Activate Your Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences Account

To set up and activate your Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences account, you need to have received the email with your username and default pass phrase. This will be sent close to the start of orientation. Click the link below to activate your account by changing the default pass phrase to a phrase that is easy to remember.

Along with the University at Buffalo IT name (or UBIT name), the Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences has a username and pass phrase to use for set-up.
 
This Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences account will give you access to the medical school's:
  • computer labs
  • network shares (cloud)
  • academic programs
  • remote desktop
  • calendaring system
  • course materials

The pass phrase policy is as follows:

  • must NOT contain any part of user’s name
  • must be at LEAST 15 characters in length
  • must INCLUDE characters from 3 of the following 4 categories:
    • English UPPERCASE: A ~ Z
    • English lowercase: a ~ z
    • Digits: 0 ~ 9
    • Symbols: ~!@#$%^&*()_=+<>,.{}[]|\?/

Great examples of passwords (start with a capital letter, end with a period):

My Dog is named Spot.

I work at Subway.

I am only human.

Take me to church!  

Activate Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences Account