Activate Your Purdue Career Account

1. Visit the Student Services Information (SSINFO) Web site. Click the LOGIN button located under the Purdue train logo.
2. Enter your temporary Login and temporary Password and click the Login button (see below).
   1. Your temporary Login is your PUID (Purdue Identification Number). Your PUID is printed on your Housing Contract and Preference letter.
   2. Your temporary Password is your birth date + pu (MMDDYYpu). For example, if you were born 3/24/88 (March 24, 1988), your temporary password would be 032488pu. Be sure to use a leading zero for single-digit months and days (for example, 03 instead of 3 for March).
3. Verify your identity.
   1. You will be asked a few questions to verify your identity. These questions are based on information you entered on your admission application to Purdue University or from other sources. Be careful to answer the questions correctly. Once we have verified your identity, you will be asked to change your Purdue Career Account password.
4. Change your Purdue Career Account password.
   1. Important Note: Please remember the alias/login that you are issued and the new password you are creating at this time. They are your Purdue Career Account login and password.
   2. You need to set a new password for your Purdue Career Account. Your new password must be eight (8) characters long. It must contain a mix of letters and numbers or symbols. It cannot contain spaces or control characters. We recommend that you create a strong password. View information on how to create a strong password for your Purdue Career Account.
   3. To ensure that all your Purdue passwords are synchronized, leave the top “option” selected. It’s the default option. Just click on Change Password.
   4. Remember your New Password!
5. Before logging out of SSINFO, please lookup the following information (these are found under the “Personal” button on the left-hand side of the SSINFO webpage):
   1. Your new Purdue Career Account Username/Login
   2. Your Purdue E-mail Account
      

   Next, follow the steps below:

   3. Click on Personal
   4. Click on Change My Password
   5. Scroll down the webpage and click on Click Here to View Your Purdue Career Account Login.
   6. Write or print your new Purdue Career Account Username/Login and Purdue E-mail Account.
   7. Close/exit this page.
6. You will now have your new Purdue Career Account Username/Login and Password.
   1. You will now have the ability to sign a housing contract and submit your housing preferences online, once you receive your housing contract mailing. You can also use your Purdue Career Account Username/Login and Password to access SSINFO at any time. You will use SSINFO throughout your Purdue experience for grades, financial information, e-mails, etc.
7. Access your Purdue e-mail using Purdue Web Mail.
   1. Log in to Purdue Web Mail to use your You@purdue.edu e-mail account. Enter your Purdue Career Account Username/Login and Password. Your Login is your Purdue Career Account Username/Login, the portion of your Purdue e-mail address to the left of the @ sign: Login @ purdue.edu. Your Password is the Purdue Career Account Password you established in Step 4 above.
8. Need help?
   1. E-mail us at ssinfo@purdue.edu.