SOLAR

SOLAR is Stony Brook University's enterprise-wide, self-service system which provides faculty, staff, and students with online access to manage personal information. Students use SOLAR to register for classes, print schedules, view and pay bills, update personal contact information, view transcripts, and submit student employment timesheets. Employees use SOLAR to update personal contact information, view vacation/sick accruals, print class rosters, submit grades, and much more.

 

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For Faculty & Staff

SOLAR is Stony Brook University's primary administrative system used by faculty and staff to update personal information, view vacation/sick accruals, print class rosters, submit grades, and more.

 

Faculty & Staff Help

For Students

SOLAR is Stony Brook University's primary administrative system used by students to register for classes, print schedules, view and pay bills, view transcripts, update personal information, report student employment hours, and more.

 

Student Help

Public Access

While most of SOLAR's functionality requires authentication with your Stony Brook ID, we do offer public access to our Course Catalog and Class Search tools.

SOLAR Mobile

Students who access SOLAR using a mobile phone will experience the mobile version of select SOLAR pages: 

• Messages, Holds and To-Dos
• My Weekly Schedule
• View My Grades
• Enrollment Dates
• My Course History
• Account Summary/What Do I Owe?
• Class Search
• Add/Drop/Swap/Edit Classes

Features not available in the mobile version can be accessed by clicking the "full site" link.

If you are a student and you encounter a problem while working in SOLAR Mobile, please report your issue using the IT Service Management portal. Remember, as a workaround, you can always access the site from a desktop, tablet or laptop computer.

 

Learn More About SOLAR Mobile

Problems Using SOLAR

If you experience problems logging in, accessing, or using the SOLAR system, or if you experience issues with how data is being displayed within SOLAR, please use the DoIT Help Portal to request assistance from Customer Engagement and Support.

 

Help with Your SOLAR Account & Password

Help Using SOLAR

 

 

Frequently Asked Questions

How Do I Look Up My Stony Brook ID Number?
EMPLOYEES
  • New Employees: Your 9-digit Stony Brook ID# — also known as a Campus ID, Employee ID, or SOLAR ID — generated during the onboarding process. It was then emailed to you from the Division of Information Technology at the email address you used to apply and it was also emailed to your VP Coordinator from Taleo.
  • Current Employees
    Current Employees can find the SOLAR ID number on their Stony Brook ID Card or reach out to their Supervisor or VP Coordinator for their SOLAR ID number.
STUDENTS
  • Current Students
    Current Students can find their SOLAR ID number on their Stony Brook ID Card or reach out to the Registrar's Office.
  • Former Students
    If you do not remember your 9 Digit Stony Brook ID Number, also referred to as SOLAR ID or EMPL ID, you can perform a lookup using this tool. 
    *This does not include former employees who have never taken a class or future or current students.

Lost Cards

Lost cards can be replaced at the Campus Card offices:

Main Campus:  Stony Brook Union, Suite 207
East Campus:  Health Sciences Center, Level 3, Room 162

 

 

How do I change my email address in SOLAR?

All University communications are sent to the Campus email address, so be sure to check your stonybrook.edu email account regularly. If you have not been issued a campus address or your account has been disabled (e.g. you have graduated and left the campus), communications will be sent to the "Home" address first (if one has been entered), or "Other" automatically. The information below will show how to update your personal email address on record with University. Please keep all personal email addresses current throughout your time at Stony Brook.

In this article you will learn:


 
Adding a personal email address

1.  from the SOLAR Home Page, under Security and Personal Data, click Email Addresses

2.  click the Add An Email Address button

3.  fill out *Email Type and *Email Address, then click the Save button

 
Deleting a personal email address

Click on the Delete button and then click Save.  Note:  You cannot delete the Campus email address.

 
Changing a personal email address

You can only change your Home or Other email address.  You cannot edit or change your Campus address here.  To change your Home or Other email address, highlight all or part of the address and overwrite the *Email Field and then click Save.

 

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Customer Engagement and Support