New Account

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IT Services provides all students, faculty, and staff with a UARK username and password. Go to UARK Account to learn more about your UARK account.

Activate Your UARK Account

PASSweb is an UARK application where you manage your UARK password.

  1. Go to Password Manager and click Activate New Account.
  2. Enter your University ID.
    • Faculty and staff can get their University ID numbers from department leave administrators or by calling Human Resources at 575-5351 and supplying a social security number.
    • Students can find their University ID numbers in their Admissions Packets or contact Admissions or the Registrar.
  3. Enter your date of birth in the MM/DD/YYYY format.
  4. Answer the three questions by checking the Yes or No radio buttons below each question. Click Next. You must answer "Yes" to all three questions to activate your account. Please read the Code of Computing Practices and responsibly follow the rules of computing on campus.
  5. Set your security question and answer. Click Save. Setting the security question and answer will allow you to reset your password if you have forgotten it. To use it to retrieve your password, you must know your original security question. The answer is case-sensitive and a minimum of four characters.
  6. Set the password for your account, and type it again in the next field. Your password must contain at least one character from each of three character groups: numbers, uppercase letters, lowercase letters, or special characters, i.e., ~!@#$%^&*()-_=+\|]}[{;:'",<.>/ and ?. Your password will expire every 120 days.
  7. Click Apply New Password. The next screen will show your UARK username and email address. Log out.