Logging into your student email account
When you first enrol at Nottingham College, you will receive an email with your college account details. This normally happens within 24 hours of your enrolment being completed and being made "active".
This email will contain a username and password for your account.
Your username will be your student number followed by @student.nottinghamcollege.ac.uk, for example 123456@student.nottinghamcollege.ac.uk.
The password is a 10-character randomly generated string of numbers and capital letters such as "9AA123BBBC". This is to meet the minimum password complexity and cybersecurity requirements, but don't worry, this can be changed once you have logged in for the first time.
Your student email is also your Nottingham College student account, which will be used for accessing a variety of systems at Nottingham College, including signing into any college PC or laptop, Microsoft 365 services (such as OneDrive, Teams, Office) and more.
If you are logging into your student account for the first time, you will be asked to set up multi-factor authentication (MFA). You can follow our MFA guide to get set up and the come back to this page.
How do I log into my student email account?
One of the most common services you will use is your student email. To login into your student account and access your student email account, you can sign in to Outlook Mail which is available via any modern web browser software, like Microsoft Edge or Google Chrome.
You will be presented with a Nottingham College branded sign-in screen to provide your student email address, which will be your student ID followed by @student.nottinghamcollege.ac.uk. For example 123456@student.nottinghamcollege.ac.uk. Your student ID is always six digits.
The default password for your account will be the randomly generated password provided by email. You can copy the password from the email to log in for the first time.
How do I change my password?
When you have signed in and completed your multi-factor authentication setup for the first time, you can change your password by using the button below.
When changing your password, it must meet the following password complexity requirements.
- Contain at least 10 characters.
- Not be included in Microsoft’s Banned Password List (passwords involved in known breaches).
- Not previously used as a password on your account.
If you are having problems logging into your student account or are unable to proceed through these steps, please get in touch with our Service Desk on 0115 912 5555.