Holiday Closure
Bellingham Technical College will be closed from Thursday, November 26 through Sunday, November 29, 2020 for the Thanksgiving Holiday.
BTC provides all students with an email account.
The most common problem is with the password. You can reset your email and computer network password using the Password Reset tool.
If resetting the email password doesn't help, contact us at StudentEmailHelp@btc.edu. Include your BTC email address and an email address or phone number where we can contact you. We will do our best to respond within one business day
How to forward your student email
How to access your student email with using an email client
Registration main page
Login to myBTC Portal to
I have an SID, but don’t know what it is. Look it up!
If you are NEW and do not have an SID yet, select the student type which best describes you.
Use the Washington State Online Application to apply to BTC. We will email your SID to you and let you know what your next step is. This will also begin to establish your residency status for State Funded classes.
Attend a Transitional Studies department Orientation to take ABE, ELA or GED classes. (Adult Basic Education, English Language Acquisition, and GED). You will be assigned an SID and PIN during the orientation and register for classes.
Register without an SID using our Continuing Education page. If you register into a state funded credit class, you will be asked to apply to BTC.
At BTC, you will use your Global PIN for all Registration Tools, the Financial Aid Portal, and the Network Account reset. If you have applied or registered at BTC, your PIN has been set to the default which is your 6-digit birth date in the format MMDDYY (i.e. June 20, 1985 PIN would be 062095).
Change your PIN to a 6-digit number of your choice.
Request your PIN to be reset to the default.
BTC is operating remotely - email and calls only
M-Th 8:00am-5:00pm
F 8:00am-12:00pm
M-F 7:00am-9:00pm
Sat 7:00am-Mon 7:00am