About Inactive BCIT Student Account Deactivation

As part of BCIT’s commitment to protecting user accounts and securing institutional data, the Cybersecurity department is building new processes around how your access to this data is processed through our systems. As a result, we are making some important changes to how access to the myBCIT account is managed and controlled.

Starting November 19, 2025, students who completed their course or program 18 months ago or longer will be classified as Inactive. Their myBCIT account will also be marked Inactive and scheduled for deletion by the end of January 2026. Once Inactive, the student will lose access to all BCIT online services that require a myBCIT login — including their my.bcit.ca email and the myBCIT portal.

• Active Students: No impact — your account remains active.
• Former Students (completed a course or program within the past 18 months): No impact — you can still access BCIT services and register for courses.
• Inactive Students (completed a course or program 18 months or longer): Starting November 19, 2025, your student status will be classified as Inactive. Access to BCIT online services requiring a myBCIT login — including student email and the myBCIT portal — will be removed.

Yes, but only if you are a former student who completed your BCIT course or program 18 months ago or longer. In this case, your my.bcit.ca account will be fully disabled — including your ability to send, receive, or access email — as part of the account deactivation process.

No, if you are classified as an Inactive student (a former student who completed their course or program 18 months ago or longer), you will no longer have access to your email account.

Yes, you can export all emails from your my.bcit.ca account. Just follow the steps outlined in the How to export emails from your my.bcit.ca account section.

If you weren’t able to export your emails before November 19, 2025, you can request temporary reactivation of your my.bcit.ca account by submitting the Account Reactivation Request Form.

Note: The form is currently in development. A link will be provided closer to the November 19, 2025 deadline.

Important: Account reactivations will not be possible after January 2026. If you need to export your emails, ensure this is completed before the end of that month.

Yes. If you’re classified as an Inactive student, your my.bcit.ca account — including email access — will be disabled. As a result, you won’t be able to send or receive emails, and any existing email forwarding will stop working as well.

If you are returning to BCIT, you can apply to a program using EducationPlannerBC (EPBC) or register for a flexible learning course using BCIT’s Online Self-Service. Once enrolled, your account will be automatically reactivated as a current student.

Log in to Online Self-Service using your Student Number (A0*******) and password.

Yes. Even if your myBCIT account is deactivated, you can still access your transcripts, tax forms, and financial documents through BCIT’s Online Self-Service.

Log in to Online Self-Service using your Student Number (A0*******) and password.

Yes. You can access your my.bcit.ca email from anywhere, as long as your account is not classified as Inactive. This change only affects former students who completed a course or program 18 months ago or longer.

If you’ve set up a security question and added an alternate email in your myBCIT profile, you can reset your password yourself. Otherwise, contact BCIT IT Services for help.

If you’re currently employed at BCIT, your account will stay active for as long as you work there. After your employment ends, you’ll be considered a Former Employee for 18 months, and your myBCIT account will remain accessible during that time. Once the 18 months have passed, your status will change to Inactive Employee, and your myBCIT account will be deactivated.

To export all emails from your my.bcit.ca account before deactivation, follow these steps:

1. Log in to my.bcit.ca using your BCIT email and password.
   
2. Select My Mail.
   
3. Click the drop-down next to Select and choose All to highlight all emails in your inbox.
   
4. Click More (⋯), then Download, and choose a file format: Mbox or Maildir.
   • Mbox saves all emails in one file.
   • Maildir saves each email as a separate file.