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Activate Your Brown Account

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Activate Your Brown Account

As soon as you receive instructions to activate, or:

By June 1 for degree programs that start in September
By January 1 for degree programs that start in January

Check Your Email

Check your personal email for instructions to activate your Brown account and email with your Brown ID number. For issues, see the IT Knowledgebase or contact the Office of Information Technology (OIT) Service Center.

Activate your Brown Account

To Resolve Issues

IT Knowledgebase

Step by step instructions for activating your account.

Computing and Information Services IT Service Center

Contact information for the OIT help desk.

After Activation

Add a mobile number to Banner. This allows you to reset your Brown password should you forget it, and also ensures you are notified should an emergency occur at Brown. To do this, log in to selfservice.brown.edu and click Personal Information.
Log in to your email. You can simply visit gmail.com and enter your Brown email address; you’ll be prompted to log in with Brown single sign on.
Setup Two-Step Verification. The first time you log in to a Brown service like Banner, you will be prompted to set up two-step verification. We strongly recommend the Duo Mobile app as your primary method of authentication, and suggest setting more than one method if possible. You can log into MyAccount after setup to add additional devices or phone numbers. Read more about two-step verification at brown.edu/go/twostep

International Students

International numbers are acceptable and they should be entered with a + in front of the country code. If you don't plan to get a US cell phone once in the country, you can use the smartphone app (Duo Mobile) over Wi-Fi or without a connection.