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Email and Email Forwarding Transition Chart for Students

Due to increasing security risks and costs, The University of California, Davis is retiring its Email for Life and Email Forwarding for Life services for former students, staff, and other former affiliates. Below, is a chart detailing the changes for undergraduate and graduate students, whether they're preparing to leave or have already graduated/separated from the university. 

Departing students are encouraged to follow the student separation checklist to ensure a smooth transition out of UC Davis.

Learn more about this change on the email and email forwarding transition project page.

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Email service for active students

Email service for alumni and former students
Undergraduate Student
  • DavisMail (@ucdavis.edu) Google email address to send and receive messages while actively attending UC Davis.
     
  • Email is part of the larger UC Davis Google Workspace, which includes Google Drive, Google Photos, and more.
     
  • 20GB storage limit for individual drives as of summer 2023.  

  • Email can be sent to previous email address (@ucdavis.edu). 

  • Your @ucdavis.edu email will be changed to a @formerstudents.ucdavis.edu email address. Your @formerstudents.ucdavis.edu account will expire after 1 year.

  • 20GB storage limit for Google Workspace. Cannot create new shared drives. Additional details regarding shared drives will be provided in the near future.

  • Duo multifactor authentication required to be eligible for extended email service.

  • Email forwarding not available.

  • Former students who do not meet the requirements to qualify for the former students email service will be notified via email of when their account will close. Once their UC Davis email account closes, any messages sent to that account will bounce back and the sender will be notified that their message is not deliverable.
Graduate or Doctoral Student

  • DavisMail (@ucdavis.edu) Google email address to send and receive messages based on school affiliation. Not all students will have DavisMail. Some schools/colleges offer Microsoft email with email forwarding service available when email closes.

  • DavisMail is part of the larger UC Davis Google Workspace, which includes Google Drive, Google Photos, and more.

  • 20GB storage limit for Google Workspace. Cannot create new shared drives

  • Neither DavisMail nor email forwarding extend to students in programs associated with the School of Medicine, School of Nursing, Public Health, and other specialized programs.

  • Email can be sent to previous email address (@ucdavis.edu).

  • Your @ucdavis.edu email will be changed to a @formerstudents.ucdavis.edu email address. Your @formerstudents.ucdavis.edu account will expire after 2 years. Opt-in for a third year of service available.

  • 20GB storage limit for Google Workspace. Cannot create new shared drives. Additional details regarding shared drives will be provided in the near future.

  • Duo multifactor authentication required to be eligible for extended email service.

  • Email forwarding not available.

  • Former students who do not meet the requirements to qualify for the former students email service will be notified via email of when their account will close. Once their UC Davis email account closes, any messages sent to that account will bounce back and the sender will be notified that their message is not deliverable.
Continuing or Professional Education Student

Cross Campus Enrollment Student
 
External or Visiting Undergraduate
  • Microsoft email unless previously associated with DavisMail as an undergraduate or approved graduate program.

  • Microsoft email ends and email forwarding service may be set up.
  • Email forwarding service ends when the student(s) computing account offboards. Offboarding experiences are different based upon major association. The date that your account loses access varies based on Undergraduate, Graduate Student, and College/School dependencies. These can cease as soon as days after graduation in cases for the School of Medicine and School of Nursing and up to 3 months for most Undergraduates.

  • Emails sent to the @ucdavis.edu email will bounce and the sender will be notified that the email undeliverable.

  • Students who were also undergraduates or graduates, refer to the corresponding section.