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User account

All new students must first activate their NMBU user account.

The user account is used for logins through Microsoft and Feide (Feide is the national solution for secure login and data sharing in education and research).

Activate your user account

Student with a Norwegian birth registration number

  1. Go to https://tilgang.sikt.no/nmbu
  2. Click "Activate user account".
  3. Select "Log in with ID-porten" and follow the steps.

Student without a Norwegian birth registration number

  1. You will receive an email to your private email account.
  2. Click on the link "Activate user account".
  3. Follow the steps and confirm your identity by using your private email address and mobile phone number.

Please note: If you get a warning about missing phone number, please send an email to it@nmbu.no and state your current mobile phone number.

See also the guide: User account: Create or change password

Activate secure logon

To access most of NMBU services, you will need a secure logon in addition to your password, also known as two-factor authentication (MFA).

How to activate secure logon (requires logging in with your user account in NMBUhelp)

  • Forgotten Password

    Have you forgotten your password? Here you will find information on have to reset your password.

    How to set a new password

    Student with a Norwegian birth registration number can set a new password at https://tilgang.sikt.no/nmbuby choosing "Forgot password".

    Student without a Norwegian birth registration number must send an email to it@nmbu.no in order to receive a new activation email.

    If you now get a "green check mark", your password has been reset and is normally ready to use within 10 minutes.

    Please note: If you suspect that your password is lost, you should change it. Also if you have used the same password on more services than NMBU's.

  • Password Rules

    A password must, in addition to be at least 12 characters long and contain at least 5 different characters, meet three of the following four characteristics:

    • Lowercase : abcde …
    • Capitalization : ABCD ..
    • Numbers : 0123456789
    • Special characters:! # $ % & ( ) = ? + * – _ , . { } [ ]><
    • The following signs shall not be used:
      •   - Special characters used in the program code: ; “‘ ` | \ /
      •   - Language-specific signs such as: æ ø to Æ Ø Å

    Support for pass-phrases

    To qualify as a pass-phrase the phrase must contain at least 16 characters, and at least 2 out of 4 of the characteristics above. This can be solved by using small letters and in addition either spaces, hyphens, or capital letters. The advantages by using a pass-phrase is that regular words can be used, and therefore the pass-phrase will be both easier to remember, and easier to type.

    Once you have received a green message that the password was set correctly, you may log out.

  • How to access the network Eduroam from your device

    The articles below are available in NMBUhelp (requires loging in with your NMBU account):

    How to access Eudoram AndroidHow to access Eduroam AppleHow to access Eduroam Windows

Once your user account has been activated, you will get access to

  • Studentweb (semester registration, semester fee, education plan, register og withdraw from courses, examination information, assessment and more)
  • Canvas (the digital course room with information about the course)
  • WISEflow (digital exam system)
  • Eduroam (the wireless network at NMBU)
  • Other IT services

Remember your username and email address (which is usually the same) and password. You will need your login information to access all of the tools you will use throughout your education.

If you have problems getting access to your user account, contact it@nmbu.no

Account closure/deletion

IT services when students finish their studies

What happens to your files and email when you leave NMBU?

  • Access to NMBU’s IT services is limited to the period during which you are an active student.
  • Two months after your study rights have ended, you will receive an email from NMBU informing you that your access will be closed.
  • A reminder is sent one week before, and again during the last two days. During this period, you are responsible for transferring all relevant files from OneDrive and any important email to your own computer. Contact the IT department if you need practical assistance or advice.
  • Three months after your study rights have ended, your IT access will be deactivated and you will no longer have access to your data.
  • The data will then be deleted, and it will no longer be possible to recover it.

Deletion of data

NMBU is only permitted to process (store) personal data as long as the purpose of the processing still exists. When a student leaves NMBU, the purpose for processing their data—including personal information—ceases. This means that the data must be deleted. User data is therefore deleted from NMBU’s IT systems 90 days after the student relationship ends. After 90 days, it will not be possible to recover the data.