Student Account Help

John Jay Student Identity Management

Set up the accounts you need for John Jay and CUNY systems.

Set up your your John Jay email, turn on CUNY MFA, and know which password/login to use when a system asks you to sign in.

John Jay account: campus services.
CUNY Login: CUNYfirst, Brightspace, CUNY tools.

Which login should I use?

John Jay Account

FirstName.LastName@jjay.cuny.edu
@stu-mail.jjay.cuny.edu

Use this for local campus services and systems managed by John Jay.

  • Campus Wi-Fi
  • Campus computers
  • Printing
  • Email identity
  • John Jay apps
  • Library services

CUNY Login

FirstName.LastName##@login.cuny.edu

Use this for CUNY-wide services, student records, and learning platforms.

  • CUNYfirst
  • Brightspace
  • DegreeWorks
  • Schedule Builder
  • Microsoft 365
  • Orientation

What do you need to do?

Choose the task closest to what you are trying to fix or set up.

Set up John Jay email

Make your @jjay.cuny.edu address your preferred email in CUNYfirst.

Start email setup

Set up CUNY MFA

Required before you can access CUNYfirst and other CUNY services securely.

Set up MFA

Connect to WIFI

Connect to Wifi using you John Jay email.

Connect to Wifi

Need to change a password?

Select which password you like to change.

Change John Jay password
Change CUNY password