Office of the Registrar

Tickets

Each candidate is guaranteed a maximum of four (4) free guest tickets for the Spring Commencement.  To order tickets, candidates need to specify the number of tickets being requested on the myPurdue portal in the Graduation tab that appeared on March 2, 2012.

Notification will be sent to the candidates' Purdue e-mail address regarding the designated school/college pick up times, and it will also be published on this Web site.  A picture ID will be required to obtain guest tickets during distribution.

Please return any unused tickets to the Office of the Registrar, Room 45, Hovde Hall, 610 Purdue Mall, West Lafayette, IN 47907-2040 so that they may be redistributed to candidates who have requested extra tickets.

All family members and guests (including small children) attending the commencement ceremony need a ticket to enter the Elliott Hall of Music.  Selling tickets is against the law.  Each student who plans to take part in the ceremony is guaranteed guest tickets.  It is expected that students will only take the number of tickets needed for family and friends and that they will not sell them.  These tickets are considered the property of Purdue University, and, therefore, are not to be sold.  Any attempt to sell, resell, donate or otherwise exchange commencement tickets for anything of value will result in your ticket(s) being revoked and may result in disciplinary action by the University.

Extra Tickets

Extra tickets, a maximum of two (2), are not guaranteed but are subject to seating availability.  You may submit your name for the extra ticket lottery on the myPurdue portal.  Once the deadline for participation has passed and the number of available seats have been established on April 16, the Office of the Registrar will conduct a random selection to distribute tickets. Notifications will be sent to the candidate’s Purdue e-mail address once the selections have been made and the tickets will be given during ticket distribution.