All GW students are entitled to an email account with GW - a GWMail account. To create an account, simply go to Account Creation Pages, and follow the directions. Student GWMail accounts have a hard quota of 20 MB (the alloted amount of disk space on the GWMail system), which means that the account will not be able to send or receive email once it exceeds this limit. Please see quota FAQs for details.

Acad or UNIX shell accounts give users access to personal web pages, shell programming, compliers, text based email via PINE, Tin and Trn (news readers) To obtain an Acad account, click here. If you are interested in setting up a personal web page, check out the Web Pages section on our Online Manuals page.

NOTE: Alumni are ineligible for Acad accounts. We regret the inconvenience.

Blackboard is GW's new web based course software and is accessed with your GWMail username and password.

Consortium students: Please go the Office of the Registrar on the 1st level of Rice Hall, 2121 Eye St, NW and ask that your birthdate be entered into Banner. Wait 24 hours and create yourself a GWMail account using your birthday. Wait another 24 hours to log into Blackboard.

All student GWMail accounts have a hard quota of 20 MB (the alloted amount of disk space on the GWMail system), which means that the account will not be able to send or receive email once it exceeds this limit. Please see quota FAQs for details.

Student MyGW accounts are used to register for classes, check your grades, check your class schedule, including course meeting times and locations, change mailing addresses, financial aid & student accounts records, check other personal information and change your PIN. Your USER ID is your 9-digit identification number (usually your Social Security Number). Your PIN (personal identification number) is the 6-digit number. The general format of the USER ID and PIN is posted on the GWeb Info System login screen.

Research2 accounts are used for computationally intensive work. Applicants must have valid GWMail accounts from above to obtain Research2 accounts. To obtain a research2 account, go to the Research2 account application and follow directions.

G1 Accounts are used to access the computer labs and computer classrooms maintained by Academic Technologies. You must be a student and posses a GWMail account to automatically create a G1 Account. In order to obtain an account, visit: https://acadtech.gwu.edu and click on G1 Accounts. If you experience any difficulties, contact the Academic Technologies at (202) 994-1696 or acadtech@gwu.edu.