User accounts at the Department of Informatics

Students majoring in Informatics (or Computing in Science,  IT management and consulting, Bioinformatics, etc.) can obtain on request for the duration of the study user accounts for the Informatics Computing Centre (IRZ).

With the submission of an application for a user account, the IRZ's user regulations are recognized by students!

User IDs for students are valid a maximum of one semester to the beginning of the next semester (30.4. Respectively 30.11.). These accounts are automatically renewed on a semester for students with Informatics major for the duration of study.

Students from other programs may apply for a user account when they need it for coursework in Informatics. These user IDs are not automatically renewed, but can be extended by presenting a valid semester certificate in the user consultation.

Note: For students majoring in computer science, the identifiers are usually created during Orientation Unit (OU), for minor students this occurs most commonly in the context of the assignment to exercise groups. The above forms should therefore be used only in exceptional cases for individual applications.

Structure of the User ID for Students

The user ID is generated from the last digit of the study cohort as a prefix and a maximum of 7 additional characters of the surname. If different users have the same names the first letter of the first name will be used.

Examples:

Staff of the department receive on request a user account with user ID and password.

For the e-mail adress the user ID is usually shortened to eight characters of the surname. As e-mail address in addition, the full last name be used.

Example: Max Mustermann has the user ID musterma and e-mail addresses musterma@informatik.uni-hamburg.de and mustermann@informatik.uni-hamburg.de

Each employee account ID is assigned to a user group on the project or workspace. Identifiers are valid up to one year. At the expiration of an account or accounts the group leader will be informed and the account is extended, if necessary, provided that the guidelines of the Department of Informatics for utilization still exist. The user account is valid until the expiry of the employment contract.

The deletion of user IDs for Dial-Up Network and computer logon is performed by the IRZ only after careful consideration. It is due to contractual agreements (DFN, F & L licenses). The administration of the IRZ user accounts has no influence on contractual employment relationships.

Should an account have been removed too early, you should contact the IRZ to reproduce data from the backup and re-establish the account.

To apply for a guest account you can fill out the user permit application form, which is available from the IRZ.

For more information see our page about guest accounts in special projects.