Find answers to frequently asked questions about G Suite for Education (Formerly Google Apps).
There is little noticeable difference between G Suite for Education and the commercial apps you can sign up for as an individual. Behind the scenes, there is a substantial difference. The University of California has negotiated a system-wide agreement that gives the university administrative and legal ownership of the data within. This means that UC’s Electronic Communications Policy will continue to protect your account. Also, UC San Diego G Suite for Education accounts are branded with our ucsd.edu domain and users are not presented with advertising.
Gmail and Calendar are provisioned to individual accounts through departmental IT support. If you would like these features, please talk with your department’s IT representative for more information.
Here you can read about Google's overall approach to IT security (PDF).
To access your G Suite account, go to myaccount.google.com, enter your @ucsd.edu email address and you will be directed to the UCSD Single Sign On page for authentication with your AD username and password.