Access to MIT EECS Faculty Web site

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The EECS Faculty Web site contains material intended for MIT EECS faculty members. Because some of the material is deemed confidential, access to the site is restricted.

Access is controlled by use of MIT Personal Certificates and by a list of EECS faculty maintained at the site. As a faculty member you can gain access if (1) you are using a Web browser with a certificate, and (2) your name is on the list. If you are having problems with access, you can test these two conditions by following the steps below.

1. You are now in the open, non-secure, area

Open area
Secure site, entry area
Secure site, EECS faculty area

2. Test your MIT Personal Certificate

Most EECS faculty members already have an MIT certificate. To see if your browser has a certificate, or test your new certificate, try this test, which will take you to a similar help page on the secure server. First, though, look above and note that step 1 says where you are. If the test succeeds, step 1 will change.

    Test your MIT certificate here

If the new page resembles the current one but starts off with a different step 1, your certificate works. If you get an error message or no response, then either you don't have a certificate on this browser, or it has expired. If the test fails, you need to get your own MIT Personal Certificate.

    Get your MIT certificate here

Your certificate will be issued by MIT Information Services and Technology (MIT IST). You will need your MIT ID number (9xxxxxxxx), an MIT e-mail address (xxxxxxxxx@mit.edu), and the password associated with this address.

3. Accessing the Faculty-only Pages

You are not done yet. All holders of MIT certificates can get this far. To access the EECS faculty material, your name must be on an approval list. You can test this by trying to go to a similar help page inside the faculty-only area.

    Test your faculty-only access here

If you see a page like this with an appropriately different step 1, you have full access to all material on the site. Enjoy.

If you are asked to "sign in" with a password, your name is not found. Ask to have it added; the comment and inquiry form linked below is a convenient way to do this.