How to Access UC Merced Portal 2023

The student portal for University of California – Merced students is called UC Merced Portal. Throughout your stay at UC Merced, you’ll use the Connect Platform as a valuable resource. You may access detailed information regarding Financial Aid, Admissions, registration, records, and more there whenever you need it in an updated, secure environment. Please refer to the material on the UC Merced Portal for 2023 below.

Logging Into UC Merced Portal

Navigate the student portal at myconnect.ucmerced.edu.
You must establish a password and claim your UCMNetID if you are a first-time user.
Enter your UCMNetID.
Enter your password.
Finally, click Login.
You will be sent to the home page of the UC Merced site.

Claiming Your UCMNetID

Use a web browser to find connect.ucmerced.edu.
Choose “Students” if this is your first visit to connect.
Go down the page and click “UCM Net ID.“
Then click “Account Claim.”
Choose “Applicant/Student” for the account type.
Put your first and last name here.
“I need a claim number” should be chosen.
After entering your personal email, click “Submit.”
To retrieve your claim number from idmemail@ucmerced.edu, go to your personal email.
Enter your claim number by returning to “Account Claim” in step 4.
Choose “Submit” after creating a new password that satisfies the page’s requirements.
A confirmation screen with your UCMNetID will appear.

Important Notice

You have the option to forward emails from the university to another account.
If you want to do so, it is your duty to make sure that any messages sent to your official email address issued by the university, including any attachments, are appropriately forwarded to that other email address.
UC Merced Connect has replaced the my.ucmerced.edu site.
To make sure users can quickly discover the information they need, Connect carefully selects material for students, educators, and staff.
A “One Stop Shop” for important university information and resources is created through UC Merced Connect.
For users to have access to the information they require, regardless of where they are—at home, on school, on their phone, or on a desktop—Connect is also developed on a mobile-first platform.