Get Connected to UB in 5 Easy Steps

Secure your account, activate your mailbox

The most important information a student needs to access all of UB’s online resources is their UBITName and password. Students do not have the option to change the UBITName that has been assigned to them, but they must change their password to ensure security and privacy. There can be up to a ten-minute delay for any change to take effect. If you have not already done so, please establish your password reset answers. If you forget your password in the future and you have established your password reset answers, you will be able to reset your own password. This will save you a great deal of time.

All students will use their individual UBITName followed by the “@buffalo.edu” extension as their email address, “UBITName@buffalo.edu”. Currently, new users need to activate their UBIT mailbox from the UBIT website. At this site, students will also find directions on how to add filters or how to forward email to another UB departmental address. It is important for all students to use their UBIT email for all communication with UB departments, professors and students. Many UB faculty and staff use the “buffalo.edu” extension of an address to identify student email. Without this extension, there is good possibility that email could be overlooked. Also, any official UB communication from faculty, advisors or the registration office will be delivered to student UB email addresses. If students are not using this address, a great amount of important information will be missed.

Email can be accessed by using any computer with a web browser. Check out the ubit.buffalo.edu web site for additional email information.