1. Example of first email you will receive asking you to start your registration

Your Sheffield applicant number: Your name: Your course: Architectural Design (PG)Dear Thank you for accepting your unconditional offer of a place at the University of Sheffield.If you would like to decline or defer your place, you will need to send details to the Admissions Service. You can contact them by emailing shefapply@sheffield.ac.ukYou are required to complete a number of tasks before you start your studies. Taking these steps in advance of your arrival will greatly speed up the registration process when you get to University.Your username is abc16xy. You can create your Password by following the link below: https://www.shef.ac.uk/account-management/applicant/activate Once you have created your password your tasks can be accessed by logging in to the Applicant portal (https://www.shef.ac.uk/pre-registration).If you have any questions about this process you can find out more on our webpages (http://www.sheffield.ac.uk/registration) or by emailing preregistration@sheffield.ac.ukBest wishesRegistry ServicesThe University of SheffieldVoted number one for student experience, Times Higher Education Student Experience Survey 2014-2015

Setting up your username and password

Follow the instructions and click on the link: https://www.shef.ac.uk/account-management/applicant/activate to activate your account.

You will then see the following page:

Click Next

Step 1 – Confirm your applicant identity

Enter your date of birth and either your username, email address, UCAS ID or Applicant Number (do not complete more than one of these fields). Click Next.

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Step 2 – Select a contact method

In order for us to confirm you are the one setting up the account, and no one else, a verification code will need to be sent to your email address or phone number. Please select your preferred method of contact from the list on this page and click Next.

Step 3 – Enter Verification code

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A verification code will be sent to the email/ phone number chosen above. A copy of the Account Activation Verification Code email that is sent out is show below:

Once the code has been received it must be entered in the field shown below. Click Next.

Step 4 – Choose Password

Please choose a password. The password must be between 8-30 characters, should use upper and lower case letters and must include a number OR one of the characters $, # and _

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The same Password will need to be entered twice for confirmation.

Click Next .

Step 5 – Finish

Once the password has been submitted, the process is complete. Wait a few minutes before attempting to use the password.

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You will receive an email confirming your account activation is complete:

If you have forgotten your password, follow the link https://www.shef.ac.uk/account-management/applicant/recover to recover it:

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2. Example of email you will receive asking you to complete more pre-registration tasks

REGISTRATION EMAIL (NEW ENTRANT)Your Sheffield applicant number: Your name: Your course: BMus/MusicDear IMPORTANT: If you are an agent acting on behalf of this student, please forward this email to them immediately. If you would like to decline or defer your place, you will need to send details to the Admissions Service. You can contact them by emailing shefapply@sheffield.ac.uk We are contacting you to let you know that there are new pre-registration tasks for you to complete in the Applicant portal. These include: Activating your Student Computer Account, Uploading a photograph for your UCard (University ID card)Taking these steps in advance of your arrival will greatly speed up the registration process when you get to University. Your tasks can be accessed by logging in to http://www.sheffield.ac.uk/registration using your Applicant username and password. Your Applicant username is ABC16XY. If you do not know your password, please go to: https://www.shef.ac.uk/account-management/student/recover If you have any questions about the process you can find more information at www.sheffield.ac.uk/registration. Alternatively you can contact us at preregistration@sheffield.ac.uk or by calling the Helpline on (00 44) 114 222 1288 between 9am and 4.30pm, Monday to Friday. (Please note that this email was sent to all of your email addresses on our system. Please disregard any duplicates.) Best wishes, Registry Services, The University of Sheffield Voted number one for student experience, Times Higher Education Student Experience Survey 2014-2015 You may have already activated your user name and password when you received the first email. If this is the case, then you can just follow the link to pre-registration and log in using the details that you have already set up.

If you have forgotten your password, or didn’t receive/act on the first email, you will need to follow the link in the email (https://www.shef.ac.uk/account-management/student/recover ) to recover/set-up your password:

Click Next. After the above screen, the process is the same as Steps 1 to 5 outlined previously in this document.

Step 6 – Accessing Pre-registration

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Once you have logged in to your pre-registration account, you will need to complete the task Activate your student account. When you click on the task the following screen will be shown which includes details of your computer account and University email:

Click Next.

Enter user name (if not already pre-populated) and click Next.

The password that was used at the start of the activation process should be entered in the next screen:

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Click Next and the process is complete.

You will receive an email confirming your account activation is complete:

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