How to Create UNISA Student Email – my.unisa.ac.za

Student Email at the University of South Africa (Unisa) – Student Email is given to all students upon admission to the University of South Africa. If you access your University of South Africa student email, below are the basic tips to help you through.

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How to Create UNISA Student Email

How to activate your myLife e-mail account

Every registered Unisa student receives a free myLife e-mail account for life. All you have to do is activate it.

You must claim your myUnisa account, if you haven’t already done so, follow the steps below;

Step 1:

Navigate to myUnisa website – https://my.unisa.ac.za/

Step 2:

Click on “Claim Unisa login”

Step 3:

Follow the steps carefully.

New procedure to access your myLife e-mail account.

To access your myLife e-mail account, please follow these steps:

lease note the following:

• You must activate your myUnisa account before you can use your myLife e-mail.
• It may take up to 24 hours for your myLife e-mail account to be created. Once your myLife e-mail account has been created, click on the myLife e-mail button on the homepage of myUnisa. Log in with your full myLife e-mail address and your myUnisa password.
• Your myLife e-mail account is the only e-mail account recognised by Unisa for official correspondence to and from the university.

Step 1:

Go to the http://mylife.unisa.ac.za/

Step 2:

Enter your full e-mail address (eg xxxxxxxx@mylife.unisa.ac.za) and your password for your myLife e-mail account.

Step 3:

Select “Sign in”.

What to do if your password is not active on myLife / O365?

It may be necessary to reset your myUnisa password to synchronise it with your myLife mailbox, folow the steps below to do so.

Step 1:

Login to myUnisa and click on “My Admin”.

Step 2:

Click on the “Change Password” link.

Step 3:

Complete the form to update your password.

NB: Please note that this new password will be active for both your myUnisa and myLife services.

If you are having any difficulties on educational matters, drop a comment for us using the comment box below and we will get back to you within 24hrs – 48hrs. For deeper enquiries, please direct your questions to the contact info below.

• Tel.: 0800 00 1870
• Ethics Hotline: 0800 005 311
• Email: unisa@whistleblowing.co.za