ECE PhD Student Guide

ECE PhD Student Guide

This webpage is designed for current PhD 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
• Registration FAQs
• myPurdue
• Brightspace
• Purdue academic calendars

PhD Curriculum Information

• PhD Handbook
• PhD degree requirements
• PhD program FAQs
• Research areas
• Core courses
• Approved courses to meet math requirement
• Concentration in Microelectronics and Advanced Semiconductors
• Timeline/key tasks and activities
• Creating your plan of study

Graduation and Commencement

• Graduation information
• ECE graduation candidate survey
• Purdue commencement

PhD Curriculum Information - Indianapolis Location, Continuing Students

• Continuing Indianapolis location PhD students (admitted prior to Fall 2024)

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

PhD Exams and Thesis Information

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

Graduate Student Funding Resources Positions

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

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: Task Human
• 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 Matt Golden, ECE Graduate Program Director, with other questions about the PhD program. 

• Email: goldenm@purdue.edu
• Phone: (765) 494-3374