Overview
Microsoft Outlook and Exchange Online work together as the university’s email and calendaring system.
Exchange is the underlying Microsoft cloud service that stores and manages email, calendars, contacts, and meetings, while Outlook is the application clients use to access those services through the web, desktop, or mobile app.
At UIC, the terms “Outlook” and “Exchange” are often used interchangeably because they are part of the same Microsoft email platform. Multi-factor authentication (MFA) is required to access your university email account.
Accessing Your Email
Important:
- When logging in to UIC Exchange, please be sure to use your full UIC email address rather than just your UIC NetID. For the password, please enter your UIC NetID password.
- Duo 2-Factor Authentication is required to access UIC Exchange. Please visit How do I get started with Duo 2FA for more information about Duo.
UIC Exchange (Outlook):
UI Health Employees
UI Health employees also utilize UIC Exchange.
- To access your UI Health email account, please go to outlook.uic.edu and log in using your full UIC email address and your UI Health password.
- Please note that UI Health email is not managed by UIC Technology Solutions. For UI Health email support, please contact the IS Helpdesk.
Email: ISHelp@uic.edu
Phone: (312) 413-7717
Self-Help Portal: https://uic.service-now.com/sp (login required)
Troubleshooting
In rare cases, a UIC email account may not be created automatically upon NetID activation. If you do not yet have a UIC email account created, you may log into the
UIC Account Portal to create your UIC email account. Please note that, if you are an external affiliate whose mail is currently forwarded from your UIC email address to a personal email address, your UIC email forwarding will be automatically routed to your new UIC email account. This will be irreversible.
If you are having trouble logging into your email account, please ensure that you already have a UIC email account created by going to the
UIC Account Portal > Accounts. You should have "Google Workspace" and/or "Microsoft Exchange" listed under "Your accounts." If neither of these options are listed, please scroll to the bottom, select the available email account, and then select "Create account."