Research Guides: Financial Times: Access

Access Answers

What can I access?

Access is generally available to all people. Registration or account creation might be required to access.

For commercial websites, the UC Irvine Libraries do not offer premium memberships or subscriptions.

Access is available to all people ON the UC Irvine campus and at GML.

OFF campus access requires Authorized Affiliates to log into the VPN with their active UCInetID and password. Authorized Affiliates are people with an active UCInetID and password, i.e., current UC Irvine students and employees.

- UCI- Authorized Affiliates

Access requires an active UCInetID and password.

Authorized Affiliates are people with an active UCInetID and password, i.e., current UC Irvine students and employees.

- UCI- Limited Affiliates

The resources are limited to select UC Irvine populations, based on a person’s status, e.g., current UC Irvine Faculty or PhD students. Please refer to the UC Irvine Libraries for access instructions.

Examples for why content may be limited include: a vendor set restrictions on who may access their information; alternatively, information may be sensitive, identifying, or embargoed.

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Financial Times

Access: UCI- Authorized Affiliates
The UCI Libraries and The Financial Times (FT) have entered into a partnership which provides sponsored FT.com accounts. Each account comes with personalized access to FT.com and the FT mobile app. FT is a daily read for executives, policy-makers, and academics, among others, around the world. The FT offers news, opinion pieces, and data on a variety of topics, including management, business, the legal industry, politics, climate change, and economics, all from a global perspective.

How do current UCI affiliates (i.e. students and employees with an active UCInetID and password) activate their complimentary accounts?

Visit FT.com/UCILibraries
Enter your UCInetID and password to access the FT Join page.
Use your @uci.edu email address to create your account
If you encounter an error message when creating your account, try using a different browser.
After your account is created, use FT.com to access content.
For help creating your account, email: customer.support@ft.com

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How do current UCI affiliates access the FT mobile app? undefined

Download the FT mobile app. When you launch the app, you will see a Sign In page.
After you type your @uci email address, you will have an option to Sign in via University of California, Irvine.
Use your UCInetID and Password to sign in to the FT app.

Do students receive additional benefits from the Financial Times after they graduate?

Within one year of graduation, graduates are eligible for a free 3 month subscription to FT.com. You will be emailed a link in the Spring, or you can contact customer.support@ft.com for details.

Can current UCI affiliates who already have personal subscriptions migrate to the UCI Libraries' sponsored subscription?

If you currently pay for a personal FT.com account, please do the following to migrate your account to the UCI Libraries' sponsored license:

Log into FT.com using your current credentials.
In the same browser, go to the sign-up link: ft.com/ucilibraries.
Complete any open fields.
If you are not using a university email address, you will need to change it via this page: ft.com/myaccount.
Email higher.education@ft.com, include your email address, and explain that you want to cancel your personal account.

How should I get started with the FT?

Download the Financial Times app.
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