MSECE Student Guide

MSECE Student Guide

This webpage is designed for current MSECE students and contains links to important information you will refer to during your time as a Purdue student. Bookmark this page so you can easily find it later.

For an alphabetical list of topics, see our ECE Graduate Student Quick Help Guide.

Course Registration

• How to register for courses
• How to register for research
• How to drop a course
  • If you are dropping your last/only course
• How to audit a course or change the grade mode
• How to resolve holds
• Current course list:
  • On-campus courses, West Lafayette
  • On-campus courses, Indianapolis
  • Online courses (fully online students)
• Registration FAQs
• myPurdue
• Brightspace
• Purdue academic calendars

MSECE Curriculum Information

• Master’s Handbook
• West Lafayette MSECE degree requirements:
  • Thesis option
  • Course-only option
  • Online option
  • Professional Master's Program (PMP/INVT):
    • Project track or implementation track (students admitted Fall 2025 and later)
      • Project track details
      • Implementation track details
    • Project track, West Lafayette (students admitted Fall 2023 through Spring 2025)
    • Project track, West Lafayette (students admitted before Fall 2023)
• Indianapolis MSECE degree requirements:
  • Thesis option
  • Course-only option
  • Professional Master's Program (PMP/INVT):
    • Implementation track, students admitted Fall 2025 and later
    • Implementation track, students admitted Fall 2024 through Spring 2025
    • Continuing Indianapolis location MSECE students (students admitted prior to Fall 2024)
• Dual degree:
  • 4+1 BS/MSECE, West Lafayette and Indianapolis
  • 5-year BS/MS program, Indiananpolis students applying by 4/30/2024
• Timeline/key tasks and activities
• Research areas
• Core courses
• Approved courses to meet math requirement
• Sample plans of study by area
• Creating your plan of study
• Concentrations
• Continuing to a PhD

Graduation and Commencement

• Graduation information
• ECE graduation candidate survey
• Purdue commencement

Course Information

• ECE graduate courses
• ECE graduate courses - Indianapolis location only
• Purdue University Online Engineering courses (non-ECE courses; for fully online students only)

Indianapolis and West Lafayette Shuttle Services

• Indianapolis and West Lafayette Shuttle Services

Thesis Information

• Master's thesis and final examination
• Thesis and Dissertation Office, Office of the Vice Provost for Graduate Students and Postdoctoral Scholars
• Avoiding plagiarism
• Examination postings

Travel Grants

• Project track MSECE travel/conference grants

Graduate Student Funding Resources

• Finding funding
• Engineering Employment Operations Center
• Graduate Staff Employment Manual
• Oral English Proficiency Program (OEPP)
• Purdue employment verification

Information for International Students 

• Purdue International Students and Scholars
• Maintaining Your Legal Status
  • F-1 Visa
  • J-1 Visa
• CPT information
• Other ISS requests

Career Resources

• ECE Announcements
• Purdue Center for Career Opportunities (CCO)
• Industrial Roundtable Career Fair

Student Organizations

• ECE Graduate Student Association (ECEGSA)
  • ECE Graduate Student Discord
• Women in Engineering Program
• National Society of Black Engineers
• HKN
• Additional ECE and Engineering student organizations

Health and Wellness

• College of Engineering Wellness: TaskHuman
• Purdue University Student Health Service (PUSH)

Additional Purdue Resources

• Purdue ID Card Office
• Office 365 (web login)
• Purdue Libraries
• Office of the Vice Provost for Graduate Students and Postdoctoral Scholars (Graduate School)
• College of Engineering Graduate Education

Getting Help

Contact the Purdue IT Service Desk if you have questions about:

• Your Purdue career account
• Your Purdue email

Contact the Purdue Bursar if you have questions about:

• Tuition and fees
• Paying tuition
• Financial aid

Contact Purdue ISS if you are an international student and have questions about:

• Visas and any items related to your student status
• Social security information

Contact Elisheba Van Winkle, Graduate Programs Assistant, in the ECE Graduate Office with questions about course registration, courses, drops, CPT, OPT, and research registration.

• Email: vanwinke@purdue.edu
• Phone: (765) 496-6162

Contact Lynn Hegewald, ECE Master's Program Manager, with general questions about the MSECE program. 

• Email: hegewald@purdue.edu
• Phone: (765) 496-3476