The Industrial Roundtable Career Fair is on its way!

The Industrial Roundtable is an interactive, three-day job fair that annually attracts over 400 companies and over 16,500 students from Purdue University. From one year to the next, IR continues to grow and with your help, we expect this year will be even more successful than the last.

This year’s hybrid fair will occur in-person on September 9th and 10th and virtually on September 11th, 2025.

| Registration

Company registration will open in mid-April.

Career Fair Plus |

Career Fair Plus is a mobile app that allows candidates to access career fair information so that they can prepare at any time. Students will see a plethora of information on an employer and be able to book appointments from their mobile devices. Click here to learn more!

| Seminars

Seminars are the perfect time to introduce your company to students and get your first exposure to interested talent. These 50-minute session allows recruiters to introduce their company, showcase available opportunities, and answer questions ahead of the fair. 90% of students report that attending a seminar is worthwhile and helpful to them.

If your company wishes to organize a seminar to connect with Purdue University students, please select the seminar option when registering. If you have already registered and would like to add a seminar, you can update your registration information. By requesting a seminar on your registration you will receive more information on hosting them.

For Fall 2025, seminars are both virtual and in-person.

Interviews |

For Fall 2025, interview logistics are handled through Purdue’s Center for Career Opportunities (CCO). Many companies elect to hold interviews in the days following the fair, and on-campus interview spaces are available on Wednesday, September 10th and Thursday, September 11th, 2024. These can be requested during the registration process.

Inquiries relating to interviews should be directed to the CCO at hire@purdue.edu.

| History

Industrial Roundtable was first held in 1980 in the Purdue Memorial Union as an event to provide corporate representatives the opportunity to interact with potential employees from the Purdue College of Engineering. Three years later, it grew too large to be held indoors, and it moved to its current location on Memorial Mall. This location is one of Purdue's landmarks and provides ample space for the large number of companies and students that attend every year. The fair has been held there ever since and has grown to its current size of 400+ companies and 16,500 students.

In 2020, due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Industrial Roundtable transitioned into its first ever virtual fair. In 2021, IR was offered as both an in-person and virtual fair for the first time. This year will be the 44th annual Industrial Roundtable showcasing great intern, co-op, and full-time candidates to excellent opportunities in industry, both virtually and in-person.

The Industrial Roundtable has been awarded Event of the Year by the National Association of Engineering Student Councils (NAESC) multiple times. The job fair is one of the largest events of its kind and has become a standard for other student-run organizations at campuses across the country.

Informational Documents

Click below for access to several informational documents; including payment instructions, day of the fair documents, and other useful information. If your company is interested in attending the IR career fair, complete the information request form below.

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