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Account Initiation and Instructions

Follow the directions below before Advisement & Registration

When you initiate your account, you will:

• Find out your internet ID (also referred to as your username or x.500)
• Set your password
• Learn your email address

What are your Internet ID and password used for?

• Accessing your university email account
• Viewing and accepting your financial aid award(s)
• Registering for classes
• Updating your address and contact information
• Viewing your grades
• Viewing your online billing statement(s)
• Using your E-portfolio and Graduation Planner

Instructions for Account Initiation:

Step One:
Go to the UMD account initiation screen here.

Step Two:
Enter your social security number, your student ID number (listed on your confirmation letter), and your birth date. Next, read the password requirements carefully and choose an appropriate password. After all information is entered, click on "Submit Form." (Tip: If it does not work when you enter your social security number, try again leaving the social security blank. Your social security number may not be on record.)

Step Three:
If all of the information is entered correctly, you will see the "Internet Login Successful" screen. Behind this screen, you will find your internet ID (a.k.a. username) and email address.

Write down your internet ID and remember your password. Bring them both to Advisement & Registration. You will use your internet ID and password to register for courses.

Email Use at UMD and Set-Up Information

It is important that you check your UMD email account on a regular basis, even prior to attending Advisement & Registration. Why? University-assigned student email accounts are the University's official means of communication. You are therefore responsible for all information sent to your UMD email account. The Office of Financial Aid will soon begin sending emails to students regarding additional information or documentation needed to award financial aid.

Check your UMD email account! 48 hours after you initiate your internet account, you can begin checking your email. Go to the UMD homepage at http://www.d.umn.edu and click on "Email." Log in using your internet ID and password. Some incoming UMD students will find that their UMD email is being directed to a different campus of the University of Minnesota. This is usually the result of applications for admission being made to multiple campuses or because College in the Schools classes have been taken through another campus. All University email is directed to the first account that was opened within the University of Minnesota system.

Please confirm where your e-mail is being directed or make changes by visiting: http://www.umn.edu/myaccount Click 'Set E-mail Forwarding and Autoreply' (under the 'Manage Your E-mail' header). If you change your email forwarding, there may be a delay of up to an hour before it takes effect.