Opt-In Alumni Email Account

For a limited time, the University of Minnesota is offering an alumni.umn.edu email account (Gmail and contacts only) to people who had the expectation of continued access to their University of Minnesota email account after they graduate or retire.

Alumni accounts serve the University's goal of improved security because they are not connected to other University technologies or services. Standard University of Minnesota Gmail accounts are integrated with technologies and services.

About Alumni Accounts

University of Minnesota alumni accounts offer Gmail and contacts and provide 5 GB of storage. Other Google Workspace applications such as Drive, YouTube, Jamboard, etc. are not included.

Requirements

If you are eligible to create an opt-in alumni account, you will need the following:

A non-UMN email account

To enroll, you will need to provide a non-UMN alternate email address. This is required because it will enable you to recover your alumni email account password. If you do not already have a non-UMN email account, you must create one before you attempt to create an alumni account. Any active non-UMN email account is acceptable, it does not need to be a Gmail account.

Two-Step Verification

Google requires that you set up two-step verification to access your Gmail account. If you decide to create an alumni account, you will be asked to set up two-step verification as part of the process.

Account Usage Required to Retain Access

To retain access to a UMN alumni email you must sign in to the account at least once every 180 days. If you do not, the account will be permanently closed.

Eligibility

Opt-in Alumni email accounts are/were made available for limited time to:

People who retired or graduated from the University of Minnesota before June 1, 2024 who have an active UMN Google Workspace account. Details follow:
- People who retired or graduated before November 18, 2023 and had an active UMN Google Workspace account have until Dec. 7, 2024 to create an alumni account.
- People who retired or graduated between November 18, 2023 and June 1, 2024 and have an active UMN Google Workspace account will have until June 20, 2025 to create their alumni account.
- People who graduated before June 1, 2024, but whose PeopleSoft records were not updated until before the start of fall semester 2024 will have until September 2025 to create their alumni account.
People who purchased lifetime memberships with the Alumni Association and had an active Google Workspace account, and were not a current employee or enrolled student as of June 1, 2024 were eligible to create an alumni account.
- People who graduate or retire after June 1, 2024, regardless of their Alumni Association membership status are not eligible to create an alumni email account.

Alumni email accounts are not available to:

People who have an active affiliation with the University (e.g., faculty, staff, or student)
People who graduated or retired after June 1, 2024, including people with a lifetime membership to the Alumni Association
People who graduated before June 1, 2024 from the University and did not have an active UMN Google Workspace account

Enrollment

If you are eligible to enroll in an alumni email account, visit this enrollment link to get started. If you are not eligible, after you click the enrollment link you will see a webpage stating "Account Not Eligible."