Here you will find useful information about the Uni-Login. The Uni-Login consists of the user ID and the password.
The Uni-Login allows access to the following services:
- Email, webmail
- WLAN use on campus (e.g. in the lecture hall building, at the University Computer Centre, in the University Library, in the refectory)
- Use of the AlmaWeb study portal and Tool online enrolment system
- Internet access via terminal server, dfn@home, VPN, Web-VPN
- E-learning: Moodle
- Access to PC workstations in the pools
- AAI/Shibboleth
- Access to the university network via lecture hall sockets
- Conducting video conferences
At the research workstations in the university library, logging in is done via the reader card number and the corresponding password at the UBL.
First steps
You are new at Leipzig University? Then you will usually receive an email from the University Computer Centre to activate your university login when you start your contract (students, staff or guests). In some cases, this information will also be provided to you by the staff or guest representatives of the respective institution.
In order to gain access to the IT services with your university login, you must activate it for the first time via the IDM portal. Please follow the instructions in the activation email
The password must conform to the following specifications:
- at least 8 characters, of which at least one upper case letter and one lower case letter at least one number at least one special character
- not longer than 32 characters
- permitted characters are: Letters: a-z, A-Z numbers: 0-9 Special characters: ! $ % / = ? * + # - _ . : , @
- must not contain more than 3 consecutive characters (e.g. 123 or abc)
- the password must not be in a dictionary or have a simple pattern
- must not contain the words "almaweb" and "unileipzig" and no parts of your own name
Instructions
Depending on whether you work at our university, study or are here as a guest, there are different things to consider when using and providing your university login.
In the following, we inform you about the procedure for IDM registration in the languages Arabic, French and Spanish. For this purpose, we offer instructions in PDF format for download.
IDM activation in Arabic
تسجيل IDM باللغة العربية
IDM activation in French
Inscription IDM en Françes
IDM- activation in Spanish
Registro de IDM en español
If you do not already have a university login, after enrolment all students will receive an email at the email address they entered when applying with the login data for the central IT services of the University of Leipzig (e.g. WLAN and email inbox).
After enrolment, the university login replaces the previously used applicant login in AlmaWeb.
Your user account will only be fully set up after you have activated it in the IDM system.
If a university login is not already available, employees will receive the login data for the central IT services of the University of Leipzig as part of the recruitment process, either by e-mail (if an e-mail address has been stored in the Human Resources Department) or via the respective institution.
Employees from the field of medicine also receive a university login if they belong to the Faculty of Medicine or are considered academic employees of the University Hospital.
In addition, there is usually already a separate access for the IT systems of medicine:
USERNAME@medizin.uni-leipzig.de
This is the responsibility of Division 1 (Information Management) of the University Hospital.
University logins for guests of an institution and external users (e.g. companies) are created by contact persons of the respective institution. The contact persons can be found in the search on this page or via the following list (available from the intranet):
LIST OF CONTACT PERSONS (PDF.)
Alternatively, you can also ask the ServiceDesk for the respective contact person.
FAQ
The Uni-Login consists of the anonymous user ID and the password.
With the introduction of the identity management system at the University of Leipzig, all new users are automatically assigned anonymous user IDs.
- e.g. ul35teci
- The anonymous user:inside name consists of eight characters.
- It is made up of three parts: [two random letters] + [two random digits] + [four letters with vowel and consonant alternating].
- The user:innername cannot be changed.
Some applications require the extended university login. Please refer to the respective instructions. The extended university login is structured according to your primarily assigned mail server (server1 / studserv), e.g. as follows:
ul35teci(at)uni-leipzig.de or ul35teci(at)studserv.uni-leipzig.de
- All previous university logins remain valid and will not be converted into anonymous user IDs.
The password must not be shared and must comply with the following requirements:
- at least 12 characters, of which
- at least one upper case letter and one lower case letter
- at least one number
- at least one special character
- not longer than 32 characters
- permitted characters are:
- Letters: a-z, A-Z
- numbers: 0-9
- Special characters: ! $ % / = ? * + # - _ . : , @
- must not contain more than 3 consecutive characters (e.g. 123 or abc)
- the password must not be in a dictionary or have a simple pattern
- must not contain the words "almaweb" and "unileipzig" and no parts of your own name
If you know your current password, you can set up a new password yourself.
- log in to the IDM portal with your current password. 2. select 'Change password' in the IDM portal.
- select the menu item "Change password" in the IDM portal in the self-administration. 3.
- for verification, you must first enter your current password and continue with "Next". 4.
- then enter the new password twice. Please observe the displayed password rules when choosing your password. Confirm with "Change password". 5. The change is confirmed and the new password is active.
Your password must not be passed on!
If you have forgotten your password, you can create a new password by verifying it through your back channel.
- Open the IDM portal and access the "Forgot your password?" function.
- Enter your university login and confirm it again
- confirm that the security code has been sent to your back channel
- you will immediately receive an e-mail from the sender "servicedesk(at)uni-leipzig.de" with the subject "Forgotten password - verification" in the mailbox of your displayed return channel address
- call up the link directly from the e-mail or copy the security code manually
- after verification, you can set a new password. Please observe the displayed password rules when choosing your password. Confirm with "Change password".
- the change is confirmed and the new password is active.
If you have not stored a return channel, an identity check with a valid photo ID is necessary. Please contact the service desk for this.
Your password must not be passed on!
Return channels are used to send security-related information from the URZ to you should your access to your university mailbox be lost. To do this, you can enter an e-mail address (mandatory field) and an SMS number (optional) in the IDM portal under "My data".
Notifications are sent to these entries. New passwords will only be sent to the return channels you have already entered. No information will be sent to other persons or to addresses or numbers only communicated in case of need. Therefore, please make sure that you keep your back channels up to date.