ABOUT THIS SERVICE
ONE PERSON, ONE COMPUTING ID.
Your Computing ID is the username before “@sfu.ca” in your SFU email address. For example, if your SFU email is "kipling@sfu.ca", then your Computing ID is "kipling". Don't confuse it with the 9-digit student/employee number on your SFU ID card.
A computing ID is your digital key to login to SFU's technology services available to you, such as:
- Wi-fi
- SFU Mail (email and calendaring)
- goSFU (course registration, tuition payment)
- Canvas (lecture materials, assignments, etc.)
- Computer labs
- Online library service
- and a variety of other SFU technology services
Activate Your Computing ID
Note: After activation, you may need to wait an additional hour to access some services including SFU Mail.
Need to manage your computing account?
Change Your Computing ID Password
Change Your Display Name
Forgot your password or your password is not working?
Reset Your Password
FAQ
I have more than one email address. Which one contains my computing ID?
Everyone at SFU has a primary email address (formatted as computingID@sfu.ca), as well as one or more email aliases (commonly formatted as firstname_lastname@sfu.ca). Usually the Computing ID doesn't have any underscores, has 8 characters and is a combination of the characters from the first and last name of the account holder. For example:
| Name |
Computing ID |
Alias |
| Rudy Kiping |
kipling |
Rudy_Kipling |
| Katie-Louise Barr |
klbarr |
Katie_Louise_Barr |
| Chaya Hunt |
chunt |
Chaya_Hunt |