Campus Account

The Campus Account is your access to the electronic world of the University of Bern. It allows students and employees to access the protected network and many other services.

How do I get a campus account?

Students receive their Campus Account automatically upon enrollment. For employees, the responsible account manager (Uni intern) submits an application and the corresponding information is sent to the employee by mail. For employees of the central division, an account application form is available online (Uni intern).

Two-stage safety

To increase account security, the campus account is secured with an additional authentication factor.

Campus Account Types

At the University of Bern, a distinction is made between different campus account types, which have different access and license authorizations.
It is not possible to switch between the different account types.

Campus Account for Students (SCA)

Standard account for enrolled students at the University of Bern.

Campus Account for employees / emeriti (CA)

Standard account for emeriti and employees with an employment contract at the University of Bern.
Emeriti and emeriti transfer to the central organizational unit "Emeriti" at the request of the previous organizational unit and thereby retain their Campus Account.

Campus Account for Lecturers (FCA)

This account is intended for persons without an employment contract who fulfill a teaching assignment at the University of Bern.
Access to internal resources is severely restricted, as the focus is on applications for research and teaching. The accounts must be renewed annually.

Campus Account for External Users (ECA)

The Campus Account for External Users is used for temporary cooperation with external companies, either in projects or for the administration of servers and applications in the network of the University of Bern in the sense of providing support services.
These accounts are highly restricted in their function and must be renewed annually.

Guest Account

Guest accounts are a special form and do not need to be requested.
These accounts are created automatically when a member with a non-unibe email address is invited in an M365 application such as Teams, Sharepoint online or OneDrive and the invited person confirms the access.

Comparison Matrix

Campus Account for Students (SCA)

Campus Account for employees / emeriti (CA)

Campus Account for Lecturers (FCA)

Campus Account for External Users (ECA)

General

SCA

CA

FCA

ECA

Target

Students

Emeriti & employees

Ext. lecrurers 

&  staff without employment contract

 

Ext. support firms

Wechsel zwischen
CA-Typen

Domain

@students.unibe.ch

@unibe.ch

@faculty.unibe.ch

@ext.unibe.ch


Office Suite

SCA

CA

FCA

ECA

Mailbox Size

100 GB

100 GB

50GB

50GB

Mailbox Access

Client & Web

Client & Web

Web

Web

Mailbox Forwards

Mailbox Import / Export

OneDrive Space

1 TB

1 TB

1 TB

1 TB

M365 Access

Client & Web

Client & Web

Web

Web

Teams

✅ (Web)

✅ (Web)

Teams Phone

By request (excl. Emeriti)

Outlook

✅ (Web)

✅ (Web)

Word, Excel, Powerpoint

✅ (Web)

✅ (Web)

PowerBI

PowerApps

Research and Teaching

SCA

CA

FCA

ECA

Zoom Enterprise

ILIAS

iliasEXAM

EvaExam

✅ (By request)

PlagScan

KSL

HPC

Tobira

GitHub Enterprise

GitHub Copilot
free

fee required

Services

SCA

CA

SFA

ECA

eduroam

eduroam Network

Public

Staff

Public

Public

Uniprint

Bibliotheken

✅ (incl. Institutes)

✅ (Public)

✅ (Public)

Online Journals

Software Shop

Zeiterfassung

eForms

Fin- & Kt. Apps

Campus Storage

Campus Storage

VMware

Adobe Cloud

Neptun discount

Continuing education Canton of Berne

Microsoft discounts

Microsoft ESI


Security

SCA

CA

FCA

ECA

VPN

By request

VPN Network

Public

Staff

Public

IP-to-Port

MFA

Defender

Plus

Premium

Basic

Basic

Conversion CA <-> FCA

Campus accounts for staff cannot be directly converted to a campus account for faculty and vice versa due to the different domains and functions. Therefore, when a conversion occurs, the previous account is deleted and a new account is created.
Applicants are responsible for migrating the data; there is no automated data transfer.

Transition period

To make the transition easier for you, the previous account will remain active for 14 days after the new account has been created; only then will it be deactivated. Even before the new account is activated, we recommend setting up an inbox rule that informs senders about the new e-mail address. From the moment the new account is activated, we also recommend setting up a forwarding rule that ensures that emails to the old address are forwarded to the new account for 14 days.