Whether you can continue to use your uniqname, MCommunity Directory profile, and standard computing services after leaving U-M depends on whether you retain any affiliation to the university.
- Students who become alumni keep some, but not all, of the standard computing services they had access to as students.
- Faculty & Staff who retire keep some, but not all, of the standard computing services they had access to as faculty or staff.
- Emeritus faculty are considered active faculty; they keep access to the standard computing services.
- Faculty & Staff whose university employment ends (and who are not an alum, retiree, or emeritus) lose access to most U-M computing services upon loss of affiliation.
- Sponsored affiliates lose access to all U-M computing services when their sponsorship expires.
- Deceased faculty, staff, students, alumni, and sponsored affiliates lose access to all U-M computing services after the university receives notification of their death. Please see also Requesting Account Access for Next of Kin and Others.
Download or Transition Data From Your Account
If you will lose access to some or all U-M computing services, refer to Managing Your Digital Files and Information When You Leave U-M for information to help you transition files, messages, and other digital data that you want to keep.
Special Circumstances
Store or move personal information to personal accounts. We strongly encourage you to store your personal files, folders, email, or other personal data you may need to share with others in a personal account or to make sure to move those things to a personal account before leaving U-M. While you are allowed to use your U-M account for some personal business, it may be difficult for others, such as next of kin, to access personal information left in a U-M account after you leave.
Access to your closed account. Former employees who do not transfer files, messages, and other needed data out of their U-M account before they lose access can contact their former department for assistance. If the department considers it appropriate, the departmental sponsorship administrator can sponsor the former employee for temporary access to the account (if the account has not already been deleted).
Business access to another person's account. In cases where ownership of digital files and information is not transferred before an employee leaves the university—or when a U-M account holder becomes incapacitated or dies—units and others may need access to that information for U-M business reasons. In rare cases, people with a personal relationship to the account holder may want to retrieve personal materials held in a U-M account. For information about requesting access, refer to Getting Access to Someone Else's Account.
Deferred admission. Admissions applicants who are admitted and request to defer their admission to a future term will not be able to use U-M computing services, including U-M Google Mail, during this time. (Be sure to set up mail forwarding before deferring admission to ensure email sent to your @umich.edu email address is routed to your personal email account.)
Enrolled students who defer for one or more semesters. Existing students who defer for one or more semesters will usually remain “Active in Program.” This means they will retain the Student role in MCommunity and all the associated computing services. The number of semesters enrolled students can defer varies by school or college. For specific information on deferring, contact your school or college’s registrar.