Introduction to your IT account

You now have your new IT account. Below is information around what you can do and what are you entitled to with this account

Your Doctoral Researcher IT Account

Doctoral Researchers and visiting Doctoral Researchers, are automatically given access to a range of IT Services when they register with the University. We will send you information on how to obtain your IT credentials as part of the registration process, or you can access them here.

The credentials you will receive are as follows:

Credential format	What is it used for?
Single Sign-on Username & Password	This will provide you with access to almost all services. It consists of your department/school codes and your own initials (and maybe a number): e.g., itfms1
Email Address	This will be in this format: I.Familyname@lboro.ac.uk. When you enter this, you will be asked for your single sign-on credentials (outlined above)
Student ID Number	Is your Registration Number; e.g., B123456. This is a unique identifier which you will keep for the duration of your studies and is useful to quote in any correspondence with us.

What is Single Sign-on?

Single Sign-on refers to the one username and password combination required to access most of the services provided by the University including:

• Campus PCs
• Email system (MS Outlook)
• Student Self Service - to edit your student record
• Library account
• Printing & printing credits account
• LEARN, the Virtual Learning Environment for access to programme information and downloadable software
• myLboro mobile application

If you lose any of these details, contact the IT Service Desk at it.services@lboro.ac.uk