Set up tech­nical ba­sics

Here you will find all the information you need on how to lay the technical foundations so that you can take advantage of the full range of e-learning offerings and digital resources at HNU.

Uni­versity email

  • You will receive all important information via your university mail account. You received the access data when you enrolled.
  • If you have problems with your university mail account, please contact studium[at]hnu[dot]de.
  • You can check your e-mails with any web browser at https://outlook.hnu.de.
  • For retrieval via e-mail apps and e-mail clients, you will find corresponding instructions on the intranet.

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Print & Copy

  • Printers and copiers for students are available in the copying and club rooms.
  • The print account is topped up with the Campus Card via the so-called Umbucher. These can be found before studies and exams (black building, blue staircase on the 1st floor) and in the copier room (white building, after the lift on the ground floor).
  • Every user receives a free quota worth €2.00 at the beginning of the semester.

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Ac­tiv­ate VPN con­nec­tion

  • With the help of a VPN connection, you can access services from anywhere that are otherwise only accessible from the university network. Here you will find instructions on how to set up such a connection.

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Mount net­work drives

All students have access to various network drives. The data is stored centrally on servers and can be accessed from any PC at HNU, but also from outside via VPN connection.

  • Home drive (H:): Personal home directory with 2GB memory
  • Info drive (I:): Lecturers' information, scripts, etc.
  • Scratch drive (W:): Temporary drive for short-term file exchange (deleted every Sunday).

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