Student accounts are constructed from NSS enrolment data, which is initially processed a fortnight before session starts with regular updates thereafter. The account will contain your name, date of birth and enrolment details, all of which are taken from NSS and can only be changed by you correcting your enrolment details (i.e. don't ask Help Desk or SS to change it). If you are enrolled in a CSE program (degree) don't forget to register a plan as failure to do so will result in an incorrect account being created.

As well as personal and enrolment details your account will show where your home directory is and some figures on your disk/print/ip quotas and usage (note that these figures aren't updated instantly and should only be used as a guide). The command to see your account is acc.

Student accounts can roughly be grouped into 3 categories:

• undergraduate and Masters by coursework, which are only created from NSS data and have the lowest levels of privilege and quotas
• postgraduate research, both Masters and Ph.D, with more privileges and higher quotas; their account may be created ahead of enrolment upon request from your supervisor to SS
• summer research and practicum exchange, who have privileges intermediate between the above 2 categories, and whose accounts must be created by SS as they do not go through NSS.

Students who are employed as tutors, elected to be a student representative, or elected to be a student society executive, have slightly higher quotas than undergraduates.

If you've just received a CSE account, there are instructions on how to initialise it. All students have to accept CSE's Conditions of Use or their CSE account will be disabled (or not initialised, if it's new).

Accounts only remain active from one session to the next for students enrolled in a CSE degree. If you are enrolled in another school's degree, your CSE account will expire at the end of the session and will not be revived until/unless you enrol in another CSE course. This also applies to students who defer their CSE degree.

You will be sent warning emails before your account expires and should take the opportunity to save your files. You may also setup a mail redirection, which will last for 6 months or so, and should look into creating a CSE alumni account if a permanent redirection is desired.