Getting started with NMIT Online
Having trouble Logging in?

Students on campus-based courses

Your password is the same as your computer network password. If you are visiting this website before you have logged into an NMIT computer, go to the Password Service Manager page to activate your account. Contact the ITS HelpDesk if you have any problems.

Make sure

• You include the hyphen in your username.
• Check your “Caps Lock” key is not active on your keyboard and that you have entered your initials in the correct case.
• If you supplied a preferred name in your enrolment forms this has been used for your username (e.g. Elizabeth Smith prefers to be known as Liz Smith. Her username is Liz-Smith).
• Usernames are restricted to a maximum of 20 characters, and any punctuation in names has been removed. (e.g. Simon Foxton-Hummingbird will have a username of Simon-FoxtonHummingb).
• Occasionally other people at NMIT may share you firstname and lastname. In this situation numbers have been added to the usernames to ensure they are unique. You could try adding 2 or 3 on the end of your username (e.g. Jo-Bloggs2)
• Contact the ITS HelpDesk for further assistance.

Distance students

First time visit

Not sure if you are a distance student? Check out this page.

Your login details should be provided to your in your online orientation pack. They will normally follow the format described on this page.

Been here before but can’t remember your login?

If you have logged into NMIT Online previously and are sure your email address in your NMIT Online profile is correct, you can have the system generate you a new password.

Click on the “Yes, help me log in” button underneath the login boxes. Fill in your username OR your email address (this must match the address in your NMIT Online profile) and the system will send you an email asking you to confirm you have requested a new password. Go to your email account, and click on the link within the email message. The system will then send you a new password.

For you own security, you should always change a system generated password as soon as you have successfully logged in again.

Still having problems?

Make sure

• You include the hyphen in your username.
• Check your “Caps Lock” key is not active on your keyboard and that you have entered your initials in the correct case.
• Make sure you are using your NMIT Online password. As a distance student, if you have changed your password on the computer network or the NMIT email service, it has NOT changed on NMIT Online.
• If you supplied a preferred name in your enrolment forms this has been used for your username (e.g. Elizabeth Smith prefers to be known as Liz Smith. Her username is Liz-Smith).
• Usernames are restricted to a maximum of 20 characters, and any punctuation in names has been removed. (e.g. Simon Foxton-Hummingbird will have a username of Simon-FoxtonHummingb).
• Occasionally other people at NMIT may share you firstname and lastname. In this situation numbers have been added to the usernames to ensure they are unique. You could try adding 2 or 3 on the end of your username (e.g. Jo-Bloggs2)
• Contact the ITS HelpDesk for further assistance, telling them which course you are on so they know you are a distance student.