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Mail Services

Shipping, Receiving, Distribution

Students:

Questions about mail service in University Commons or University Village? Please see your Residential Life Contact.

Looking for your EAD [Employment Authorization Document] from USCIS [United States Citizenship and Immigration Service] ? Please send your tracking number to receiving@utdallas.edu.

Faculty and Staff:

Feel free to contact Central Receiving and Mail Services (receiving@utdallas.edu / 972.883.2779) with any questions you have about tracking items, mailing policies, procedures, or how to save money on postage. So we can better serve you, please have your tracking number and address information on hand when you contact us.

Note: if USPS [United States Postal Service] shows that your item was delivered after 07:00 a.m., we will not receive it until 07:00 a.m. the following business day.

Please contact Robert Taylor (rwt091000@utdallas.edu / 972.883.2779) with questions about freight charges, eShipGlobal, or shipping.

 

Pick Up / Drop-Off / Delivery Times

Mail is normally picked up every weekday at 10:30 a.m. and 1:15 p.m. Any mail placed in your department’s mail box by 1:15 p.m. will be processed that same day. After that time the mail will be processed the next business day.

A special mail run to —

— is made every Wednesday at 9:00 a.m. Requests to have packages or checks delivered need to be in the mailroom by 8:00 a.m. that day.

Mail Services does not process mail on UT Dallas holidays. If the University is open during any of the USPS [United States Postal Service] holidays, Mail Services will operate normally, but your mail may not go into circulation until the next business day.

University Addresses

Addressing Inter-Office Mail

Ensure that your package gets to the right person by providing a complete address when you use inter-office mail. A complete address consists of:

  • The recipient’s Mail Stop
  • The recipient’s Full Name

For example, a package meant for the Mail Services Supervisor would be addressed “SB10 Robert Taylor”. Unfortunately, we must return any package with an incomplete address.

Ensure that your package always gets back to you if there’s a problem (room reassignment, etc…) by including a complete return address.

Addressing Outgoing Mail

All outgoing mail must have the University’s official name and return address; All metered mail must also have the cost center of the department to be billed. Not having this information could cause problems at both Mail Services and at the post office. Unfortunately, Mail Services must return any mail that is missing this information.

Stamps are sold in the Activity Center Bookstore (ACB).

International mail may require the use of a USPS [United States Postal Service] Customs Form.

Returns

Staples: Please contact Staples when you need to return one of their items, then contact Receiving (receiving@utdallas.edu / 972.883.2779). Staples may require you to place another order if you need a replacement for the item that you are returning.

Delivery Service (DHL, eShipGlobal, FedEx, UPS, etc…): Please contact Receiving (receiving@utdallas.edu / 972.883.2779) if an airway bill was provided with your package. Mail Services will automatically be notified if you arrange to return a package via eShipGlobal. To avoid any delays or complications—

  • Provide your phone number and a pick-up time to the delivery service if they are retrieving their package directly from you.
  • Ensure that your package is properly packed and taped. Mail Services recommends that you cross-tape the package, twice. Unfortunately, Mail Services cannot provide boxes.
  • Ensure that your package includes the delivery service’s return label, filled out in their preferred method. Mail Services can provide different types of return labels and label holders for many delivery services.

Personal Mail

Personal mail can be dropped off at the USPS [United States Postal Service] mailbox located in Lot A.

Please do not put your personal mail in a department mail box; Mail Services is prohibited by law from picking it up:

“University Mail System for Personal Use Prohibited: Use of state postage meters or non-postage mail delivery systems which are operated with state funds for any purpose other than official state or University business is a violation of Sections 51 and 52 or Article III of the Texas Constitution, Therefore, use of The University of Texas at Dallas mail system for personal mail is prohibited.”

—Mail Services Policy (UTDBP3069) § 4.C

Please do not order personal items for delivery to your University address. They will be rejected. Such items include, but are not limited to:

  • Alcoholic Beverages
  • Flowers
  • Intimate Apparel

You will be contacted about any items that aren’t automatically rejected, but still considered questionable, so you can arrange to pick them up within five business days. If you are unable to pick them up within that time, the items in question will be returned to their sender.

If you forget to put a UT Dallas return address (800 W. Campbell Rd. Richardson, TX 75080) on mail sent out for University business, it could be considered personal mail. If for some reason you need to use a personal return address on mail meant for University business, please discuss it with Receiving (receiving@utdallas.edu / 972.883.2779) before attempting to doing so.

eShipGlobal Accounts

To get an account with the eShipGlobal online shipping center for UT System, please use our online form to Request Access to eShipGlobal.

Mail Stops

Track Packages

Export Controlled or Embargoed Countries

USPS [United States Postal Service] Information

Holiday Schedules