UMD SYSTEM
University of Maryland Directory Accounts
This is your UMD account. This account allows you access to the VPN (Virtual Private Network), library accounts, time sheet reporting, your UMD exchange mail account and computers in UMD computer labs.
Your directory ID is established based on your name and is generated by the Office of Information Technology (OIT). To find if you have been established within the UMD computing resources system search for yourself in the UMD directory here**:
https://directory.umd.edu/search
** New appointments may take several business days to generate a directory account
To accept your directory ID and exchange mail visit this site:
https://directory.umd.edu/id?new_user
Establish the password for this account here:
https://directory.umd.edu/tools/password.cfm
To activate your UMD accounts go here:
https://cgi.oit.umd.edu/cgi-bin/account/activation.cgi
*** Establishing your UMD accounts does not give you access to ESSIC specific and particularly M2 computing resources.
