Alumni Accounts
Alumni CalNet Account
Alumni are eligible to keep the same CalNet account. That account provides login access to:
- School of Information resources, including:
- I School Intranet
- I School career services
- Berkeley campus resources, including:
- Transcripts
- Job and internship postings
- Berkeley Career Center alumni career services
- Lifelong learning
- Berkeley alumni directory through the my.berkeley.edu alumni portal
Your CalNet account will remain active after you graduate — but you must log into your CalNet account regularly in order to keep it. Alumni CalNet accounts will be deactivated after six months of inactivity (not logging in).
If you have trouble logging in to your CalNet account, you can change your passphrase at mycalnet.berkeley.edu.
If you need further assistance with your CalNet account, email calnet@berkeley.edu for assistance.
After you graduate, you will receive a series of automated emails warning you that your CalNet account will “expire” nine months after graduation. These emails are not true. Instead, your CalNet account will transition to an alumni CalNet account, with access to a different set of online resources. But as long as you authenticate via CalNet regularly (to check your email, log into the I School website, etc.), your CalNet account will not expire.
Reactivating Lapsed CalNet Accounts
If your CalNet account has been deactivated due to inactivity, you may request the campus to reactivate your account. Once reactivated, you will again be able to log in to the I School website, the My Berkeley portal, and other Berkeley alumni resources.
(CalNet accounts may be reactivated upon request, but bConnected (Google) email accounts will not be reactivated.)
Email & bConnected Account
New alumni are eligible to maintain their Berkeley email accounts. This will be the same account you used as a student, including both your @berkeley.edu and @ischool.berkeley.edu email addresses. Alumni email access is provided by Berkeley’s University Development and Alumni Relations department.
In order to keep your account active, you must:
- Reduce the overall storage in your Google account below 5 GB;
- Renew your account once, before the end of your nine-month grace period; and
- Log into the account via a web browser at least once every six months.
If your bMail account lapses, it will not be reenabled.
Sign Up for Your Alumni Email Account
Current students
Students will not be able to renew their accounts until after they have graduated.
New graduates
New graduates will be able to renew their accounts after the campus has recorded your graduation — about one month after the end of your last semester. You must renew your account after your graduation has been recorded and before the end of your nine-month grace period.
Previous graduates
This service is available only to alumni who currently have active bConnected accounts. If you graduated before alumni bConnected accounts were available or if you allowed your account to lapse, the campus alumni relations team will not create or recreate an account for you.
Renew your alumni email account
Alumni accounts have a 5 GB storage quota. Storage quotas count the combined storage in Gmail and Google Drive. Multi-factor authentication is required.
If you have another current affiliation (current student, employee, visiting scholar, etc.), you will not be able to sign up for alumni email until that affiliation ends.
Keep Your Account Active
Alumni with active @berkeley.edu email accounts may continue use of that account provided they complete the following:
- Log in to the account in a web browser at least once in a 6-month period (see restrictions below)
- Keep your storage quota below 5 GB
- Adhere to all CalNet requirements.
You must log in to the account in a web browser at least once every six months. Reading email via mobile and desktop apps (e.g., Gmail App, Apple Mail, Outlook) or forwarding email without accessing the account directly in a web browser does not fulfill the login requirement.
More information about alumni email accounts.
I School Intranet Access and Alumni Directory
Alumni can log into the I School Intranet using their CalNet credentials. Intranet access allows I School alumni to browse the alumni directory and update your directory profile.
- If you’re having trouble logging in to CalNet, follow these instructions from UC Berkeley IT.
- If you never had a CalNet account:
- Request a PIN from the @Cal Alumni Network.
- Register with the @Cal Alumni Network.
- After your @Cal Alumni Network profile is active, email help@ischool.berkeley.edu with your name, I School degree, and graduation year, and we will activate your I School access.
- If have a CalNet account, but cannot access the I School Intranet:
- Email help@ischool.berkeley.edu with your name, I School degree, and graduation year, and we will activate your I School access.
- If you need other assistance, email help@ischool.berkeley.edu.
