up
  • Check all the transportation means available from Chicago and Indianapolis. The necessary details can be found at the following links - Express Air Coach from Chicago and Lafayette Limo form Indianapolis.
Discount information for Purdue students

Major carriers such as AT&T, T-mobile offer discounts for Purdue students, employees and alumni.

  • 20% discount for AT&T users
  • 12% discount for T-mobile users
Course registration for new students

If you are a new International student, don't worry about course registration now. It is important to understand that here in the US all major decisions regarding your graduate education are taken after consulting your advisor. Choosing courses follows the same rule. If you are already an RA then the courses you enroll for are the ones that you and your advisor agree are best suited to help you in your research. Professors may or may not object to courses that you want to take and hence it is important that you engage him/her in this procedure. If you are a TA or are not funded you have considerable room to choose your own course. Even in such cases students usually are assigned temporary advisors whom they should consult and reach an agreement with.

Graduate levels courses begin either with a '5' or a '6' (e.g. MA 504, ME 509). Undergduate level (ie. 400 level and below) courses can also be taken but they are not counted in your plan of study. To get a full list of courses use the following this link. You can obtain detailed information regarding the courses on this webpage. To know if specific courses are being offered in that particular semester use this link. One can even check how many seats are available for each of the courses.