Your UARK account allows you to securely access university email, campus Wi-Fi, Blackboard, UAConnect, OneDrive, Microsoft 365, and other university services.
Activating a new primary UARK account
The university creates a primary UARK account for each new student and each new employee, and these are assigned by role (faculty, staff, student). To set up your new primary UARK account, you must set a password and set up MFA.
See instructions for setting up a new UARK account.
If the new UARK account is not a primary account, see the UARK Account Types section.
Usernames and Passwords
Your UARK username is the first part of your email address that comes before the @ symbol. You will use your username along with the password you have set to log into university systems.
Go to account.uark.edu, and click Manage Password and Settings to update your UARK account security settings or change your password.
See the UARK account password requirements.
It is a violation of the Code of Computing Practices to share your UARK password with anyone for any reason.
UARK Account Types
Primary accounts
The university creates a primary UARK account for each new student and each new employee. You will use your UARK account username and password to log into lab computers and university systems such as email, Teams, Blackboard, UAConnect, OneDrive cloud storage, and Microsoft Office applications.
Faculty and staff can request a non-primary UARK account as an additional account as a departmental, service (for automated services), sponsored, or personal secondary account.
Shared mailbox accounts for departments
University departments can request a shared mailbox UARK account to provide an email inbox that can be accessed by multiple account holders to send and receive email using a single account. See Shared mailbox UARK account for departmental email for more information and to request an account.
Affiliate accounts
Affiliate accounts can be granted to those not employed by the university or enrolled as students who have a legitimate need to access university resources. Affiliate accounts can access campus Wi-Fi, Workday, email and other online services. Most affiliations are short-term and end within a year. See our article on Affiliate accounts for more information.
Retiree and Emeritus accounts
Retiree accounts are given to retired staff and faculty, typically the former primary account; all elevated privileges and group memberships are removed unless an exemption is granted. Emeritus accounts are granted to individuals who have been awarded Emeritus status by the Board of Trustees.
Retiree and emeritus accounts retain Outlook access and web versions of Office365.
Retirees and Emeritus users can contact Human Resources to determine eligibility for maintaining a UARK account.
Administrative accounts
Administrative accounts have elevated privileges to manage or configure systems.
Test accounts
Test accounts are used for software or systems testing and should be disabled when not in use.
Third party accounts
Third party accounts are assigned to vendors who manage or require access to university systems for projects or contractual agreements.
Service accounts
Service accounts are used to run services or automated processes and may not be used for interactive login by an individual; for servers and workstations, interactive login is denied by policy.
Grant accounts
Grant accounts may be issued to grant collaborators.
Request a non-primary UARK account
Click the Request Secondary Account button on the right to request an additional UARK account. Email may be requested for the account. To request an email mailbox for an existing secondary account, select new account, and specify your request in the Comments field.
Non-primary account passwords
Non-primary account passwords can be changed in Password Manager under Manage Departmental Accounts. Only the owner can change the password. If the account is for an RSO, the owner of the account is the Office of Student Activities (OSA) Office Manager.
RSO Accounts
RSO (Registered Student Organization) UARK accounts are set up by the Office of Student Activities. Contact the Office of Student Activities for information regarding accounts for RSOs.
Contact Rosa Floyd for password changes for RSO UARK accounts.
Troubleshooting
Trouble logging in?
If you are having trouble logging into any University of Arkansas online services, try changing your password.
Account Blocked?
Follow the instructions on how to get back into your locked account.
Leaving the University?
See information on account expiration.
Students do not need access to their UARK account to request a transcript after graduation.