Students

Your Stanford University Network Identifier (SUNet ID) and password will give you access to many online services, including email, collaboration tools, course information, and security systems.

• Stanford Accounts: Manage SUNet ID, password, two-step authentication, and email aliases.
• Password standards: Learn more about the minimum requirements for passwords.
• Cardinal Key (optional for students): Cardinal Key is the university's secure login feature that let you access many web-based university systems, i.e., Axess, webmail, and Google Drive, without having to enter your SUNet ID and password every time. 

Axess is Stanford’s primary website for managing your course enrollment, keeping your contact information current, reviewing your university bill, and viewing financial aid information.

• StanfordWho: Also known as the Stanford People and Organization Search, is the web application that enables you to search the Stanford directory of faculty, staff, students, and sponsored affiliates at Stanford University and the Stanford hospitals. StanfordWho provides contact and organization information.
• StanfordYou: The web application that enables you to update your contact information​ and SUNet accounts, including password, vacation auto-reply, profile, and privacy settings.
• Stanford Mobile: The university's official mobile app that allows you to access your digital Stanford ID, as well as explore campus dining options, recent news stores, campus maps, and more. 

Access your Stanford email and calendar through the web-based applications:

• webmail.stanford.edu
• webcal.stanford.edu

To set up and access up your email and calendar on a desktop or mobile client, refer to these configuration instructions. 

Check out this Stanford Information Security Awareness video to learn how to protect yourself from digital crimes.

There are steps you can take to keep your computing devices and the entire Stanford network secure. The first time you connect your computer to the campus network, you will be automatically directed to the Student Technology Services Network Registration System to register your computer with the university. After you register your computer, the university provides a number of additional resources to help you maintain a secure configuration.

Dashlane is a tool that remembers your passwords for you. It instantly logs you into the websites that you use daily and helps you populate common information for online forms. Stanford provides a Dashlane Premium account free of charge to all students. 

Mobile Device Management (MDM) provides enhanced protection, convenient configuration, and self-service tools for mobile devices (e.g., iOS, Android, and tablets). It also keeps you up to date with best practices.

The Stanford AI Playground is a user-friendly platform, built on open-source technologies, that allows you to safely try various AI models from vendors like OpenAI, Google, and Anthropic in one spot. The AI Playground is being managed by University IT (UIT) as a pilot for most people at Stanford. 

To learn more, visit the AI Playground Quick Start Guide.

There are many learning opportunities across Stanford to help you grow your understanding of AI and its use. 

• Stanford University Human-Centered Artificial Intelligence (HAI)
• AI Meets Education at Stanford (AImES) by the Center for Teaching and Learning
• Insights by Stanford Business: Technology and AI
• Discover how campus units are exploring AI in the Campus IT Plana