How To Use myPurdue

myPurdue is where you manage your financial aid, academics and more during your time at Purdue. Below are step-by-step instructions to view financial aid on myPurdue.

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Here are some step-by-step instructions that will get you the financial aid and related information you’re looking for on myPurdue. If you have recently been admitted to Purdue and have not yet done so, set up your career account. Use the Purdue University Identification (PUID) and setup/temporary password included in your offer of admission letter. 

Accessing myPurdue 

Instructions for students who have been admitted to Purdue but HAVE NOT accepted their offer of admission: 

If you have not applied for or are not receiving aid, there will be no “Financial Aid Status” link as referenced below.

View Printable PDF Financial Aid Notification

  • Log in to myPurdue
  • On your New Student Task List, click on Printable Version of Award Notification
  • In a new tab, you will see your award notification that can be downloaded in PDF 

View Financial Aid Award Summary 

  • Log in to myPurdue
  • Choose View your Financial Aid Status
  • Select the appropriate aid year from the drop-down menu
  • Submit

Instructions for continuing students and incoming students who HAVE accepted their offer of admission: 

  • Log in to myPurdue
  • Select the Main Menu icon in the upper left to navigate to the Financial Aid information card
  • From the Financial Aid information card, select Aid Notification Letters
  • Identify the most recent notifications letter, which will appear at the bottom of the list, and click on that
  • Once the PDF document is displayed, you will find the option to initiate the printing process in the upper right side of the screen
  • Log in to myPurdue
  • Select the Main Menu icon in the upper left to navigate to the Financial Aid information card
  • From the Financial Aid card, select the appropriate academic year from the drop-down menu.
  • Click on 20XX-XX Aid Offer
  • It will take you to the Award Offer tab. Scroll down to see the details
  • Log in to myPurdue
  • Select the Main Menu icon in the upper left to navigate to the Financial Aid information card
  • In the Financial Aid card, select the appropriate academic year from the drop-down menu
  • Click on 20XX-XX Aid Offer
  • It will take you to the Award Offer tab. Scroll down to “Options to Pay Net Cost”
  • In the drop-down box, accept or decline aid offers as desired
  • The Submit button below will remain grayed out if your financial aid funds do not require any action, or if no student changes are made. If you accept, edit an amount, or decline any financial aid funding, then you must click the Submit button
  • NOTE: Parent/Grad PLUS Loans or Private Loans shown as “GOAP” cannot be accepted through myPurdue — each requires a separate application online. Click on the Parent/Grad PLUS Loan to complete the application at studentaid.gov.
  • Log in to myPurdue
  • Select the Main Menu icon in the upper left to navigate to the Financial Aid information card
  • In the Financial Aid card, select the appropriate academic year, then select Financial Aid Requirements
  • Unsatisfied requirements means that the item is under review, or that you must take an action
  • Satisfied requirements are complete and no action is required
  • Log in to myPurdue
  • Select the Main Menu icon in the upper left to navigate to the Financial Aid information card
  • In the Financial Aid card, select the appropriate aid year from the drop-down menu, then select the 20XX-XX Additional Outside Resources option.
  • Report each private scholarship received. Scholarship amounts need to be entered for each semester. No more than one academic year scholarship (reported as two semesters) or two one-semester scholarships can be reported at a time.
  • If you are unable to locate the name of the donor, please select Other – Not in List at the bottom of the resource descriptions, then enter the donor or scholarship name in the text box on the right.
  • Submit the information; repeat these steps to report additional private scholarships
  • IMPORTANT: DO NOT cash private/donor checks first and then send Purdue a new check. This check cannot be processed as a scholarship/private award. All payments from private donors and other outside organizations must be processed through Purdue University. See the Office of the Bursar Payments by Outside Organizations web page for details.
  • Log in to myPurdue
  • Select the Main Menu icon in the upper left to navigate to the Financial Aid information card
  • In the Financial Aid card, select the appropriate academic year from the drop-down menu
  • Click on 20XX-XX Messages in the Financial Aid card
  • Follow any instructions listed in the message or reference the information provided
  • Log in to my Purdue
  • Select the Main Menu icon in the upper left to navigate to the Financial Aid information card
  • In the Financial Aid card, select the appropriate academic year from the drop-down menu
  • Click on 20XX-XX Satisfactory Academic Progress
  • Review the status 
  • Satisfactory means no action is required; a warning means you are still eligible for financial aid but are at risk of becoming ineligible; a denial means academic progress requirements have not been met, and you are not eligible for financial aid. Students with a denial may complete an appeal to try to obtain a probationary semester of financial aid. Academic progress is reviewed after grades post at the end of each semester. Learn more about Satisfactory Academic Progress (SAP). 

Set up Direct Deposit for Financial Aid Refunds 

Set up an Authorized User 

  • Log in to myPurdue
  • Select the Main Menu icon in the upper left and click on the Discover tab, then search for “student schedule”
  • Click Initial Course Participation in the Student Schedule card
  • Select the appropriate term from the drop-down menu; submit
  • View the information under the Initial Course Participation header
  • “Yes” means that the professor indicated you initiated class participation. “No” means the professor reported that you did not initiate class participation. No response means that the professor did not participate in ICP; you will not be penalized for this.  
  • Contact your instructor for any courses listed with a “No” if you believe your status was reported incorrectly
  • Log in to myPurdue
  • Select the Main Menu icon in the upper left to navigate to the Financial Aid information card
  • In the Financial Aid information card, select Debt Letters