New Accounts

Your HKS email account

New student accounts are created as the Registrar's System is updated and fees are paid. New Admit E-mail accounts will be created starting June 16, 2008. If you do not see an email button when you logon to the Intranet, wait a few days or contact the Registrar.

Once an email button appears on the Intranet, your HKS email account is active and you may now send and receive email. There's a link in the center of the intranet where you can confirm your HKS lifetime email address. Lifetime email addresses all have a year number or phd as part of the address to distinguish your email address from another student with the same name who attends HKS in a different year.

When you graduate and leave HKS, your HKS lifetime email address will continue to work as a fowarding address. The actual year of graduation may not match the year in your address, but that will not matter. As long as you keep the forwarding information updated, it will continue to work during your lifetime and will allow your friends and colleagues to easily find you in the future.

 

Checking HKS email

It is important that you check your HKS email account regularly as all communications from the Kennedy School will be sent to your HKS email address including important registration information.

Changing your Password

To change your temporary password, go to "options" on the top of the intranet page and you'll see an option to "change password." Your new password must be at least 5 characters long (any combination of numbers and/or letters). Your password is case sensitive and it will take approximately one hour for it to take effect. Please close the browser and wait one hour before accessing it again.

 

Understanding your HKS Username vs. the Harvard PIN

Every HKS student gets two sets of credentials that give them access to secure HKS and Harvard resources. It can be confusing to know which set of credentials will give you access to the various applications and websites that you need to use. They are not interchangeable and for the most part the HKS credentials are used for private HKS websites and applications while the HUID and PIN credentials are used for Harvard-wide applications. See the chart below for information of when to use each set of credentials.

HKS Username and Password Created at HKS for all "new admits" using characters from lastname followed by first initial. A temporary password is emailed to all "new admits" for access to New Admit Website Students should change password by logging onto HKS Intranet and going to Options Tab The HKS username and password gives access to HKS resources including HKS Intranet, HKS email, HKS class websites, HKS Polling tool, HKS password protected websites, HKS public computers etc.

Harvard University ID Number (HUID) and PIN Permanent HUID created by Central Harvard Administration. This number is used on Harvard ID cards and will be sent to 'new admits' in June. Students logon to website to select a private PIN once they know their assigned HUID. http://www.pin.harvard.edu/ Students can change PIN at anytime on PIN Website http://www.pin.harvard.edu/ The HUID and PIN give access to Harvard-wide resources such as Library Databases, Term Bill Account, Registration, etc.