When you are admitted as a new student and create a MIDAS account, your student email account is automatically activated. This email -- the official system for all 91短视频-related communications, policies, announcements, tuition bills and other information -- is yours for as long as you remain a student and is deleted one year after your last class at ODU, whether you graduate, transfer or decide not to register for additional classes.
Office365
Students admitted after Feb. 1, 2023, have email provided through Office365.
Access your account in one of the following ways:
Go to and log in with your student email address and MIDAS password.
Access your email (plus news, announcements, 91短视频 services and more) at .
Add your student email as an Office365 account to Gmail, Outlook, or Apple Mail apps.
ODU faculty and staff also use Office365 for email. You can find more detailed information about Office365 at ODU on the Office365 Email page.
Gmail
Students admitted before Feb. 1, 2023, have email provided through Google.
Access your account in one of the following ways:
Go to and log in with your MIDAS ID and password.
Access your email (plus news, announcements, 91短视频 services and more) at .
Add your student email as a Google account to Gmail, Outlook, or Apple Mail apps.
Learn more about Gmail accounts at ODU on the Gmail User Guides page.
As you set up subscriptions, streaming services, online shopping, and other personal accounts, please use a personal email address rather than your @odu.edu address.
Frequently Asked Questions
Your ODU email is not permanent. Once you graduate or leave the university, your inbox will eventually be deactivated and deleted. Using your university account for third-party services can lead to losing access to those personal accounts down the road.
As you set up subscriptions, streaming services, online shopping, and other personal accounts, please use a personal email address rather than your @odu.edu address.
Google has some great instructions on forwarding or un-forwarding your email from one account to another:
Find instructions for forwarding mail in Office365/Outlook here:
Your MIDAS password is also your student email password. You can change or reset your password at .
ODU student email accounts are for active ODU students. If you have not registered for a class in 3 semesters, you will receive a notice that your email account will be purged. Soon after the notice, your account will be deleted. (There are a few exceptions; if you feel you need to keep your ODU email account, send an email to itshelp@odu.edu.)
We have more information about taking your Google data with you on our Google Workspace for Education page.
Outlook:
ETT has no access to student accounts in Gmail. We are unable to access your mailbox, so we can't restore any data, individual messages or mailboxes.
Office365 users may be able to .
Google/Gmail: There is a 20 MB size limit imposed, meaning that no individual email can be larger than 20 MB. If you try to send a message with attachments that add up to more than 20 MB, the message will bounce. If someone tries to send you an email that is over 20 MB, it too will bounce.
Office365/Outlook: Individual messages are limited to 25 MB per email.
Google/Gmail: ETT has no control over spam settings in Gmail. However, any email address that you add to your Gmail contacts will never be marked as spam.
Office365/Outlook: You can add email addresses and domains to your lists of blocked senders or safe senders. Go to and follow the instructions provided in this article from Microsoft: .