Registration FAQ
Need Help Registering for an Infinite Connection Account? Look Here!
- If I don't have an Infinite Connection account how do I create one?
- What if I don't know what my user ID number is or am having other problems registering?
- How do I know if I am eligible?
If I don't have an Infinite Connection account how do I create one?
Click on "Create Account" link at the top of the page and follow instructions on the page.
What if I don't know what my user ID number is or am having other problems registering?
Please fill out the user ID request form and you will receive within one business day. If you have other registration questions, email help@alum.mit.edu.
How do I know if I am eligible?
You are eligible if you are one of the following:
Alumnus/a (degreed and non-degreed)
Degreed alumni will automatically be listed in the Infinite Connection database.
Non-Degreed alumni can ask to be added to the database so they can register for the Infinite Connection if they meet the following criteria:
If you attended MIT as a full-time undergraduate for at least one complete term (only after your class has graduated).
If you attended MIT as a full-time graduate student for at least two complete terms.
In order to be added to the database, please contact the Office of Records via email at mitalum@mit.edu or by telephone at 617-253-8270.
You will need to provide the following information:
Your legal name as it would appear in your official MIT records (transcript)
MIT ID number
Date of birth
Dates you attended
Course (if applicable)
Your desired class and department affiliations
Current home address/telephone
Current business address/telephone
Email address
You should also explain that you would like to be added to the database so that you can take advantage of the services provided by the Infinite Connection. Database administrators can then verify your status with the Registrar's Office and add you to the database (if applicable). After you have been added to the database, you will be able to register for the Infinite Connection.
Current Student
Students who are currently taking courses at MIT
Associate Member
An individual who has participated in non-degree-granting special programs or in joint programs that meet time and admission criteria as determined by the Alumni Association Board of Directors.
Current approved programs are as follows: HST (Harvard/MIT Division of Health Sciences and Technology), SPURS (Special Program for Urban and Regional Studies), MIT-Zaragoza International Logistics Program, Knight Journalism Fellows, and the Cambridge-MIT Exchange Program. If you have participated in these programs you can be added to the database by contacting the Office of Records via email at mitalum@mit.edu or by telephone at 617-253-8270. You will need to provide the following information:
Your legal name as it would appear in your official MIT records (personnel file)
MIT ID number
Date of birth
Dates you worked at MIT
Course (if applicable)
Your department affiliations (for postdoctoral fellows)
Current home address/telephone
Current business address/telephone
Email address
You should also explain that you would like to be added to the database so that you can take advantage of the services provided by the Infinite Connection. Database administrators can then verify your status with the appropriate department and add you to the database (if applicable). After you have been added to the database, you will be able to register for the Infinite Connection.
If your program has not been approved by the Alumni Association Board of Directors, you will need to contact your sponsoring faculty member or department at MIT. Your sponsoring faculty member or department shall apply for Associate member status through the MIT Alumni Association CEO (JudyCole@mit.edu). Confirmed Associate member status will allow you to register for an Infinite Connection account and have access to the online alumni directory.
MIT Post Docs
The newly formed MIT Postdoctoral Association (PDA) is a postdoc-led organization with the goal of providing support for the current group of more than 1,300 postdoctural trainees appointed across some 25 departments at MIT. The MIT Postdoctoral Association is based in the office of Claude Canizares, VP for Research and Associate Provost and Professor of Physics. To find out more please go to: http://web.mit.edu/pda/
All requests for postdoc status in the database, by individual or group, should be directed to Charlene Placido, assistant provost for research. Her email address is placido@mit.edu. Charlene will determine who meets the criteria for post doc status and send information about confirmed post docs to the Alumni Association for entry into the database. Post docs will be able to register for an Infinite Connection account and will have access to the online alumni directory after their information is in the database.
