Current students, faculty, and staff should all have up-to-date emergency contacts included in their profile. Depending on whether your a student or faculty/staff member, there are different steps for adding or updating your information:
Students
To add or update an emergency contact in PeopleSoft, visit my.pitt.edu, go to PeopleSoft, and click on the "My Profile" tab in the left-hand blue menu. When you click "My Profile" to open up the additional options, you can update your emergency contact information there.

Faculty/Staff
Pitt faculty and staff members can update their emergency contact info through PittWorx. The following information from Pitt HR offers guidance. If you experience issues making these updates in PittWorx, contact Pitt HR through their form.
Adding a New Emergency Contact
- After logging in to Pitt Worx, select Document Records.
- Select the Add button.
- Enter Emergency Contact into the Document Type textbox field or select it from the dropdown menu.
- Complete any required information in the fields denoted with an asterisk.
- Add information for multiple emergency contacts, if desired.
- Select Drag files here or click to add attachment or drag and drop to add any necessary attachments to the Attachments field.
- Select the Submit button.
Editing an Existing Emergency Contact
- After logging in to Pitt Worx, select Document Records.
- For the listed contact, select the View More Details icon (eyeglasses icon).
- Select the Edit button. Make changes to any necessary field(s).
- Required fields are denoted with an asterisk.
- Select Drag files here or click to add attachment or drag and drop to add any necessary attachments to the Attachments field.
- Select the Save button.