UChicago Google Workspace

The University of Chicago offers Google Workspace to all faculty, students, and staff to help accelerate productivity, increase collaboration, and simplify your digital life.

 

 

Gmail

Gmail

Gmail provides gigabytes of email storage, highly effective spam filtering, and powerful search. Forward your UChicago email address to Gmail now.

Google Drive

Google Drive

Upload, store, and share any file type. UChicago users get unlimited storage, so feel free to put store even your largest files and videos online.

Google Docs

Google Docs

Create documents, spreadsheets, presentations, and more. Invite others to collaborate in real-time. You can store them in Drive; you can store them in Box; you can print them out and store them in your sock drawer. It’s up to you.

Sheets icon

Google Sheets

Use Google Sheets to create and edit online spreadsheets. Get insights together with secure sharing in real-time from any device.

Google Calendar

What can we say? It’s a calendar. But it does make for simple scheduling, tracking, and management of meetings and events.

More Information

The University of Chicago makes Google Workspace for Education available to faculty, students, and staff. It includes the following services:

  • Gmail, for email
  • Google Docs, for online document creation and collaboration, including spreadsheets and presentations
  • Google Sheets, for creating and editing spreadsheets online
  • Google Drive, for file storage in the cloud
  • Google Calendar, for event scheduling and coordination

Using your CNetID and password, you can log into the UChicago Google Workspace for easy accessibility and collaboration. Google Workspace provides you with 25 Gigabytes of storage for email and unlimited storage for documents.

For more information, visit the Google Workspace Learning Center.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do I forward my @UChicago email address to Gmail?

All UChicago users will be given the option to forward their @uchicago.edu email address when they first claim a CNetID. If you need a CNetID, you can set one up at on the CNet website. If you have a CNetID and want to add or change your email forwarding, visit the myaccount page.

What information can I store on Google Drive?

Data privacy is very important to UChicago, and that includes information stored on cloud services such as Drive. IT Services, in collaboration with our campus partners, has created a Data Usage Guide to help the campus community better understand what data is appropriate to store and where to store it. If you have questions or concerns about storing data in the cloud, take a look at Data Usage Guide for more information.

All current students, faculty, and staff are eligible to use UChicago Google Workspace with the exception of people in organizations that are part of the Organized Health Care Arrangement (OHCA) and are subject to the Biological Science Divisions HIPAA policies. If you are part of OHCA but would like access to UChicago Google Workspace, you can request an OHCA exception by contacting the BSD.

Individual departments at the University may have their own preferred email and calendaring tools. Check with your departmental administration before choosing UChicago Google Workspace as your collaboration tool. 

How do I get support?

Need help with Google Workspace? Check out Google’s help site for tips, tricks, known issues, and more.