Campus Account

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.

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.