Similar to an ID card, your user account identifies you as a person to the technical systems that provide the IT services of Oldenburg University for you. With the help of the user account, you will be able to access exactly those systems and services that the University makes available to you for your specific role. To access all available systems and services, you only need this one account name (consisting of four letters followed by four numbers) and your personal password.

After the introduction of two-factor authentication (2FA) at the beginning of 2025, you will also need a second factor for authentication, which you must set up. You can find more information here: Two-factor authentication (2FA)

These user accounts are available to

• The IT Services provide all University employees (students, professors and staff, lecturers) a personal user account to access the digital resources of Oldenburg University.
• Employees can request that a user account be set up for their guests.
• A function account can be set up, for example, in order to have a separate mail address for a project.
• For the use of PC rooms within courses you can get a course account.

You can view the accounts for which you are entered as the responsible person. Furthermore, you can also pass these accounts on to other employees of the university so that they are responsible for them in the future. This is necessary, for example, if you are leaving the university soon but your guests will continue to work for the university and should keep the account. If you do not transfer the host role to another person employed at the University, the guest account cannot be used permanently. To transfer the host role, please use the Manage my accounts form. The new responsible person must agree to the transfer during the process.

Validity period of passwords

Following a decision by our Presidential Board, passwords do not have a time-limited validity.