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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.
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
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
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.
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
SOLAR is a large system with many different groups providing different services and support for it. To ensure your issue is resolved quickly select the appropriate issue below.
You will need to use your NetID and Password to use these tools.
If you can't login with your NetID call Client Support at 631-632-9800 to resolve that issue first.
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 Client Support.
Report A Problem
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.
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. Please keep all email addresses current throughout your time at Stony Brook.
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
Click on the Delete button and then click Save. Note: You cannot delete the Campus email address.
You can change your Home or Other email address. You cannot 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.