Keeping your personal information up-to-date will help you stay informed about university deadlines, requirements, and processes. It’ll also ensure that you get your diploma — and that it bears the right form of your name.
Scroll down to learn how to update your address, birthdate, name, gender, residency/citizenship, and social security number.
We keep several addresses on file for you, used for different purposes. You should be sure to keep them current so you don’t miss any important communications—and so you can get your diploma when you graduate.
Find out more about what each address is used for below.
Your student home address is your permanent address, usually a parent’s address, where mail will always reach you. This is the only address on your permanent record.
Your student home address is used for:
Your local address is where you live while attending IU during the current semester. If you live in a residence hall or university apartment, don’t provide a local address. Residential Programs and Services will update your student housing address instead.
Your local address is used for:
Your mailing address is used only by the Office of Admissions before you enroll at IU. It’s used for:
If you’re a student employee, this is your home address. It’s used for:
You must submit any changes to this address through University Human Resources.
Your diploma address is where your diploma will be sent if you don’t want it sent to your student home address.
If you’re a current student, you can change your student home, local, and mailing addresses online. Log in to and go to . Make sure you don’t add an address type that already exists — if you need to change an address, use the edit button instead.
If we have your birthdate incorrect, please get in contact with us at rdhksc@iu.edu.
Note: If you’re a student employee, you must submit any changes through University Human Resources.
We maintain three different names for you:
Learn how to change your name with the steps below:
It’s your responsibility to verify that your primary name is listed correctly, including hyphens, spaces, lower and uppercase letters, and accent marks.
If your name has been legally changed or is inaccurate in our system, you can request a change. The process for changing your primary name depends on whether you are a student only or both a student and an employee. Either way, you’ll need to include legal documentation of your name, such as:
To see your current names and change your preferred name, log in to and go to Personal Information. Click “Start,” then choose the Biographical Info tab. Click the pencil icon next to “Preferred Name” to edit and save. Note that this will not update the name on your diploma or transcripts.
Your degree name, also called the diploma name, defaults to your primary/legal name upon first enrollment. If you want your diploma issued in a variant of your primary name, you may specify a different degree name when you apply for graduation. If you want to modify degree name after submitting graduation application, log in to and go to Personal Information. Click “Start,” then choose the Biographical Info tab. Click the pencil icon next to “Degree Name” to edit and save.
Note: Degree name changes made within 30 days of the degree conferral date may not be effective. Degree conferral dates are Commencement Day for Spring graduates, and the last day of the semester for Fall and Summer graduates.
Your residency classification and citizenship can affect your tuition and your eligibility for financial aid. Be sure your information is up to date.
When you’re admitted to IU, you’re classified as a resident or a nonresident based on the information you provided when you applied. Your residency classification affects your tuition rates. You can update or appeal your residency classification.
Here are a few things to know about residency classification:
You’ll need to verify your citizenship to be eligible for in-state tuition rates as well as scholarships, grants, assistantships, or other aid funded through IU. Log into and go to .
If you’re unable to verify that you’re lawfully residing in the United States, your residency status will be changed to nonresident, and your university financial aid will be removed.
Your residency and aid will be unaffected if:
Indiana law () prohibits us from offering resident tuition rates or university-funded aid to anyone who isn’t in the United States legally.
Is your Social Security number (SSN) missing or incorrect? Log into and go to . You can add or update your SSN there.
If you’re unable to change your SSN, we can help. Please contact us.
Changes generally occur within a day after we receive your request, and will appear on your official academic record.
Note: If you're a student employee, you must submit any changes through .
You are free to change your gender on record if you do not identify with it. Just ask.
Updates to your record usually take about a day, but may take longer depending on the time of year. If your record hasn’t updated after a week, contact us to find out what’s going on.
Note: If you’re a student employee, please make your request by contacting University Human Resources at hrnw@iu.edu (for hourly and nonacademic staff) or Academic Personnel Policies and Services at apps@iu.edu (for academic appointees).
IU accepts a signed statement from you requesting that we change your gender. Because the Department of Education recognizes only the gender designations of male and female, your record must hold one of these two binary values.
Please make sure you include your ten-digit university identification number in your written request.
We may refuse any document that appears to be fraudulent or unreliable. All documents must be in English or must be presented with a verifiably accurate English translation.
