Accounts

As employee you have 3 accounts:

• ScienceAccount: Faculty of Science account to login to science machine and for you Science Email.
• U-Account: Radboud University's account for several central university services. The U-account is also called RU-account.
• ExchangeAccount: Radboud University's central Mail and Calendar account using outlook exchange.

External phds/employees/contacts (without ru salary) can register for a so called E-account at the central personal department.

Which login for which services?

Source: C&CZ

• With the faculty Science login you can use:
  • The Do It Yourself website to change your password and other settings of your Science account.
  • Science network disc space.
  • Linux login-servers.
  • Mail: Science mail. The corresponding email address ends in science.ru.nl, for example: J.Smith@student.science.ru.nl. Extra email addresses of the form John.Smith@student.science.ru.nl can be requested. Faculty mailings will use this address. It is possible, if needed, to automatically forward this mail to a different email address through the Do It Yourself website.
  • VPN (network access from home): the Science VPN service.
  • Wi-fi: the Eduroam wireless networks with username science-login@science.ru.nl.
  • Printers: the few C&CZ-managed accounted printers.
• With the RU login, you get access to some 100 RU applications, the most important ones are:
  • Printers: all Peage printers.
  • The RU Portal.
  • The RU Blackboard electronic learning environment.
  • The RU application for employees to choose their flexible conditions of employment.
  • The RU mailservice, with @ru.nl and/or @student.ru.nl email (RU Exchange Outlook Web App email) The corresponding email address is John.Smith@ru.nl or J.Smith@student.ru.nl. University mailings will use this address. If you do not want to read your mail on this mail server, then have it automatically forwarded to a different email address. See the RU Mail manual on how to do this.
  • Wi-fi: the Eduroam wireless networks with username U-number@ru.nl.
  • Software: SURFspot, for relatively cheap software, often also for home use.
  • RU Intranet: RadboudNet.
  • BASS, the RU financial/logistic system (BASS-FinLog) and personnel system (BASS-HRM).

• With the university's ExchangeAccount login you can use:
  • Email from the central Exchange server
  • Calendar from the central Exchange server