NJIT has a rich and heterogeneous computing environment supporting a wealth of applications and services across many different operating systems and platforms. This page provides a brief overview of the different computing accounts and resources at NJIT.University Computing ID (UCID)
Most of the computing services available to NJIT students, faculty, and staff will require that you login with a username and password. Your University Computing ID (UCID) is a single university-wide identifier that is used to access most of the computing services on and off-campus. (more info)
Major Computing Environments
There are three major computing environments used to deliver services to the university community.
Andrew File System (AFS)
Highlander AFS is the primary academic computing environment which provides a broad spectrum of both commercial and open source application software, compilers, and utilities used for class work and research. (more info)
Microsoft Windows Domains
There are three Microsoft Windows environments, also known as domains. You will need an account for one of these domains when you need access to a Windows personal computer on campus. Mac and Linux PC users will also be able to access certain Windows-based services such as network file services. Students will primarily use the Academic domain while on-campus. Faculty and staff will be using the NJITDM domain. The New Jersey School of Architecture provides its students and faculty with the NJSOA domain to handle specific day-to-day operations. (more info)
Administrative Systems
ALPHA is the primary administrative information systems environment for the university’s student, financial, and human resource databases. ALPHA accounts are issued only to faculty and staff. (more info)
Temporary Accounts
NJIT’s public computing labs require that you login with a username and password. For special events temporary access can be obtained by contacting the IST help desk @973-596-2900. Please give the help desk representative the following information:
Password Management
Each of the computing environments will use your UCID as the username and require its own separate password, which is established the first time you create that specific account. The password management system, known as UPR, will allow users to reset their passwords. (more info)
