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Assistance with UR Student

Help guides for gaining access, viewing student accounts, and making payments, both as a student and as a third-party. Links to University IT quick references and videos as well as a link to our Box Hub for assistance accessing and completing tasks in UR Student.

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Quick links

To view and pay a student bill online you must have an active account in UR Student.

Help for students

UR Student gives students 24/7 access to view grades, financial aid information, holds, and academic advising. It requires DUO two factor authentication if accessing from off campus.

University IT offers several UR Student training guides for students, faculty, and advisors. If you’re still having trouble accessing or completing tasks in UR Student, please contact the University IT Help Desk at univithelp@rochester.edu or (585) 275-2000, or submit a support ticket.

Help for third-parties

Gaining access

UR Student allows students to authorize friends, family, or other third parties access to the system. Students can grant any combination of the following privileges:

  • Allow others to make a payment on the student account via ACH /direct debit payment from a checking or savings account.
  • Allow others to view account activity. This provides up-to-the-minute transaction level detail on the student account.
  • Allow others to view the student statement. This generates a snapshot in time PDF or printout of the activity on a student’s account for an academic period / semester you select.

The student has full control of who has access to the above items and may grant or rescind access at any time directly in UR Student.

Once the process to grant access is completed by the student, the third party will receive a link and other information by email. The third party will then need to complete a very brief confirmation process to finalize their access.

Note: Students should notify in advance anyone they plan to authorize so the third party will know what to expect and the authorization email isn’t lost or discarded.

 

Activating your third-party account (first time only)

ACTIVATION EMAILS

When your student adds you as a third-party delegate in UR Student, two emails will be sent to the email address they added to the ‘Friends & Family’ area of UR Student. The emails will be sent from University of Rochester (Workday). If you do not receive the email, it is typically because your student did not successfully complete the setup required to grant you access to the system on their behalf.

One email will provide you with information regarding your username (typically your first initial and last name, e.g., jrochester) as well as a link to the Third Party login page to UR Student. The email will arrive with the subject ‘UR Student – New Third Party Access Account User Name’. Open this email first.

The second email will provide you with a temporary password to use the first time you access your account. The email will arrive with the subject ‘UR Student – New Third Party Access Account Password’.

FIRST-TIME LOGIN

Click on the link provided in the first email and you will be directed to the Third Party Login screen.

We recommend saving or bookmarking this link because it is different from the link your student uses to access the system.

Use the Username provided in the first email. Use the temporary password provided in the second email. You will be prompted to change your password to a permanent value of your choice.

Use the Username provided in the first email. Use the temporary password provided in the second email. You will be prompted to change your password to a permanent value of your choice.

 

Quick reference guides

Assistance gaining access, viewing student accounts, and making payments as a third-party delegate.

First time: activating access

Welcome screen and navigation

Viewing account activity


Troubleshooting Third Party

Assistance with activation, authentication, and other issues as a third-party delegate.

Issues with authentication

 

Additional assistance for third-parties

 

Questions and answers for common issues

ISSUES WITH ACTIVATION EMAIL
My student completed the setup successfully, but I still did not receive an email

Check the Spam folder or the Junk Mail folder in your email inbox to be sure that the emails were not routed there. You might want to authorize the @myworkday.com domain within your email setup so that you will receive all future messages.

AUTHENTICATION ISSUES
I don’t remember my password

Use the Forgot Password link on the login screen to reset your password.

I did not set up multifactor authentication and now I don’t know how

After your third login attempt, you are required to set up multifactor authentication before accessing your Workday account. Please follow the instructions starting at “Multifactor Authentication” in the Complete the steps in email to activate your access to your student’s account (first time only) section of this webpage to learn how to setup multifactor authentication.

I did not set up email authentication when I established my authenticator app. How do I set up email authentication after-the-fact?

If you wish to set up an authenticator app after-the-fact, you will need ask your student to submit a request to the IT Helpdesk for an Authenticator App reset. This will allow you to set up Email Authentication and will require you to set up a new Authenticator App account. As such, you will need to delete the initial Workday account associated with your Authenticator App and start over.

My authenticator app is displaying instructions in a different language.

This is a common issue with the Duo Mobile application when using the app with an Apple iOS version older than version 16.0. To correct this problem, you will need to update your iOS to the latest available version. If your phone no longer supports updates, you will continue to have the language issue until you are able to upgrade. Alternatively, you can download a different authenticator and follow the directions in the “I did not set up an authenticator app when I established my email authentication. How do I set up an authenticator app after-the fact?” section above.

OTHER ISSUES
I have changed my email and I need to have the system updated to reflect the new email address

Ask your student to update the email address on your Friends and Family record.

I am a faculty or staff member of the University of Rochester or the URMC medical system, and I can log into the system but cannot see my student’s information?

Be sure you are using the username assigned to you to log into UR Student. This will likely be your first initial and last name (e.g., jrochester) and NOT your NETID (e.g., JROCHES2). If you log in using your NETID and password, you will be logged into the UR Financials system. You cannot get to UR Student using that login information. You would need to log out and log back in using the UR Student username & password.

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