Recent Announcements
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- 11 September 2026, 11:12: Emergency power test on Tuesday 15 September 2026
- #wartung Notice: Maintenance work on the emergency generator Date: Tuesday, 15 September 26 Time: 07:30 to 10:30 Location: University IT Services, Hermann-Herder-Straße 10
- 2026-08-25 16:46: Call for Applications for the Position of Data Center Director
- The University of Freiburg is seeking a new director for its data center
- 2024-07-22 12:55: Company excursion of the data center on 2024-07-25
- On 2024-07-25 the data center's company excursion will take place all day.
- 2024-07-02 08:25: bwSync&Share: Changeover to MS Office on 11.07.2024, 18:00
- On this date, the word processing function in bwSync&Share, which is used to edit texts, spreadsheets and presentations, will be switched to MS Office Online. It will replace the previously used OnlyOffice on this date.
- 2024-06-11 Workshops for lecturers ‘Designing appealing course rooms’ and ‘Intensive ILIAS tools’
- The e-learning department is offering two workshops for lecturers on Fri 28 June, which can be attended individually or as a whole. Both workshops will take place in the University IT Services, Hermann-Herder-Str. 10, room 112 (1st floor).
- 2024-04-29: Migration of ZOOM licences has been completed
- The migration of the existing ZOOM licences to the "ZOOM X" variant has been completed. The licences are now valid for a further year until 26.04.2024. An extension for a further year within the term of the DFN framework agreement with Deutsche Telekom is being sought.
- 2024-03-27 10:08: ZOOM campus license is extended
- The ZOOM licenses will be extended for a further 2 years from the end of April. As part of the extension, we are currently preparing the transition to the DFN framework agreement for "ZOOM X", which will be hosted by Deutsche Telekom in the future. We assume that the transition can be made seamlessly at the end of the previous license and that there will be no or only minor changes for users.
- Date announcement: Admin meeting 18.04.2024
- Time: 18.04.2024, 13.00 to 15.00 Place: HS Pharmacy (Hermann-Herder-Str. 7)
- 2024-03-14 16:25: #phishing #scam Fraudulent emails from 20.12@internet.ru
- Fraudulent e-mails from the sender 20.12@internet.ru are currently circulating in many places, pretending to come from the university.
- 2024-03-06 14:10: "Save the Date" 10th HPC Symposium on September 25/26 in Freiburg
- The bwHPC Symposium will take place for the tenth time in 2024 - this time again in Freiburg. It is an established platform for scientists to exchange ideas with the operators of large, federated research infrastructures for scientific computing. The event assumes an interface function that allows central and socially relevant topics such as energy and resource efficiency to be addressed. The development of open software for research and operation benefits from a personal meeting at a common location, where both new ideas and best practices are presented and discussed.
- 2024-03-04 08:52: The Citavi campus licence will be continued
- The reference management software Citavi Desktop and Web will be extended from 2024-04-01.
- 2024-02-27 09:14: bwLehrpool-remote available again
- #ufrstatus bwLehrpool-remote is available again with immediate effect (27.02.24, 9:15 am). However, the pool rooms in Werthmannstraße 4 (with the exception of rooms 2 and 7) and in the computer center will remain closed until approx. 12 noon due to the test.
- bwLehrpool-remote and pools Tuesday 8-12 o'clock not available
- #ufrstatus Due to a large e-exam, the PC pools of Werthmannstraße 4 and the computer center will be occupied from 8 a.m. to 12 p.m. on Tuesday, 27.2.24. This does not affect rooms 2 and 7 of Werthmannstraße 4, which are reserved for free learning. bwLehrpool-remote will be available again from approx. 12:15 pm.
- 2024-02-22 09:46: Phishing-E-Mails
- New phishing emails are currently on the way, which refer to an allegedly expiring password. The sender is info@joman.ooguy.com
- bwLehrpool-remote and pools Thursday 8-10 a.m. not available
- #ufrstatus Due to a large e-exam, the PC pools of Werthmannstraße 4 and the computer center will be occupied from 8 - 10 a.m. on Thursday, 22.2.24. This does not affect rooms 2 and 7 of Werthmannstraße 4, which are reserved for free learning. bwLehrpool-remote will be available again from approx. 10:15 am.