New Students - Activate your Student Account
If you’re joining the University for the first time, activate your University student account and then gain access to your Microsoft Outlook email account by following these steps:
1. Find your Student Number (it will be a seven digit number)
You’ll find this in the application email sent to your personal email address.
2: Activate your University Network Account
If you haven’t already done so, activate your student account to generate your University username and password.
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Your username will look like: up1234567 (“up” followed by your student number)
3: Log into your Microsoft Outlook email account
Sign in to Outlook.com using your University email address and password.
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Your email address will be: up1234567@myport.ac.uk (up followed by your own student number)
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Your password is the same as the one you set up in step 2
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Reset if you've forgotten your password
4: Set up Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA)
On your first login, you’ll be prompted to follow the instructions to set up MFA.
5: Need Help?
If you need any support please contact IT support.
Continuing Students
If you are a continuing student your email account will be migrated from Google Mail to Microsoft Outlook so please look out for an email to confirm the date for your migration. Until then, keep using Google as usual.
To access Outlook navigate Outlook.com and sign in with your University credentials. You will need to set up MFA when using Microsoft for the first time, instructions can be found on this article.
For more information please visit Your move to Microsoft for more information.
Key information
Your email account is the main method of communication in the University, so make sure to check it regularly.
- Your email address will be UP<StudentNumber>@myport.ac.uk e.g. UP4545454@myport.ac.uk
- You should use your University email address to communicate with all academic and professional staff at the University.
- Your email account will be needed to access some services, such as Zoom and some library resources.
