Accessing MyCQU
Knowing your student login details is important to access the MyCQU Student Portal and other CQU student systems.
To respond to your offer and enrol into your studies, you’ll be asked to set up your student login for the first time.
The username can be either your
Student Email, or your
Student ID.
A student email looks like joe.bloggs@cqumail.com or 12999999@cqumail.com.
CQU will be updating the sign in platform during November 2025 to strengthen security. After this update, you will no longer be able to use your Student ID in the username field.
Current Students
To avoid disruption after the sign in platform update, if have been using your Student ID in the username field, simply switch to using your student email in future.
New Students
Once you have enrolled you will receive an official student email address.
To avoid disruption after the sign in platform update, ensure you enrol into your units early and begin using your student email in the username field to log in.
When you first login, you’ll have a temporary password.
The temporary password is in the format of a lower case 's' followed by your date of birth (DDMMYY) followed by the # symbol, e.g. s301297#.
Once logged in, please update your temporary password and provide a mobile phone number that we can use to verify your identity and ensure password security.
CQUniversity uses Multi-factor Authentication to protect your account and keep your personal, student and research data secure. When logging in to a CQU website, app, or system, you will be required to verify your account and the simplest way to do this is to receive a text to the mobile phone number you have recorded in MyCQU.
Visit MyCQU to read more about logging in with MFA, including troubleshooting tips and answers to frequently asked questions.
We’re here to help if you have any problems when logging in to our CQUniversity systems. Please call us on 1300 666 620 or email tasac@cqu.edu.au.
MyCQU
The MyCQU Student Portal is your personalised gateway to all the advice, services, and resources you will need to stay organised while studying at CQU. You can access MyCQU via a desktop computer or a mobile device.
To save MyCQU to the home screen of your mobile device:
Log in to MyCQU,
Tap the share option for Apple devices, or the three dots for other devices, and
Select ‘Add to Home Screen’.
A MyCQU icon will then be available from your home screen.
