Dear Parents:

We are pleased to announce a new information system for parents of our undergraduate students. Parents will now be receiving their own account on Villanova’s NOVASIS system with a User ID and PIN. Many of you may have heard of NOVASIS or you may have seen your child use NOVASIS to access their records. It is Villanova’s web based system that allows students to manage their academic and administrative information.

Now through your parent account, you may be able to access quick links to important university information that pertains to your child. The system provides the functionality to allow students to share records from their NOVASIS accounts with parent accounts including information on schedules, grades, bills and financial aid.

Students determine and authorize what information from their NOVASIS account will be available for view by their parents. Please note that parent NOVASIS accounts are view only and parents will not be able to update student information.

We hope that this new NOVASIS for Parents will allow for easier and more immediate information sharing, and that it will be a resource for both parents and students. We recommend that you review your NOVASIS account permissions with your Villanova student.

Because of the restrictions created by the Family Education Rights Policy Act (FERPA), the process is a bit complicated and also takes some time.  Here are the steps that you will need to follow:

1.  The first step is to have the student submit the parental disclosure form, which can be found at http://www.villanova.edu/enroll/registrar/confidentiality/parent_disclosure_form.htm

2.  The student will also need to enter information about their parents on the student NOVASIS system.  In addition to providing the parents' names, the student will need to provide the parents' addresses, e-mail addresses, and some work information.  After this information is officially entered into the system, which might take a few weeks, both the parents and the students will receive an e-mail confirmation.  That e-mail will refer you back to this page for instructions for the next steps for setting up a parents' NOVASIS account.  That e-mail will also include NOVASIS User ID.  Make sure you retain that User ID.

3.  Once you have received the e-mail telling you that you are in the system, you will be ready to access NOVASIS.  Click here for complete log on instructions.  Note that you will need to enter your e-mail address to access NOVASIS the first time, and after that you will need your NOVASIS User ID.  If there is a problem with the e-mail address that you use to access NOVASIS for the first time, please contact our office at registrar@villanova.edu and we will update your records within 24 business hours and notify you that you can now access your NOVASIS account.

If you have any questions regarding your new account please e-mail us at registrar@villanova.edu.

Thank you,

Office of the Registrar