About this page
This page gives you general information the university's main e-mail systems. Information about how to apply for a San Jose´ State University E-mail account is here.
Types of San Jose State University E-Mail Accounts
The first step is to determine which type of university e-mail account you have. The quick way to find out is to look at your e-mail address. The best clue to determining this is what immediately follows the "@" sign in your e-mail address.
The types of university wide e-mail accounts are:
- Google SJSU Gmail, ends in @sjsu.edu
- Student e-mail, ends in @students.sjsu.edu
University E-Mail Google Gmail
Information about the new Google Gmail system is maintained at this Web location. If you do not know if you have a SJSU Google Gmail account, the SJSU ITSS Help Desk can help you:
- Call us at (408) 924-2377 during our normal business hours.
- Or, go to our ticket portal and submit an incident ticket into our ticketing system.
- Or, visit us in Clark Hall room 102 during our normal business hours.
The Student E-Mail System
San Jose State University, through partnership with Microsoft Live Edu, provides a feature-rich, intuitive electronic mail environment to the Student community. Only students may use this e-mail system. Popular features include web and POP3 client access, online file sharing and storage, blogging, Storage, and account pickup and management through SJSU's SJSUOne application.
Every active SJSU Student has an SJSUOne account, the Information Technology Services (ITS) Systems Group has also generated a SJSU Student E-Mail address for each active student.
You may view information about the SJSU Student E-Mail system on the Web at:
Note: this information does not affect official employee e-mail, or the official employee address (Firstname.Lastname@sjsu.edu).
Future Student Wishing to Have an SJSU E-mail Account Now
SJSU does not, at this time, provide e-mail addresses to students prior to enrollment. It is the official policy and practice for SJSU to use the preferred e-mail address (which may be selected or modified in MySJSU) when communicating to all applicants and students via e-mail. By default, the preferred e-mail for incoming applicants is the self-reported e-mail provided on their CSU Mentor application. In addition, important communication is often sent to applicants and students via MySJSU. Please make sure to check your MySJSU account frequently for new messages.
- To apply to SJSU, go to www.csumentor.edu.
- To contact the SJSU Admissions Office, email admissions@sjsu.edu or call (408) 283-7500.
- If you have not yet activated your MySJSU account, please visit https://futurestudent.sjsu.edu.
- For questions regarding your My.SJSU.edu account, email cmshelp@sjsu.edu.
- For any other questions, please go to www.sjsu.edu/contact/
Other university e-mail accounts
Some organizational units (departments) at the university provided their own e-mail services at one time. These accounts were replaced at SJSU with SJSU Google Gmail account accounts and are no longer available. If you believe you still have an issue involving a SJSU organizational unit's former e-mail account, please contact your desktop support team for assistance.
Related Resources
These are pages that provide help and support for applying for and using SJSU e-mail.
Support
This page gives you links to more specific information regarding how to apply for and how to use the university's two main e-mail systems.
Tutorials
An index of tutorial documentation maintained by the San Jose State University Help Desk related to e-mail support are being developed. These will be added to this site when they are ready.
SJSU E-mail Web Access
Access your SJSU Google Gmail account using your Web browser. This link does not go to e-mail systems that may still be deployed in some SJSU organizational units. Support information is not provided at this link:
