Stanford University SUNet ID

About your SUNet ID

The SUNet ID is a unique 3-8 character account name that identifies you as a member of the Stanford community, with access to the Stanford University Network of computing resources and services. Your SUNet ID is a permanent and visible part of your Stanford identity:

it appears in your Stanford email address
sunetid@stanford.edu
it appears in your Stanford web page URL
www.stanford.edu/~sunetid
it's your unique identifier and/or login ID in many of Stanford's online systems

Your SUNet ID will be with you throughout your affiliation with Stanford. If you graduate from Stanford, then return later as an employee, you'll retain the same SUNet ID.

Eligibility

There are two types of eligibility for a SUNet ID:

University-eligible. Full-service SUNet IDs are available to current, registered students; and to regular and emeritus faculty and staff, including SLAC staff. Hospital staff are entitled to a base-level SUNet ID.

More about SUNet IDs for hospital staff...

Sponsored. Anyone who is not University-eligible who needs to use SUNet resources in support of legitimate University work can be sponsored for a SUNet ID.
- It is the responsibility of the person requesting the SUNet ID to find a sponsor, if one is required.
  - For free services, the sponsor must be regular Stanford faculty or staff.
  - For charged services, the sponsor must have requisitions authority in Oracle Financials for a current Stanford account.
- The sponsor is responsible for ensuring that the sponsored SUNet ID is used in support of the University's mission, and in accordance with the University's policies.
- Sponsorship is for a fixed period, and must be renewed if the SUNet ID is to remain active.

More about sponsorship...
Stanford's SUNet ID eligibility policy (PDF)

Service levels

The table below summarizes the services available to each service level. Each service is linked to either more information about that service, or the service itself.

University-eligible			Sponsored
Services	full	base	full	base
SUNet ID (login ID)	+	+	+	+
directory listing in StanfordWho	+	+	+	+
email service	+		+
Web service	+		+
Sundial calendar	+		+
AFS storage space	+		+
usenet newsgroups	+		+
email list service	+		+
free or discounted software	+

More about SUNet IDs and services...

Service activation

If you are on campus, and are University-eligible for a full-service SUNet ID, your services - including email - will be activated within 4-6 hours of your SUNet ID request.

Otherwise, activation of services may take longer, from a few days to several months.

Contingent students. Base services will be active as soon as you get your SUNet ID. Full services will be activated within 24 hours of your official acceptance of Stanford's admittance offer.
Graduate students. Base services will be active as soon as you get your SUNet ID. Full services for all incoming graduate students are activated on a date determined by the Registrar each year; this date typically falls in late summer.
Individuals requiring sponsorship. No services can be activated until your SUNet ID is sponsored by Stanford faculty or staff. Contact your departmental administrator to request sponsorship. The service level selected by the sponsor will be activated within 4-6 hours of sponsorship (if sponsorship begins immediately), or at midnight on a future date specified by the sponsor. If your SUNet ID is not sponsored within 2 weeks after you create it, the SUNet ID will be cancelled.