Prospective, Admitted, New Students
Getting Started
All prospective, admitted and new students are assigned a Z-ID. It is permanent. Look up your Z-ID in the Directory - your email address starts with your Z-ID.
Your initial password is your date of birth in YYYYMmmDD format. Mmm is the first 3 characters of the Month.
- January = Jan, February = Feb, etc.
- Example: January 1, 1993 = 1993Jan01
Need help determining your initial password?
Next, change your initial password to a permanent one at password.niu.edu.
NIU E-Mail
NIU sends e-mail to your NIU mailbox. Go to webmail.students.niu.edu.
Learn more - Student e-mail
Downloads
- NIU Security Certificate - You must install the NIU security certificate in your browsers to use some of NIU's web services.
Check your application status, register for classes, review your schedule, check your financial aid, make payments and more
