University Account

The university account is your central access to the university’s digital services. Many IT services can only be used after successful login. Without a university account, you cannot access WLAN, email, Moodle, or the PC labs, for example.

Note

• You have already received an email about this. After enrollment, your login credentials are automatically sent to the private email address you provided in your application.
• If no private email address was provided, you will receive your credentials at the beginning of your studies in the StudiCenter.

Credentials and Password

You can change your password in different ways:

• on a computer in one of the university’s PC labs
• or conveniently through the email system (Outlook Web App) Change password via webmail

Security notice:
If the password is entered incorrectly three times, the account is locked for 30 minutes for security reasons. After that, login is possible again.

If you forgot your password, Campus IT Support can issue a new one. This requires either

• a personal visit to the Campus IT Service Office (W2.2.17) with your student ID or
• an email to campusit-service@hs-pforzheim.de with a copy of your personal ID and student ID.

What is the university account used for?

With your university account, you can use nearly all central IT services:

Validity of the university account

After exmatriculation, your university account remains active for about one year. During this time, you can still use certain services such as email or printing.

You will be informed in advance by email to your university email address. Please back up all important data in time to private storage media or your own cloud service.