Your NetID is your key to all the tools and resources Northwestern has to offer, including your email account, grades, tuition information, research tools, and more.

Follow this link to activate the NetID you received in your acceptance email.

Note: Northwestern Staff members should NOT activate their NetID. Skip this step.

Click here to read a step by step explanation of how to make your tuition deposit. Please note that you do NOT need to make a second housing deposit for this program.

About Double Deposits

Double deposits are when a student makes a tuition deposit to more than one program, school, or university. Sometimes this is done because students are delaying making a decision on which program to attend, or are waiting to hear about another school’s waitlist. Double deposits are considered unethical for a couple of reasons.

• First, the tuition deposit is your signal that you intend to attend a program. If you make a deposit knowing that might not be the case, that’s dishonest.
• Second, it’s unfair to other applicants. Once a student has signaled that they intend to enroll, other students could be denied admission based on the class size. If you make a deposit at more than one program, you are depriving other interested students from attending.

If you have questions or need an extension to make your deposit, please don’t hesitate to reach out to us at msc@northwestern.edu. We are happy to have a conversation.

It is important that you set up and check your Northwestern email account regularly. Your @u.northwestern.edu account provides email, calendaring, Google Sites and Google Docs, spreadsheets, and presentations. Visit this page to set up your email account.

Bookmark the login page and be sure to keep track of your original username and password–you’ll need them throughout the program.

Click here for more information about setting up your account on various devices.

Note for Northwestern Staff: You are invited to create a u.northwestern.edu mail account if you would like to keep your school work separate from business. This is not required.

• CLP Students need to submit Immunization Records

  • As a Northwestern student enrolled in two or more classes, you are required by Illinois law and University regulations to show proof of immunizations. Please submit proof of immunization records and enter dates for vaccines/labs via the Health Portal. The Student Immunization form is no longer required. 
  • Click here for more information on the required immunizations.
  • Information on the deadlines for immunization requirements can be found here.
  • The Admission Health Record is not required for MSC OLP Students.

• All degree-seeking Northwestern students are required to have adequate health insurance. 
• To waive enrollment in the Northwestern University Student Health Insurance Plan (NU-SHIP) via CAESAR and confirm that you are covered by a medical insurance plan that meets Northwestern University’s comparable coverage requirements, follow these instructions. For more information on student health insurance, click here.
• Please note: Northwestern University requires all degree-seeking international students – students holding a J-1 or F-1 U.S. visa – to maintain enrollment in the NU Student Health Insurance Plan (NU-SHIP) for the entire time they are studying at Northwestern.

All students must submit official academic transcripts

• Although many of you submitted unofficial academic transcripts for admission purposes, we require official transcripts for you to be able to enroll in classes. Official transcripts are sent to us directly from the institution that awarded them. Many institutions are able to submit official transcripts electronically and may email those to msc@northwestern.edu.
  *Please do NOT send transcripts to The Graduate School, as this is a separate school at Northwestern not associated with MSC.
  Anyone submitting hard copies of their transcripts may submit them in a sealed envelope from your institution to the address below:

International Students: Request Your I-20 or SEVIS Transfer

Visit this page and click on “International Students” and then “Steps for Newly Admitted Students” on the top menu.

• If you need to transfer your SEVIS Record, click on “SEVIS Transfer In Request”
• Within about 2 weeks of submitting your non-refundable $500 MSC tuition deposit (see Step #2 above), you will receive an email to access the OISS Portal where you will upload the necessary documentation.

If you have any problems logging in the system or requesting the documentation you need, please email intoff@northwestern.edu and copy msc@northwestern.edu.

For more information please visit SFS. Your NetID and email address must be active before SFS can begin working with you.

All students, once registered, will have a bill generated by the 10th of the next month.

You can contact SFS at:

• (847) 491-8950
• Email Address: student-financial-services@northwestern.edu