Leaving UofG
If you are leaving the University in winter 2025
Your student IT account will close in March 2026, and the exact date will be confirmed by email in February 2026.
If you are leaving the University in summer 2025
Your student IT account closed on Tuesday, 18 November 2025.
Not leaving UofG
If you are continuing as a registered student at the University, your IT account will remain available and will not be closed.
Removal of access to UofG systems
As of these dates, you will no longer have access to University systems including your UofG email account, Microsoft 365, OneDrive for Business, network filestore drives (M:, K:), MyGlasgow, Moodle, Mahara, VPN, Glasgow Anywhere Desktop, eduroam Wi-Fi, e-journals, LinkedIn Learning and Zoom.
If you have installed Microsoft 365 applications on your personal devices using your student IT account, you will be prompted for activation soon after your University account closes. If you still want to use those installations of Microsoft apps, you will need to purchase a personal license from Microsoft.
Reasons for account closures
Our digital licenses cover currently registered students, so we cannot continue to provide services when you are no longer officially registered to study with us.
It is not possible to extend accounts any further past the dates above. Please act promptly and be sure to copy, save and back up any content you want to keep before then so you don't lose anything you wish to keep.
- If you are working for the University, your student account will still close, but you will be provided with a staff account.
Save your files before your account is closed
Before your account closes: Please make copies of your files and other content you have on University systems and save these safely somewhere else.
1. Save any documents and files you want to keep to your personal account or save them in cloud storage. You may consider having a backup copy of your documents and files.
2. If you do not already have one, set up a personal email account. Free email accounts are available from many providers, including Gmail, Outlook.com, Apple, etc.
3. Remember to tell your friends and contacts that you have a new email address.
IT account closures and extensions
IT account closures:
Before your account closes: Please make copies of your files and other content you have on University systems and save these safely somewhere else.
Using your student IT account for any activity unrelated to your role as a student is strongly discouraged; this includes submitting PhD applications
If you are using your student email address for either job applications or social media account registrations, please arrange to move this over to your personal email address as soon as possible.
Account extensions:
- Access cannot be extended if you are no longer a registered student, except in exceptional circumstances, such as appeals
If an extension is required, due to exceptional circumstances, a member of staff must complete an IT access extension request on your behalf. For assistance with this, please contact your:
- Supervisor, or
- Postgraduate Administration Team, or
- Undergraduate Learning and Teaching Office
Information from other UofG Services
Alumni Benefits - keep in touch with UofG
When you enrol to graduate, you’ll be asked to provide us with your personal email address. We’ll use your email address to keep you informed with University news and to tell you about ways that you can stay in touch with us as an ambassador, volunteer, friend or supporter.
We will only occasionally contact you by post, so having your email address makes it easier and greener to keep in touch. However, an up-to-date postal address will ensure that you receive appropriate event invitations and details of opportunities and benefits that will support you personally and professionally after graduation, so make sure to update us when you move house.
- After graduation, we’ll then contact you with information about your General Council membership and all the other opportunities available to you as an alumnus/a of the University of Glasgow
If you are a non-graduating alumnus and were not prompted for your post University contact information, you can provide your up-to-date contact details and manage your communication preferences on our website.
Find out more about your alumni benefits:
Careers, Employability & Opportunity
As you move on in your career journey, please remember:
- You can access careers resources and events for up to 2 years after your course finishes
- You can find ongoing support, resources and event information via the Careers website
- You should continue to use your existing student account in Glasgow Careers until your university IT account expires. After your university IT account has closed, you will be able to create a graduate account to log into Glasgow Careers using the personal email address that you added to MyCampus. You will need to reset your password through the log in page.
Graduate Outcomes survey
Graduates of the University of Glasgow will be contacted approximately 15 months after they leave with an invite to take part in the Graduate Outcomes survey. This is a nationwide survey to find out what you go on to do after you have graduated.
The survey is important because your opinions will help current and future students gain an insight into career destinations and development and the University to shape our programmes for students who are following in your footsteps. The university will send you reminders regarding this too. The survey contacts all graduates:
- 15 months after graduation
- by email or phone
- to learn about your activities and views
Further information
Library
To continue using the Library:
Register as an Alumni member of the Library. Please note that this will not entitle you to use eduroam Wi-Fi or student computers or to access e-resources. You will still be able to connect to the UofG Visitor Wi-Fi network.
Support the Library
Sport
Did you know that you can continue to enjoy all that UofG Sport has to offer?
Take advantage of our special offer: New Graduate Membership gives you full access to our facilities and services for only £22 per month for the first 12 months within a year of graduation (payment by Direct Debit).
Find out more:
Please be advised, if you have an annual (12 month) student membership, this will cease at graduation, and there will be no further access to our facilities.