UH Username

What is a UH Username? 

Your University of Hawaii (UH) Username is your personal electronic key to email, Internet access, registration for classes, and various other services. Your UH Username is valid for the duration of your affiliation with the University of Hawaii. Students must be currently enrolled in good standing; faculty and staff must be current employees of UH. As with all information technology privileges, please be aware of the governing IT policies (link). 

Basic Online Services for Students, Faculty, and Staff

Your UH Username provides you access to the following online services:

• Google@UH (link) - Your UH Username provides access to Google Apps for Education, which include Google@UH Gmail, Google@UH Calendar, and Google@UH Drive.
  • Gmail - Your UH Username becomes your Internet email address. For example, John Doe with UH Username jdoe will have an email address of jdoe@hawaii.edu. You can access your UH email on any computer on the Internet with a Web browser using Google@UH Gmail (link), or set it up using a third-party email client or mobile device.. 
  • Calendar - Your UH Username is also linked to Google@UH Calendar (link), which is a fully-featured calendaring solution. You can access your calendars using a web browser, or setup your calendars on a mobile device.
  • Drive - Your UH Username provides access to Google@UH Drive (link), which can be used for file storage, file sharing, and collaboration.
  • Google@UH Storage Policy - Your Google@UH storage quota is based on your current affiliation. 
  • Google@UH Service Availability Matrix - Your UH username can also provide access to Google Consumer Apps. Some features are only available for Faculty/Staff licenses. View the Service Availability Matrix (link)
• Campus Wireless - Each campus offers a wireless network (link) for faculty, staff, and students to utilize, with your UH Username and password being used for access.
• MyUH (link) - This academic portal contains links to many online services for UH faculty, staff, and students.
• Password Administration - You can manage your password (link) for your UH Username online. Password administration also includes management of your secret questions and answers. You can fall back on these if they are wisely chosen to allow you to recover from losing or forgetting your password.
• First.Last Email Alias - Faculty and Staff may designate a first.last email address alias (link) for use on business cards, or other professional purposes. For example, John Doe may designate john.doe@hawaii.edu as an alias for his regular UH email address, jdoe@hawaii.edu. This service is not currently available for students.
• Spam Filtering - Spam is unsolicited email messages sent to your email account. Spam is also referred to as "unsolicited commercial email" and "unsolicited bulk email". They range from harmless advertising to potentially offensive (complete with pictures). Spam is very similar to "junk mail" that you receive in your regular postal mailbox. See Spam at the University of Hawaii.
• Software Downloads - Faculty, staff, and students of the UH community may download software (link) online, including anti-virus software for PCs and Macs. ITS licenses anti-virus protection software for all institutional and personal computers. Take the time to install the software and keep up with the free updates supplied via the Web.
• UH Online Directory - An online directory of UH faculty and staff is provided to students, faculty and staff to help members of the University keep in touch.
• Student Employment - Students and UH employers have access to online services using their UH Username and depending on the requirements of Student Employment offices. Visit https://www.hawaii.edu/sece for more information.
• Mailing Lists - A mailing list is a tool for communicating with a specific group of people via email. Mailing lists are useful for discussions and announcements. Faculty and staff may request a mailing list (link) for a topic directly related to the academic and/or administrative work of the University of Hawaii.