About UVM Accounts and Access

A Student ID Number (a.k.a. 95 number) is a numeric value used to identify an individual’s records within UVM’s academic and administrative systems. Your Student ID Number begins with the numbers “95” and is nine digits in length.

Student ID Numbers were developed to reduce the use of Social Security numbers where possible in academic and administrative records. Among other uses, Student ID Numbers are used when activating or resetting NetID accounts and passwords.

A UVM NetID is a single username with a corresponding password that provides access to the myUVM Portal, UVM’s wireless network, the UVM email and calendar system, Admissions Application Management Portal, Brightspace and other UVM systems and services. You can also use your NetID to access computer labs across campus.

A NetID is composed of up to eight letters/numbers based on your last name and initials.

Admission applicants who have been admitted to the University or have filed a financial aid application with outstanding documents, as well as new Faculty and Staff members, will need to activate their NetID account.

NetID accounts can be activated here: https://account.uvm.edu/netid-setup

To activate a NetID account, you will need the following information:

Students:

• Student ID Number
• Date of Birth

Faculty and Staff:

• Social Security Number
• Date of Birth

Students, Faculty and Staff members are able to reset or change their NetID password by visiting https://account.uvm.edu.

To change a NetID password, you will need to know your current UVM NetID password

To reset a forgotten NetID password, you will need the following information:

Students:

• Student ID Number
• Date of Birth

Faculty and Staff:

• Social Security Number
• Date of Birth

Upon successful activation of your UVM account, your NetID is displayed. If you’ve activated your account but are unsure of what your NetID is, you can find it in the following locations:

Admissions Applicants (Admitted or Financial Aid Applicants with Outstanding Documents):

As an Admitted Student, your NetID is displayed within the Admission’s application management portal.

Current Students, Faculty, and Staff:

NetIDs have been removed from the public-facing UVM directory. Current students, faculty, and staff can instead use these alternatives to search for your own or others’ NetIDs.

Other Community Members:

There is currently no public-facing method to search for a UVM NetID. You can always contact the UVM Help Line for help, but FERPA and other privacy concerns prevent us from giving out this information.

• Email: helpline@uvm.edu
• Phone: 802-656-2604

Student ID Numbers can be found in two different places depending on your current affiliation with the University:

Admissions Applicants:

Your Student ID Number can be found in the Admission’s application management portal.

Current Students:

Your Student ID Number can be found in the myUVM portal, under the Registrar tab. Look for the “View your 95 number” link.

Current Students, Admitted Students who have paid their enrollment fee, Faculty, and Staff gain access to their UVM email accounts after activating their NetIDs.

Your UVM email address is associated with your NetID, for example, jshmoe@uvm.edu. Each email account also has an email alias based on your first and last name, for example; Joe.Shmoe@uvm.edu. Email sent to either of these addresses will be delivered to your UVM email account.

• Access your UVM email on the web by going to mail.uvm.edu, which will redirect to outlook.office.com after signing in
• Add your UVM email account to your preferred email client or device
• Change your default email address (e.g. first.last@uvm.edu vs netid@uvm.edu)

Your CATCard, a.k.a your UVM Photo ID, provides you access to your privileges, meal plans, door access to Res Halls and the UVM debit account known as CAT$cratch.