Computer rooms
All members of the University of Vienna with a valid u:account can use computer workstations in the computer rooms of the ZID free of charge, for study-related or academic work.
In addition, there are further computer rooms at the university departments, faculties and libraries that the members of the relevant discipline may use.
Opening hours during the Christmas period
Between 23.12.2024 and 06.01.2025 the university buildings and thus also the computer rooms are open from 07:00–19:00.
The regular opening hours apply again on 07.01.2025.
However, the buildings remain closed on the following days:
- 24.–26.12.2024
- 31.12.2024–01.01.2025
- 06.01.2025
Current event: Renewal of the PCs
During the summer holidays the PCs in the computer rooms were renewed. The new PCs run the Windows 11 operating system. All software products are still available on the new devices.
Individual rooms were closed permanently due to under-utilisation due to a lack of utilisation. Information on the locations and number of PCs can be found on this page under Locations and opening hours.
Further information on the renewal of the PCs can be found in the news article Ready for an upgrade? New PCs for the computer rooms.
Locations and opening hours
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1010 Vienna
Location Opening hours Equipment Main building
Hauptbibliothek
Universitätsring 1, 1st floorTemporary closed due to renovation. Neues Institutsgebäude (NIG)
Zentraler Informatikdienst
Universitätsstraße 7, ground floorMo–Fri 7:30–21:30
Sat 7:30–18:30
Computer room support:
Mo–Fri 8:00–12:00, 14:00–18:0083 PCs incl. 2 wheelchair accessible PCs
2 x u:printNeues Institutsgebäude (NIG)
Department of Political Science
Universitätsstraße 7, 2nd floorMon–Fri 9:00–20:00
Partly reserved for courses4 PCs Neues Institutsgebäude (NIG)
Department of Social and Cultural Anthropology
Universitätsstraße 7, 4th floorMon–Fri 8:00–20:00
Only for members of the department
Partly reserved for courses4 PCs Neues Institutsgebäude (NIG)
Department of Geography and Regional Research
Universitätsstraße 7, 5th floorMon–Fri 9:00–20:00
Only for members of the department
Partly reserved for courses16 PCs
1 x u:print in the Geography and Regional Research Library (room C0506)Neues Institutsgebäude (NIG)
Institut für Klinische, Biologische und
Differentielle Psychologie
Universitätsstraße 7, 6th floorMon–Thu 8:00–21:30
Partly reserved for courses21 PCs Universitätsgebäude Schenkenstraße
Theology Library
Schenkenstraße 8–10, 1st basement floorOpening hours 6 PCs
1 x u:print (Copyroom)Universitätsgebäude Schenkenstraße
Studienzone der Evangelisch-Theologischen Fakultät
Schenkenstraße 8–10, 5th upper floorMon–Fri 8:00–19:00
Only for members of the department2 PCs Universitätsgebäude Schenkenstraße
Fakultätsvertretung Katholische Theologie
Schenkenstraße 8–10, ground floorMon–Fri 8:00–19:00
Only for members of the department3 PCs Juridicum
Faculty of Law
Schottenbastei 10–16, staircase 2
5th upper floor, SEM 54Mon–Fri 7:00–19:30
Only for members of the department17 PCs
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1030 Vienna
Location Opening hours Equipment Department of Botany and Biodiversity Research
Rennweg 14, 2nd floorpermanently closed Vienna Biocenter
Dr.-Bohr-Gasse 9, 6th floor, study zonepermanently closed
University of Vienna Biology Building (UBB)
Djerassiplatz 1, ground floor, PC1Mon–Fri 7:30–19:30 9 PCs
1 x u:print (1st floor)University of Vienna Biology Building (UBB)
Djerassiplatz 1, ground floor, PC2Mon–Fri 7:30–19:30 9 PCs
1 x u:print (1st floor) -
1090 Vienna
Location Opening hours Equipment Campus der Universität Wien
Zentraler Informatikdienst
Spitalgasse 2, courtyard 7.1, ground floorMon–Fri 7:30–21:30
Sat 7:30–18:30Computer Room Support:
Mon–Fri 8:00–12:00, 14:00–18:0031 PCs incl. 2 wheelchair accessible PCs
1 x u:printCampus der Universität Wien
English and American Studies Library
Spitalgasse 2–4
Courtyard 8.2, ground floorOpening hours 1 x u:print Campus der Universität Wien
Musicology Library
Spitalgasse 2, courtyard 9, ground floorOpening hours
Only for members of the department4 PCs
1 x u:printCampus der Universität Wien
Contemporary History Library
Spitalgasse 2, courtyard 1.12, 1st mezzanineOpening hours 3 PCs
1 x u:printEducation, Linguistics and Comparative Literature Library
Sensengasse 3a, ground floor, 1st lower floor, 2nd lower floorOpening hours 12 PCs
3 x u:printDepartment of Sociology
Rooseveltplatz 2permanently closed
Sociology and Political Science Library
Rooseveltplatz 2Opening hours 3 PCs
1 x u:printDean´s Office of the Faculty of Physics
Boltzmanngasse 5 (Entrance Strudlhofgasse 4),
ground floorpermanently closed Department of Physical Chemistry
Währinger Straße 42, ground floorMon–Fri 9:00–17:45
Only for members of the department10 PCs Universitätszentrum Althangrund
(UZA II, Geozentrum)
Zentraler Informatikdienst
Josef-Holaubek-Platz 2, floor 1, wing A, room 2A187Mon–Fri 7:30–19:30
Sat 8:00–18:30Computer room support:
Mon–Fri 8:00–12:00, 14:00–18:004 PCs
1 x u:printUniversitätszentrum Althangrund
(UZA II, Pharmazentrum)
Zentraler Informatikdienst
Josef-Holaubek-Platz 2, floor 5, wing D, room 2D558Mon–Fri 7:30–19:30
Sat 8:00–18:30Computer room support:
Mon–Fri 8:00–12:00, 14:00–18:0016 PCs
1 x u:printUniversitätsgebäude Oskar-Morgenstern-Platz
Oskar-Morgenstern-Platz 1, 1st lower floor, room 610Mon–Fri 7:00–21:30
Sat 7:00–18:3015 PCs Universitätsgebäude Oskar-Morgenstern-Platz
Oskar-Morgenstern-Platz 1, 3rd upper floor, room 502permanently closed Universitätsgebäude Oskar-Morgenstern-Platz
Business, Economics and Mathematics Library
Oskar-Morgenstern-Platz 1, 1st lower floor
(Entrance ground floor)permanently closed -
1150 Vienna
Location Opening hours Equipment Department of Sport and Human Movement Science
Auf der Schmelz 6a, 2nd floorMon–Fri 9:00–21:00 19 PCs Department of Sport and Human Movement Science
Auf der Schmelz 6a, 4th floorpermanently closed Sports Science Library
Auf der Schmelz 6a (USZII), 3rd floorOpening hours 5 PCs
1 x u:print (room 3.27) -
1180 Vienna
Location Opening hours Equipment Astronomy Library
Türkenschanzstraße 17, 1st floorOpening hours 1 PC -
1190 Vienna
Location Opening hours Equipment Department of Numismatics and Monetary History
Franz-Klein-Gasse 1, raised ground floorMon–Fri 8:30–17:00
Only for members of the department2 PCs Department of Prehistoric and Historical Archaeology
Franz-Klein-Gasse 1, 4th floorMon–Fri 8:00–17:30
Only for members of the department
Partly reserved for courses21 PCs
Computer Rooms location map on Google Maps (By clicking on the link, personal data is sent to Google and can be used by Google.)
Accessible work stations
There is one accessible work station with height-adjustable tables at the Law Library and the Education, Linguistics and Comparative Literature Library.
There are wheelchair-accessible PC workstations in Computer Room 1 in the Neues Institutsgebäude (NIG), Universitätsstraße 7, and also in the computer rooms of the ZID on campus.
All PCs support the barrier-free functions of Windows 11. They can be activated via the button Erleichterte Bedienung (easy accessibility) at the log-in screen. Speakers for audio output are installed on every device. Moreover, all computers at the computer rooms with ZID computer rooms support are equipped with NVDA ScreenReader.
Software
The computers at the ZID computer rooms are equipped with the operating system Windows 11 and standard application software.
Some locations feature computers with subject-specific software. It is not possible to install software yourself.
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List of installed standard application software
- 7 Zip Version 19
- Adobe Creative Cloud All Apps (e. g. Acrobat, Illustrator, InDesign, Photoshop)
- AutoCAD Classroom Version 2021 (only location: Franz-Klein-Gasse 1, 4th floor)
- Citavi 6
- Cran R 4
- DOSBox (only location: Oskar-Morgenstern-Platz 1)
- EndNote 21
- FileZilla 3
- GeoGebra 6
- Gimp 2
- Inkscape 1
- IrfanView 4
- KompoZer 0
- LibreOffice 7
- Mathematica classroom Version 13
- MatLab 2023a (only location: Oskar-Morgenstern-Platz 1 and University of Vienna Biology Building, Djerassiplatz 1)
- MAXQDA 2024
- Mendeley 1 (only location: Neues Institutsgebäude, 6th floor)
- Microsoft Office 365
- MikTex 23
- Mozilla Firefox ESR CE
- Mozilla Thunderbird CE
- Notepad++ 7
- NVDA ScreenReader v.2023
- Octave 8 (only locations: Auf der Schmelz 6a, 2nd floor; Oskar-Morgenstern-Platz 1)
- PsychoPy 2023 (only location: Neues Institutsgebäude, 6th floor)
- PuTTY 0
- Python 3 (only locations: Oskar-Morgenstern-Platz 1; Neues Institutsgebäude, 6th floor)
- QGIS 3
- RStudio 2023
- SPSS Amos 28
- SPSS Statistics 28
- STATA SE 17 (only location: Neues Institutsgebäude, ground floor)
- Sumatra PDF 3
- TEXnicCenter 2
- VideoLAN VLC Media Player 3
- Virtual Box 7 (only location: Oskar-Morgenstern-Platz 1)
- Winshell 4 (only location: Oskar-Morgenstern-Platz 1)
Use on site
You can use the PCs at the computer rooms with your u:account. After the log-in you can use the online storage space service to access your personal data on the Z: share.
You can print, scan and copy using u:print at all computer rooms.
Please show consideration for other users (fair use):
- Keep the noise down
- Vacate PCs as quickly as possible during busy times
- Leave the workplace clean
Optimising your user profile
Your personal programme settings – the so-called user profile – are stored centrally on a server. They are loaded to your computer when you log-in, and are copied back to the server when you log-out.
Storage space for user profiles is limited to 2 GB by default. You can check how much storage space you are currently using under My u:account.
- Keep your user profile as small as possible. This shortens the time it takes to log in or log out.
- If an error message is displayed while log-out informing you that your server-stored user profile was not fully synchronised, the available storage space may be full. This means that your personal profile cannot be stored on the server.
In this case, please follow the user guide Benutzerprofil optimieren (optimising your user profile).
Support at the ZID computer rooms
The ZID offers computer room support at the following locations:
- Neues Institutsgebäude (NIG)
- Universitätszentrum Althanstraße (UZA 1 and UZA 2)
- Campus of the University of Vienna
You can easily recognise the members of the support team by their photo identity cards and the blue ZID clothes.
Responsibilities of the computer room support team
- Providing user assistance regarding the equipment and use of the workstations
- Providing support when logging in to the system for the first time (log-in)
- Maintenance of the printing system u:print (refilling paper, exchanging toners, fixing paper jams, etc.)
- Checking error messages and, if possible, troubleshooting
Note
The members of the computer room support team are no administrators. To change your password or if you have administrative questions, please contact the ZID Helpdesk.
The computer room support team does not provide training for subject-specific software. Please use the IT courses offered by the ZID.
Terms of Use
The u:account Terms of Use apply.