Next Steps To Becoming a Boilermaker

Create Your Career Account

*Current Purdue students do not need to create a new career account*

You will be sent an email from gradinfo@purdue.edu that will contain your initial account setup PIN within five business days of viewing your admission email from the Graduate School. (Please check your spam or junk email folder if you don’t receive a message from the gradinfo@purdue.edu account.)

Your official Purdue University Identification Number (PUID) and your temporary PIN will be in the email. Use it and your PUID to activate your career account. The system will prompt you to create a new PIN in order to verify the process.

We don't want you to miss anything that will be sent to your @purdue.edu email.  Make sure you activate your Office365 account and configure your email to Purdue Office 365 Email.  Although forwarding your @purdue.edu to a personal email may be convenient, it will impact your ability to participate and receive critical information.

BoilerKey, Purdue's version of two-factor authentication improves the security of protected computer systems and personal data.  You will use this password to access myPurdue and our learning management system Brightspace.

Pay Your Deposit

How to Make a Deposit Payment

• Open the Purdue Bursar website.
• Click Payment Options
• Click ‘Pay Online’
• Login with your career account and BoilerKey.
• Click ‘Deposits’ from the menu
• Choose the term/start date for your specific program (Summer 2024)
• Click the 'Select' button
• Choose the appropriate deposit account for your payment by selecting 'Daniels Schl Bus GR Adm Dep' from the drop-down menu
• Click the 'Select' button
• Click on the ‘Continue’ button to proceed to the payment.
• Choose a payment method from the drop-down menu. You may pay the nonrefundable deposit with an electronic check or with a credit card. Please note that a convenience fee will be charged for all credit card payments. The deposit is $1,000.
• Your deposit is non-refundable
• Please use Firefox first as your browser, as it is most compatible with the payment system. Or, Internet Explorer, Safari, Google Chrome if you have issues with Firefox.

Orientation

To help ensure that your transition is a successful one, the Graduate Program staff hosts an online prework session and an in-residence orientation program to assist you. These programs are held in advance of the first day of the semester and are at no cost to students. This is a mandatory event and all graduate students are expected to attend.

The goal of the orientation is to provide all graduate students with the following three objectives:

1. 1. Prepare students for class
2. 2. Acclimate students to Purdue and the Daniels School of Business
3. 3. Build Community

This goal is accomplished through two phases:

1. 1. Online on-boarding orientation via Brightspace
2. 2. Residential orientation

By participating in your orientation program, you will have an opportunity to meet, network, and build relationships with other graduate students, learn about various resources available to you, refine your leadership skills, and get a head start on your career search.

The Graduate Program staff looks forward to meeting you at orientation and assisting you with your transition to campus!

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