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TO DO IMMEDIATELY
Review the Graduate Studies Website
Start by familiarizing yourself with the resources and requirements available through Graduate Studies. This site is your hub for program expectations, forms, policies, and ongoing graduate student support.
Enroll in Duo Two-Step Verification
Your safety and security are extremely important to us. For your protection, you are required to set up Duo Two-Step Verification on your account within 48 hours after receiving your acceptance letter. This must be done before you engage with BYU pages including accessing your BYU email and registering for classes.
Set Up Guest Access
We recommend that you manage your own student account but we understand there are cases where it is necessary for a parent, spouse, or other third-party to access information or complete transactions on your behalf. Guest Access allows you to give another person access to your BYU account.
Check Your BYU Email
As a BYU student, you automatically have a BYU-provided email address. It is available 48 hours after receiving your acceptance letter. Your BYU email address starts with your NetID (netid@byu.edu). All BYU communication will come to you through this email address, so it is important that you check it regularly for timely reminders, updates, and other information. You can access this account by going to outlook.byu.edu and using your netid@byu.edu and BYU password to log in.
Update Your Personal Info
Be sure that your phone number, mailing address, and email in your personal information are up-to-date. BYU will use these to send you important information, so you will want it to be up to date.
Military Benefits & Tuition Assistance
BYU offers educational resources, support, and benefits to students affiliated with the Army, Marine Corps, Navy, Air Force, Coast Guard, Space Force, and National Guard. If you are an active-duty service member, reservist, veteran, or an affiliated dependent or spouse, you may be eligible for state or Department of Defense educational benefits.
LEARN AND BE AWARE
Learn About My Financial Center
My Financial Center is BYU’s online financial system. You will use it to pay tuition and charges, manage your financial aid and scholarships, and find important alerts about your student account.
Register for Classes
Contact your program for registration details.
Understand FERPA
It's important that you know your privacy rights. FERPA, The Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act, is "a federal law that protects the privacy of student education records. Brigham Young University may not disclose information contained in education records without the student’s written consent except under certain limited conditions."
Review the Academic Honesty Policy and Honor Code
As a BYU student, you should seek to be honest in your dealings with others. You should complete and be evaluated on your own work. You should avoid academic dishonesty and misconduct in all its forms, including but not limited to plagiarism, fabrication or falsification, cheating, and other academic misconduct. For ecclesiastical endorsement questions and questions or reports about honor code violations, visit the Honor Code Office.
TO DO ONE MONTH BEFORE CLASSES BEGIN
Enroll In or Waive Student Health Plan
Graduate students enrolled in two or more credits (up to 3/4 time) can request health insurance, but are not required to do so. Graduate students enrolled at least 3/4 time or more must have health insurance coverage year-round. Students at 3/4 time or more will automatically be enrolled in BYU's Student Health Plan one week before the start of classes if private insurance has not been reported. Students will have access to waive the plan about one month before classes start. This is a yearly process, and the deadline to waive the BYU Student Health Plan is the semester Add/Drop Deadline.
BYU ID Card
Your BYU ID card is your official university identification and used for many things on campus. Use it to access Cougar Cash, meal plans, athletic facilities, library services, and other campus services. It is also used to get free rides with UTA. You will want to make sure to submit a photo for your BYU ID card at least one month before classes start.
