Students, faculty and staff of the College of Engineering are eligible for several types of computer accounts. These are NetID Account, Engineering Unix Account and Engineering Windows Account.

Students, staff and faculty are eligible to obtain a NetID Account and an Engineering Unix Account. Faculty and Staff are eligible to get an Engineering Windows Account. Students and visiting faculty can get an Engineering Windows Account if they are being paid by USF. Otherwise they will need to buy Client Access License.

To obtain a computer account, students, faculty, staff must have a valid USF card. If you do not have a USF card, students should go to the ID Card Center located in the Marshall Center. Faculty, staff and guests should request a USF card from their department office.

A NetID Account will allow students, faculty and staff to have access to services such as Blackboard and myUSF. You will also be able to download software such as McAfee Antivirus for your PC using this account. A NetID Account is required to gain access to computers in the open use labs.

Students, faculty and staff can activate their NetID via the University Network Access web site.

The following information is needed to activate NetID Account:

• 16 digit USFCard number (640013...) or University ID
• Date of birth
• Last five digits of your social security number

ENGINEERING no longer supplies email accounts to students. An Engineering Unix Account allows students, staff and faculty access to UNIX based research and computing services.

Before activating an Engineering Unix Account, students, faculty and staff must first activate their NetID Account. The steps to activate a NetID Account are explained above.

Students can request Unix Account here.

Please request an engineering account if your Instructor has asked you to do so.


From the main page of the UNA web site log in with your NetID username and password, on the left menu you will see Engineering Computing link. Click this link.

If you currently have an account it will display your username.

Once the account is created you can log into sunblast.eng.usf.edu with your NetID and password within a few hours via SSH or X-Windows from your personal computer or computer labs.

Webmail for Students: To access your mailbox online goto: https://mailbox.acomp.usf.edu (http://cofemail.eng.usf.edu/ for faculty/staff). IMAP/POP3 outgoing/incoming server name for Outlook access is mailbox.eng.usf.edu. If you are dialing in from your home computer using an ISP other than USF, you might not be able to send messages through your ENG account.

Webspace: All users with Engineering Unix accounts, are provided with a virtual space, the size of which is fixed based on your academic/professional level. This virtual webspace should only be used for academic purposes. If you need an increase in the space provided to you, please send an email to Joseph Murphy .

An Engineering Windows Account allows faculty and staff to utilize domain resources and enable users to logon to the engineering (ENG) domain. They will be able to gain access to their desktop computers and also remotely access the engineering domain through their desktop computers using the remote desktop connection.

Webmail for faculty & Staff (CofE Mail): Emails on the Engineering Windows Account can be accessed via the web at the following address: http://cofemail.eng.usf.edu (https://mailbox.acomp.usf.edu for Students).

In order to obtain an Engineering Windows Account, faculty and staff must first activate their NetID Account and Engineering Unix Account. The steps to activate a NetID Account and an Engineering Unix Account are explained above. After doing so, they have to contact their department’s computer technician or office manager who will submit an online application to Engineering Computing. Engineering Computing will then create an account and inform the technician or office manager of the account details such as username and password.

Please note that Office Managers can apply for an account on behalf of Faculty and Staff of their department by sending an e-mail to Karen Kirby (kirby@eng.usf.edu) with the full name as it appears on the USF ID card, the Social Security Number and the 6400 number off the card. The department will be notified when the account is ready. However, the account must be picked up and signed for in person by the user in ENB 344. No account information will be given out over the phone or through e-mail.