Awards & Scholarships
The Purdue School of Engineering and Technology offers scholarships through IUPUI’s Office of Student Scholarships. Early admission to IUPUI is the best way to be assured of scholarship opportunities. The Purdue School of Engineering and Technology offers scholarships to incoming freshmen and continuing students. Most scholarships are merit-based awards offered at the departmental level, but some are designated specifically for new students, or for minority, women, and other students from underrepresented populations.
Information on all scholarships can be found at https://studentcentral.iupui.edu/funding/scholarships/iupui-scholarships.html or email etschlr@iupui.edu.
Scholastic Recognition
Dean’s List
All undergraduate students in the School of Engineering and Technology who complete at least 6 credit hours during a semester, who have a semester grade point average of 3.8 or higher, a cumulative GPA of 2.5 or higher, and who are approved by the program faculty are placed on the Dean’s List. These honor students receive certificates from the Dean recognizing their meritorious efforts.
Graduation with Distinction
By awarding degrees “With Distinction” or “With Highest Distinction” the School of Engineering and Technology recognizes the outstanding scholastic achievement of selected associate and bachelor’s degree candidates.
Distinction at graduation is awarded on the basis of all course work taken for letter grades. Individuals must complete all the requirements for their field of study and meet the following conditions:
- A candidate for the baccalaureate degree with distinction must have a minimum of 65 hours of credit earned at Purdue university included in the computation of the overall GPA. A candidate for an associate degree with distinction must have a minimum of 35 hours of credit earned at Purdue university included in the computation of the overall GPA.
- The minimum overall GPA for graduation with distinction in each school shall be no less than the 90th percentile of the graduation indexes of the graduates in each school, for the spring semester , provided that the index is at least 3.30. The minimum overall GPA so determined in the spring for each school shall be applied for graduation with distinction for the subsequent summer session and fall semester. In administering this rule, all baccalaureate engineering graduates will be considered as one school.
- Of those graduates who qualify for distinction under these rules for the spring semester, the three-tenths of the baccalaureate graduates having the highest overall GPA shall be designated as graduating with highest distinction, irrespective of the schools from which they graduate. The three-tenths of the spring associate degree graduates having the highest overall GPA will be designated as graduating with highest distinction.
The minimum overall GPAs so determined for graduation with highest distinction shall be applied for graduation with highest distinction for subsequent summer session and fall semester.
Note: For the purpose of determining graduation honors, the calculated cumulative semester grade point average includes all courses taken for a grade in either the Purdue or the Indiana University system, regardless of when the courses were taken.
Students who are awarded their degrees with distinction receive corresponding diplomas and are given special recognition during the annual Commencement exercise..
