Creating an E-Mail Account (Students)

Getting Started (Students)

As an incoming or current student in good standing, you are entitled to have a MySanDiego account at the university. With this account, you will have access to the MySanDiego portal (http://my.sandiego.edu) where you will be able to access your e-mail, grades, class schedules, financial aid and more. To set up a MySanDiego account, the Registrar’s Office (located in Founder’s Hall Room 113) must have the following information on file:

1. Correct spelling of your name


2. Social Security number or 4 digit PIN


3. Date of Birth


4. A USD ID number
   

After 24 hours of completing all of the above AND provided there are no holds under your name in the Registrar’s office; you can proceed in creating your MySanDiego account. You can now proceed to step 1 to begin creating your new account.

Questions or Problems?

Please feel free to contact the Tech Support Center at (619) 260-7900 or tsc@sandiego.edu
or the Lab Manager/Supervisor at (619) 260-2765 or supers@sandiego.edu.

Creating Your New Account

Visit the following Web site: http://mail.sandiego.edu

Select Open an Account inside the Need Help box.

1. Read the bullet points on the resulting page. Entering your information in the correct format as requested on the screen. DO NOT click your browsers BACK button at any time as this will cause an error. * Please note that the expected graduation year you select on this screen will be part of your username so please select wisely. For example, if your name is John Smith and you select 11 as your graduation year, one of your username choices could be displayed as jsmith-11.

2. Select Next>

3. If an error occurs after selecting Next>, please check that you entered your information correctly and try again. If you still receive an error, please contact the Tech Support Center at (619) 260-7900 or the Computer Lab Manager/Supervisor at (619) 260-2765. If an error does not occur, proceed to step 4

4. Select a username for your account; write down what you have chosen. This username will be part of your e-mail address.  For example, if the username is jsmith-11, the e-mail address would be jsmith-11@sandiego.edu.

5. Select Next>

6. Create a personalized password for your account

7. Select Next> when finished

You are done once you have completed all of the above steps. You will be able to access your account and the MySanDiego portal after 24 hours of creating your new account. These sites are found at the following locations:

• USD Webmail: http://mail.sandiego.edu           
• MySanDiego: http://my.sandiego.edu

*Please note some access to other sites may take up to 48 hours after you create your account.