Changing your student email display name

Official student email account

Your Outlook Display Name will be populated from your personal details in mySI-net.

If you have a preferred name set in mySI-net, your Outlook Display Name will be in the following format: <preferred first name> + <preferred last name>. If you do not have a preferred name set in mySI-net, your Outlook Display Name will be in the following format: <legal first name> + <legal last name>.

To check your names in mySI-net:

1. Log into mySI-net.
2. Go to the Personal Details section.
3. Review your legal name and preferred name.
   • If your legal name (in the Official Name field) needs to be updated, you can request an update in my.UQ. You will need to provide an ID document to verify your name change.
   • If your preferred name needs to be updated, you can make this change using the Name Details page in mySI-net. You don't need to provide any supporting documents.

Alumni email account (pre-2024)

You can change the display name that recipients see when you send emails from your alumni account.

To change your display name:

1. Open your alumni email account personal settings.
2. Log into your alumni email if required.
3. Select the 'General' tab on the side menu.
4. Edit your name in the 'Display Name' field.
5. Click 'Save' to finish.

It usually takes about an hour for your display name to be updated. You'll also need to sign out of Office 365, then sign back in, before your new display name appears under 'My account'.