Instructions
Set up your Rotman Alumni email account
You will continue to have access to your Rotman student email account until February 1, 2023. Your new Rotman Alumni email address will be emailed to you in the fall of 2023. Contact alumni@rotman.utoronto.ca if you have not received your new Rotman alumni email address by December 2023.
Download the guide to access your new Rotman Alumni email account
Backup and save important files
On February 1, 2024 your Rotman student email account will expire, and you will no longer be able to receive email sent to your @rotman.utoronto.ca address. Again, to ensure that you keep any important files that you need, we recommend creating a back-up file of your student email account. Download the guide to create a back up file of your student email account.
On February 1, 2024 your student Office 365 license expires along with access to applications such as Microsoft Office, OneDrive, OneNote, and Microsoft Teams. To ensure that you keep any important files that you need, we recommend backing up files you may have stored within Microsoft OneDrive. Download the guide to back up your OneDrive.
How to...
Once your alumni email is set up, you can forward it to another personal email, or open it in Outlook or Mac Mail.
Download the guide to forward to a personal email
Download the guide to open in Outlook for Windows 10
Download the guide to open in Outlook for Mac
Download the guide to open in Mac Mail
If you are working as a Teaching Assistant or U of T employee and using your Rotman email address, click here to change your default email address.
Set up your Rotman Alumni email account today and start corresponding as a Rotman alum.
Frequently Asked Questions
Can I still send or receive emails from my @rotman student email address after February 1, 2024?
» No.
Can I forward emails sent to my @rotman student email address to an alternate email address after February 1, 2024?
» No.
What do I do if I used my @rotman student email address to register for an online service/subscription?
» We recommend that you update the account with an alternative email address before February 1, 2024.
What if I am in contact with recruiters or others with my @rotman student email address?
» We recommend that you proactively reach out to all of your contacts to provide them with your updated email address. This may be a good opportunity to touch base with recruiters and other contacts.
» You may also want to set an automatic reply on your @rotman student email address to notify contacts of your new alumni email address.
My student Microsoft Office 365 license will expire on February 1, 2024. How will this impact me?
» Your Microsoft Office Pro Plus installations on your devices will expire and you will lose access to Microsoft online applications including OneDrive, OneNote, Microsoft Teams and your files on those applications. We recommended creating a backup of your U of T OneDrive files so that you don’t lose them.
Will my new Rotman alumni email address expire?
» Your Rotman alumni email address has an “abandonment policy” that will close any email accounts after 6 months of inactivity. To avoid the closure of your alumni email account, we recommend forwarding your Rotman alumni email address to a personal email address.
I am actively working at UofT, how do I continue to access my U of T email account and MS Office 365?
» You will still have access to your U of T email account (including the content).
» Your UofT email account will continue to receive email sent to your alternative U of T email addresses (i.e. @mail.utoronto.ca, @alumni.utoronto.ca, @utoronto.ca).
» We recommend you update your default U of T email address before February 1st, 2024 from https://www.utorid.utoronto.ca/cgi-bin/utorid/changeUTmailFrom.pl
» Your Microsoft Office 365 license will not expire
Feel free to contact us at alumni@rotman.utoronto.ca with any questions after reviewing the FAQ's here.