ITS Computing Accounts
New Students: Activate Your UVa Computing Accounts
Note: You must wait 72 hours after accepting your offer of admission and paying your admission deposit (if required) before starting this process.
Get Started Now: The UVa Email Activation Process
To begin accessing your UVa student email account, complete steps 1 and 2 below. When NetBadge prompts you for a password:
- Use your existing Temporary Applicant password—for now. With it, you can begin your activation process, access the Student Information System (SIS), and check your new UVa email account.
- Use your Permanent password later (to access SIS, your UVa email, and your other computing accounts, as described at the bottom of this page).
There are 2 steps in the activation process:
- Read through the Responsible Computing Handbook. You may want to watch the brief Responsible Computing Video, “ When I go to UVa...” to familiarize yourself with the fundamentals.
- Complete the Responsible Computing Tutorial & Quiz with a score of 100% (there are no trick questions),
and agree to abide by UVa’s computing policies.
- For newly admitted undergraduate & graduate students: Take your Quiz now (log in through NetBadge using the Temporary Applicant password you use for SIS).
- For all other new students: Take this version of the Quiz now if you did not receive a password for NetBadge during the admissions process.
Later: Access Other Systems As Well
About Your Other, Automatically-Generated UVa Computing Accounts
Later, you will obtain a Permanent password and your other UVa computing accounts will be created, which will allow you to:
- Store your files online through your account on UVa’s Home Directory Service and/or through UVaCollab, plus access Web publishing through UVa Home Directory Service; and
- Log into public computers on Grounds through your Eservices account.
