CLA Pre-Advising & Registration

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Welcome NEW UMD Liberal Arts and Fine Arts Students! 

Congratulations. We are thrilled you have been admitted to UMD, and we are excited to have you register for your first semester here!

Advisement and Registration is your first step to becoming a full-fledged member of the UMD Bulldog pack and is mandatory for all students. 

 

Before you begin:
 

Setting up your UMD Accounts

  1. Verify your UMD internet account using the Student ID found in your invitation: https://www.umn.edu/initiate. You will then need your internet ID and the password you choose in order to activate your email account.
  2. Enroll your device in the DUO Security Two-Factor Authentication if you have not already. 
  3. Activate your University Email Account by logging in at MyU and clicking on the email button. You will be sent to a Google Account Options page. You will need to:
    • Check the three boxes to accept the terms and conditions for using Google at the University
    • Select the appropriate campus where you will be attending school - Duluth
    • Submit the form
    • Wait between 5 & 30 minutes for Google to create your email account (this is usually almost instantaneous, but can take up to the 30 minutes)

Once you opt into your UMD Gmail account, your account will be activated, and you will be able to access your email shortly. If you do not activate your email account, you will not receive important emails from the university.

Note: If you have taken courses at any U of M campus (as a previous college student or as a PSEO student or through a College in the Schools program), you will already have initiated your account and activated your email and will not need to do this step again. However, if you have forgotten your U of M internet id (usually the first letters of your last name followed by numbers) or your password, you will need to contact our ITSS helpdesk at 218-726-8847 to get a temporary password. You should change your temporary password immediately, as the temporary password will expire within a day.

 

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