Waikato Account

Once you are enrolled, your Waikato Account gives you access to all the systems and services needed for your study.

Who needs a Waikato Account

All students who have completed their enrolment and are now ready to start their study need a Waikato Account.

From July 2025 new applicants to Waikato will have registered by making a Connect Account first. And once enrolled will have received an email providing their Waikato Account details.

Please note

In July 2025 the University introduced a new registration process, and applicants are now required to create a Connect Account to apply for study, accommodation and scholarships. Once enrolled they are then provided with a Waikato Account for study purposes.

  • If you are currently studying with us, or applied this year prior to 16 July, you can continue to use your Waikato Account.
  • If you registered with us in 2023 and 2024 you can reactivate your Waikato Account through the Password Reset tool.
  • If you registered, but did not enrol, in 2022 or earlier, you will need to now make a Connect Account.

Waikato username

Your Waikato Username is the initials of your full name, followed by a number.
eg: Frodo Baggins = fb345

This is also your student email address:
eg: fb345@students.waikato.ac.nz

Your Waikato Account gives you

  • access to essential learning tools such as Moodle
  • continued access to MyWaikato and the Accommodation Portal
  • an M365 account
    - with 50GB of OneDrive storage accessible from anywhere, anytime
    - student email, calendar, teams, etc
  • free WiFi and internet access
  • access to 24/7 computer labs for coursework and assignments
  • access to printing, scanning and copying with approximately 500 pages of free printing

Waikato Account Deactivation

Your Waikato Account deactivates 90 days after the end of your last enrolled paper.

Before this happens, read our student account lifecycle information to understand what happens to your data and your system accesses.