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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
Use MyMAP (BYU’s registration system) to help you organize and register for classes. You will get an assigned date, called a priority registration date, which determines when you can register. Go to the 'Register' tab on MyMAP to see your assigned date. Tools to help you decide which classes to take include the University Catalog, the Class Schedule, the University Core (GE) requirements, and your academic advisor.
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
Pay for School
Tuition is due seven calendar days before the first day of class. Pay your tuition on time, or a hold will placed on your account. Your classes will likely be dropped if you do not pay tuition by the Add/Drop Deadline of the semester/term. If you are interested in applying for Federal Financial Aid (loans and pell grants), you will need to submit the FAFSA (Free Application for Federal Student Aid).
Buy Textbooks
My Book List is an online list of all the textbooks you will need for your current class schedule. You can also search the system to find out which books are required for any particular course. You have the option of charging textbook purchases to your student account — just show your BYU ID at the textbook floor register at the time of purchase. The amount charged to your student account has to be repaid within 45 days of the purchase.
Enroll In or Waive Student Health Plan
Students enrolled 3/4 time or more (9-semester credits/4.5-term credits) must have health insurance coverage year-round. You are automatically enrolled in BYU’s Student Health Plan one week before classes start if private insurance has not been reported. You 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.
