How to Accept Your Offer

Purdue West Lafayette Campus

1. Activate your Purdue career account and set-up your Purdue email.
2. Log in to the MyPurdue portal.
3. Click on the New Grad Student Tab.
4. Accept the “Agree to Terms” by clicking on Continue at the bottom of the page.
5. Click on Accept Your Offer of Admission.
6. On the Respond to your Offer of Admission page, select the appropriate program. The page will update confirming your admission choice.
7. Return to the New Grad Student Tab to complete the remainder of the information.

1. Log in to the Graduate School's online application system.
2. On the status portal, click on the appropriate application.
3. Click the "Accept/Decline Offer" button on your Application Status portal.
4. To decline your offer of admission, use the link to submit your enrollment response.

Purdue Fort Wayne, Purdue Northwest, or Indiana University-Purdue University (IUPUI) Campus

1. Log in to the Graduate School's online application system.
2. On the status portal, click on the appropriate application.
3. Click "View Admission Decision" to access your decision letter.
4. On page one of your letter, click the link "Click here to submit your response to the offer of admission."
5. Complete and submit the form.

Admission Deferral Requests

Newly admitted international graduate students admitted for Fall 2023 may ask to defer their admission to Spring 2024, Summer 2024, or Fall 2024 for any reason.  To defer to a later semester requires that a new application to be submitted.  Admitted international graduate students who wish to defer their admission to a later semester must request that, in writing, to their departments. If approved by the department, the student’s request must be forwarded to the Office of Graduate Admissions so that the deferral may be processed and a new I-20 may be issued.  Admitted international graduate students who know that they need to defer their graduate study may submit that anytime through November 15 (earlier is encouraged) in order to start in Spring 2024.

Newly admitted domestic graduate students admitted for Fall 2023 have the ability (without asking for a deferral) to register for Fall 2023, Spring 2024, or Summer 2024.  Admitted domestic graduate students who wish to defer their admission to Fall 2024, must request a deferral, in writing, from their department. If approved, their department must forward the request to the Office of Graduate Admissions so that the deferral may be processed.

For both of these cases, the Graduate School will grant a second deferral – if the department requests – for admitted students who are unable to matriculate to the Purdue University Graduate School.