When you start your studies, you often have lots of questions: Where do I need to go? Who is responsible for what? And what do I absolutely need to know? The following information is here to help you get off to a smooth start with your studies. For any technical issues relating to your university account, your email, Wi-Fi or the THU Card, the THU’s Information and Media Centre (IMZ) is here to help.
| University Account | The services provided by the Information and Media Center (IMZ) are available to all members and affiliates of Ulm University of Technology. Every student at Ulm University of Technology receives their own access credentials (university account) and a university email account. The account is used for authentication to access IT services on campus or off-campus. |
| Every student at Ulm University of Applied Sciences receives their own university email account. To ensure you don’t miss any important information, you should check your inbox regularly. Automatic forwarding to a private email address is not permitted. You can access your mailbox at www.thu.de/mail using your UserPrincipalName and password. | |
| Wi-Fi – eduroam | Ulm University of Technology participates in the eduroam project. To access eduroam, THU uses the secure and easy-to-use easyroam service provided by the DFN. To set it up, you’ll need your THU network login credentials. You can find detailed information and instructions on setting up eduroam via easyroam here. |
Your student ID card will be with you from your first day to your last at THU. The THU-Card is designed to make your daily life as a student easier: it serves as your student ID, library card, and Student Services payment card all in one. You will receive your THU-Card and your university account by mail the week before the orientation course.
Information about the THU-Card (PDF):
If you want to access internal services from outside the university, use the Cisco Secure Client. This establishes a secure data tunnel through the university’s firewall. The “virtual private network” (VPN) is used to connect users of one private network to another private network. Currently, VPN connections are blocked from the following countries: China, India, the Netherlands, North Korea, Russia, the United Kingdom, the United States, and Vietnam.
Download the Cisco Secure Client from the following link: https://vpn.thu.de.
Log in with your university credentials. For VPN login, please use the Universal Principal Name (UPN) following the standard 4+2+2 format: for Max Mustermann, this would be "mustma01(at)thu.de".
If the connection isn’t established automatically, please enter the following server before clicking “Connect”: vpn.thu.de.
If necessary, add vpn.thu.de to your list of trusted websites.
E-learning is intended to provide everyone with the possibilities of modern communication media in order to make teaching and learning at the university as effective and efficient as possible. In e-learning you will find all the courses in your degree program as well as other features such as evaluations and the like. You can obtain all the information you need from the Institute for University Didactics (IHD).
Ulm University of Applied Sciences participates in the eduroam project. With eduroam (education roaming), you can use free Wi-Fi not only on campus, but also at many universities worldwide - without the need for a separate guest account. All you need to use it is your THU account.
Access is via the easyroam system provided by DFN, which enables secure and uncomplicated setup. You will need your THU network access data to set it up.
You can find detailed step-by-step instructions for setting up eduroam via easyroam online. Simply log in with your THU account.
Office 365
For THU students, Office 365—including Teams and OneDrive storage—is free to use. You can also download the M365 apps at no cost. For information about Office 365 and access to Microsoft cloud services, visit office.com. You log in using your User Principal Name (UPN). You can find your UPN at https://www.thu.de/account.
Office 365 for personal use (for employees and professors)
The Microsoft Workplace Discount Program: www.microsoft.com/en-us/workplace-discount-program
MATLAB TAH Campus License
Ulm University of Applied Sciences has entered into a “TAH Campus” license agreement with MathWorks. The Total Academic Headcount license includes MATLAB and Simulink as well as numerous extension toolboxes. You can download a personal standalone copy of the software for any computer on which you are the sole user. Free online courses are also offered through the MATLAB portal. You can find the license terms and further information on the MATLAB TAH Campus License page.
LabVIEW Student Install Open
This allows you to use the same software on your own computer as you would at the university. To activate the software, each student must set up a user profile with National Instruments. The serial number for the Student Option can be obtained from the system administrators in the respective departments.