u:account – personal uni account

Prospective students require a u:account for the application for admission to a degree programme in u:space.

Activating a u:account

You can find out more about the IT services that you can use with it at Information for students.

Prospective employees of the University of Vienna and external persons (with corresponding employee number) have to set up their u:account by themselves. This ensures that the password remains secret in accordance with the u:account Terms of Use.

Activating a u:account

On the first day of employment, the permissions for the IT services are automatically assigned to the u:account. You will be notified via e-mail as soon as your u:account is ready for use.

People from outside the University (external persons) can use selected IT services for a limited time. Among others, the following persons receive a u:account for guests:

• official guests and visitors of the University of Vienna
• academic cooperation partners
• employees of companies carrying out work at the University of Vienna

Alternatively, your organisational unit can apply to the Human Resources and Gender Equality service unit to have an external personnel entry set up for you even without an employment contract. Afterwards, the u:account does not have to be administrated, but connected to the employee number.

Available services

The most important IT services you can use with the standard u:account for guests include:

• Wi-Fi – eduroam (with Wi-Fi password)
• VPN
• Password management
• My u:account

Additonally with the extended u:account for guests:

• E-mail services
• Personal storage space
• Computer rooms
• Moodle – e-learning platform
• Webspace admin

Setting up a u:account for guests

Guests have to set up a u:account by themselves. This ensures that the password remains secret in accordance with the u:account Terms of Use.

Activating a u:account

The new u:account for guests has to be managed (”supported“) by an employee of the University of Vienna. They define the validity period of the u:account and its permissions. Please ask your contact person or the IT representative of your organisational unit for more information.  

Supporting a u:account for guests

Managing u:account for guests

After it has been supported, the u:account is shown to the supporter in managing u:account, where it can be edited, extended or deactivated. 

The supporter has to contact the ZID Helpdesk when leaving the University of Vienna before your u:account for guests terminates.

External library users who do not work or study at the University of Vienna need a u:account as a first step to receive a library card. 

Activating a u:account

To find out more about the following steps after setting up a u:account, visit the webpage of the University Library.

Employees of the University of Vienna can set up a service u:account for technical purposes.

Service u:accounts must not be used as personal u:accounts and cannot be switched to personal u:accounts afterwards. 

Create a service u:account

Your currently existing service u:accounts are shown in manage u:account where they can be edited, extended or deactivated.