Guestaccounts

General information

Guest accounts offer the possibility to access central IT services of the university, such as WLAN and an e-mail box, at short notice and without an account application.

It is possible to apply for such an account via Identity Management. This function is only available to employees.

A distinction is made between accounts for WLAN access at conferences and guest accounts.

Conference WLAN Account

Conference WLAN accounts are intended to make the login data available to persons outside the university at a conference or similar event, thus enabling them to log into the eduroam network. Please note that members of other universities can usually connect to eduroam with their own accounts.

A conference WLAN account is valid for a maximum of seven days and can be applied for a maximum of seven days in advance.

Guest account

A guest account is intended for a person external to the university who is a guest of the university in the sense of teaching and research, i.e. who is directly connected to the university. Please note that this type of account is explicitly not intended for e.g. external companies, tenants of the Studierendenwerk and users of the University of Applied Sciences.

A guest account can be requested for a maximum of four weeks.

If you need an account with a longer duration, please use the form "Application for UniAccount" and follow the instructions for the account application (section "Guests and Lecturers").

Account application via the IDM

To request a temporary account through Identity Management, log on to.

https://uni-kassel.de/go/userapp

with your primary account username and password and accept the IT User Policy by checking the appropriate box.

Then click on "Request Access."

Scroll down to the other functions and click on "Request new account".

If nothing happens after this action, your web browser is probably blocking the pop-up window that was supposed to open. Please make sure that your web browser allows pop-up windows to open for userapp.uni-kassel.de.

In Mozilla Firefox, for example, you will see a notice and an option to allow the pop-up window just below the address bar.

A new window will open. Enter the requested data.

For the reason you can enter e.g. "conference WLAN" or "guest account".

For the personal data, enter either the guest's data (when applying for a guest) or your own data (when applying for a conference WLAN).

The first name, last name, and date of birth will be needed later for account activation.

In the category contact data (private) you can enter your service address.

Please select the "Guest" option in the "Account type" category. Please note that conference WLAN accounts can be requested for a maximum of seven days, guest accounts for a maximum of four weeks.

If the account is still needed after this time, please use the renewal application.

Please note the automatically generated activation code and click on "Send".

Activation

After approval of the guest account and receipt of the activation code, you can activate your account as a guest or lecturer without a personnel number at the following link: https://www.uni-kassel.de/go/activate