UMass Boston

The university maintains a variety of resources for electronic communication. All faculty and staff members are required to have a university email address and to check it regularly for university communications. Your email credentials are also used for WISER, Blackboard, and other resources.

Checking your Faculty / Staff Email

The login link for Office 365 webmail is webmail.umb.edu.

For full information on UMass Boston email, including setting up mail clients and mobile devices, please see our Office 365 web page.

Applying for an Email Account

You do not need to apply for a UMass Boston email account. It is created automatically once you become active in our HR system. You can look up your email address to see if it has been created yet and what it is. New users should consult our first time login instructions.

For a departmental email account, you must submit an Exchange Email Account Request Form (PDF). Once you have completed it, return it to the IT Service Desk in the Healey Library on the 3rd Floor (090-03-007).

Distribution lists

For an easy to use solution that allows you to send messages to multiple people at once, visit the Office 365 Groups page.

Email for Life Policy

• Faculty members who retire may keep their UMass Boston email accounts for life.
• Staff members who retire and wish to continue using the university email system must formally request that their email accounts be kept active. Please send an email to ITservicedesk@umb.edu indicating that you wish to continue using the university email system.
• Email accounts of faculty or staff who resign from the university or are terminated will be deleted on the last day of employment.