Your UARK account allows you to securely access university email, campus Wi-Fi, Blackboard, UAConnect, OneDrive, Microsoft 365, and other university services.
Fayetteville Policies and Procedures 900.0 Code of Computing Practices
Activating a new 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). A secondary, non-primary UARK account can be requested using the Request Secondary Account button on the right.
To set up your new primary or secondary UARK account, you must set a password and set up MFA.
Set up your new UARK account.
Usernames and Passwords
Your UARK username is the first part of your email address that comes before the @ symbol. You will use your username or full email address along with the password and MFA method you have set to log into university systems.
UARK account password requirements
If you know your password, you can go to account.uark.edu, and click Change Password to change the password for primary and non-primary UARK accounts.
If the account is for an RSO, the owner of the account is the Office of Student Activities (OSA) Office Manager.
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.
Non-Primary Accounts
Faculty and staff can request a non-primary UARK account as an additional account as an admin, guest, service (for automated services), test, or third-party account, or a shared mailbox. Click the Request Secondary Account button on the right to request a non-primary UARK account.
Email may be requested for some non-primary accounts by selecting Yes to "Does this account require an exchange mailbox?" on the request form.
Shared mailbox accounts for departments
University departments can request a shared mailbox UARK account to provide a point of contact with an email inbox that can be accessed by multiple account holders to send and receive email using a single account, for example, admissions@uark.edu or help@uark.edu. A shared mailbox account allows your office to send and receive email and share a calendar using a single UARK account.
See Microsoft's How to Use a Shared Mailbox and Calendar article for more information.
Guest account
Guest accounts are assigned to university personnel to be used by someone other than the account owner who is not employed by the university or enrolled as a students, but has a legitimate need for short term access to university resources. The owner will share the password with the non-owner, but the owner is responsible for maintaining the password and is responsible for the use of the account.
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, administrative privileges to manage or configure systems or software.
Test accounts
Test accounts are used for software or systems testing. For example, a test account may be given higher (or lower) temporary access to evaluate a process or security account. We recommend the username be the four character department code of the requester with the three characters of their initials, for example: uitsabc.
Third party accounts
Third party accounts are assigned to vendors or other third party entities who manage or require access to university systems for projects or contractual agreements.
The owner will share the password with the non-owner, but the owner is responsible for maintaining the password and is responsible for the use of the account.
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.
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.