eID is short for "electronic ID". It's the name for your central computer ID that serves as your primary "electronic identity" at K-State. More importantly, your eID is part of your e-mail address and gives you access to many K-State resources, such as iSIS, K-State Online, K-State e-mail, and more.
With your eID, you also manage your eProfile to change your password, turn e-mail forwarding on, set spam-filtering options, and more.
You can change your eID at any time. Typically there is a $50 fee for each eID change. If you legally change your name and your current eID is based on your old legal name, you will be allowed to change your eID and the fee will be waived. Read more about changing your eID.
To get an eID, new K-Staters register and select an eID. If you're unsure whether you already have an eID or can't remember your eID, contact the IT Help Desk.
For more information about eIDs, see the eID FAQs.
New K-State students must register and select an eID. Readmitted students who attended after Fall 2002 already have an eID. If you are unsure whether you have an eID, contact the IT Help Desk.
For an overview of using your eID in computing at K-State, see New to IT at K-State
If you are a new K-State employee you must register and select an eID. You may already have an eID if you were a student or prior employee. If you're unsure whether you already have an eID, contact the IT Help Desk.
As part of the registration process, you will be asked to provide your Employee ID. If you're a new employee at K-State and you don't know your Employee ID or your Human Resources information doesn't match, complete the registration process to reserve your selected eID. Then contact the personnel specialist for your department or agency to receive your eID privileges.
For an overview of using your eID in computing at K-State, see New to IT at K-State
A group account functions just like an individual eID, with its own e-mailbox and disk space. For security purposes, it requires additional steps in the sign-in process. A group account is useful when
For details, see the summary of group accounts and the Group Account Form. If the password on a group account is not changed during the password-change timeframe, the group account is disabled. To re-enable it, a Group Account Form must be resubmitted.
Those who are not K-State students or employees, but are associated with the university in a manner that furthers the mission of K-State, may be eligible for access to IT resources. See the K-State eID Policy's section on eligibility. If eligible, the Special Access recipient must self-register an eID, and the department personnel officer must complete the Request for a K-State Special Access eID.
Visitors who are not K-State students, employees, or otherwise related may self register for a K-State eID. The selected eID is reserved for 90 days and has no privileges associated with it. Should you choose to enhance your relationship with K-State through either employment or enrollment, the selected eID will remain yours and will allow access to K-State computer resources. For those who believe they are associated with the university in some way, see Special access eIDs above.
Your eID password must be changed each fall and spring semester in order to access K-State's information technology resources and comply with university policy. Passwords are changed through the eProfile.
If you miss the password-change deadline and have set an alternative e-mail address and your password reset question and answer, go to the eid.k-state.edu website and click on Forgot your password? to get a new password. You will be asked to enter your eID, after which an e-mail is sent to your alternative address. From that e-mail, you have the option to follow a link and answer your question in order to reset your password. If you have not set an alternative e-mail address or your password reset question and answer, call the IT Help Desk. You will need to provide proof of identity. K-State employees must also provide additional information. The information can be obtained by contacting your unit's personnel officer or by looking on your paycheck stub.
For more information about passwords, see the Password FAQs.
The K-State eProfile system allows K-Staters to create an eID and manage the details associated with your eID such as spam filtering, e-mail forwarding, eID password changes, emergency contact information and official affiliation with K-State. Sign in and manage your eProfile.