All new members of the University of Texas Health Science Center are provided with a temporary password that must be changed before they will be able to use their UTHSCSA account.
This applies to Employees, Faculty, Staff, Students, Affiliates and Guest
Where to get your Username and Temporary Password:
Students - Check your personal Email
Employees, Faculty, and Staff - Temporary password provided by Hiring Manager.
Affiliates and Guests - Temporary password provided by UTHSCSA department contact
Setting a new password
- Visit our password reset site pwr.uthscsa.edu
- Sign in with your Username and temporary Password
- Once you login you will be asked to create 3 security questions.
- Next you must create a secret phrase
- Finally you can update your password. (See the password requirements below)
Password Requirements
- Minimum length of fifteen (15) characters.
- Contain at least one:
- Upper case character (A-Z)
- Lower case character (a-z)
- Numerical character (0-9)
- Special character (!@#$%^&*()_+|~-=\`{}[]:";'<>?,./)
- Cannot contain common words/names
- Cannot be a commonly used password
- Password history is 12 months, the same password cannot be used for 12 months
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