About Your NetID
Your NetID is the electronic key to a variety of computing systems and services at Duke. Used in combination with a strong password, the NetID provides access to online resources such as DukeMail, centralized server space, calendaring and Blackboard.
Students are automatically assigned a NetID upon matriculation. Faculty and staff are assigned a NetID when their records are created through the new hire process in SAP (Duke’s Human Resources database).
Your NetID is different from your Duke Unique ID (DUID), a seven-digit numeric identifier that's printed on the back of your Duke ID badge in the upper left-hand corner.
The Unique ID and NetID are public information. The Unique ID is simply an identifier and should never be used as a password. The NetID is a public identifier that can be used for authentication only with a private, strong password.
Learn more about NetID passwords.