Getting a UCSD E-mail Address

UCSD provides an e-mail address for faculty, staff and students, as well as many affiliates. Your affiliation and department define the type of e-mail account and support services available to you.

Faculty and staff

You may receive e-mail service from your own department or centrally from Administrative Computing & Telecommunications (ACT). Contact your supervisor, system administrator, or IT support person for information on the services from your department.

If your department uses the central e-mail services provided by ACT, see how to open an account:

• In many departments, the system administrator creates e-mail accounts. Please see that person first if your department has such a contact.
• If your department doesn't have a designated person to assist you with a new e-mail account, and you are a staff member, postdoc, research staff or faculty member with a UCSD, SIO, UCSD Medical School, or UCSD Medical Center ID, you can obtain an e-mail account at the combined ACMS/ ACT Help Desk during business hours (see location below). Bring your UCSD ID card. If you don't have one, bring your driver's license and a letter on university letterhead from your department, confirming your position and/or affiliation.

Students

All undergraduate students and some graduate students receive e-mail service through ACMS.

Alumni and retirees

Please contact the Alumni Association or the Retirement Resource Center for more information.

Technology

Common Tasks

• Help
• Get a UCSD Address
• Configure Your E-mail Client
• Check UCSD E-Mail From the Web
• Out-of-Office Messages on OWA
• Out-of-Office Messages in Outlook
• Keep a UCSD Address
• Send E-mail From Non-UCSD Internet Service Providers
• Change Your Address or Create an Alias