Under the motto "Celebrate what you've achieved and power up for what's left" the Bergfest takes place in the botanical garden in Poppelsdorf for the third time. On Thursday, June 5 starting at 2 p.m., students can visit the different service and advice stations of the uni, reflext on their study situation and gain new skills at the empowerment stations. Once again the University IT and Data Center is represented with a booth and advises students regarding all IT-services that might be relevant during their studies: students can inform themselves about particularly recent subjects such as AI and HPC but also about data security using the cloud service Sciebo. Of course there is also an interactive element: During a quiz students will have the chance to learn fun facts about the HRZ and win a newly designed HRZ bag or a sustainable ball point pen for the next exam. 

The Uni Bonn app is a central part of the university life, thus, it is continuously improved. With the student ID and the semester ticket, two of the most important tools for students are already integrated. Starting 15 May, the library card for the Bonn University and State Library (ULB and MNL) will also be available in the Uni Bonn app. Additionally, information on using the libraries can now be accessed easily and swiftly via the new submodule "Libary Information". All information on the new digital library card can be found on the website of the ULB. More information as well as direct links to download the Uni Bonn app can be found on our webseite. 

In the context of this year's Dies academicus (14 May, 2025), visitors have once again the opportunity to take look behind the scenes and behind usually closed doors of the ultramodern supercomputer "Marvin". With its impressive computing power, the supercomputer, which recently celebrated its first birthday, belongs to the TOP500 of fasted computers in the world and is available to all university members. The tour through the machine room allows participants to learn more about technical details and the diverse implementation possibilities of "Marvin". Those who are interested can get an on-site picture of the impressive technology and can inquire about any questions with the related experts. The HPC team of the University IT and Data Center offers two 30-minute tours through the machine room of the new supercomputer "Marvin": Start tour group 1: 01:00 p.m. Start tour group 2: 01:30 p.m. Please note that the maximum number of participants is limited to 15 participants per group. Unfortunately, participation without prior registration and confirmation is not possible. If you are interested in participating, please contact the HPC team via e-mail at training@hpc.uni-bonn.de until Monday, 13th of May 2025. You will receive all further information (meeting point etc.) together with the registration confirmation via e-mail. 

Do you have a passion for IT but university is way to theoretical for you? Are you still looking for the right apprenticeship or you? Then we are right for you: For already 20 years we have successfully educated IT specialists for system integration at the University IT and Data Center (HRZ) of the University of Bonn. Here you are not alone! Out team of over 90 employees supports you and other apprentices with implementing your own projects. Through the diverse server, service and network structures we can offer you an interesting and well-founded education that prepares you for your future career-start. The application portal of the University of Bonn is open until Mai 16, 2025 (for apprenticeships starting on August 1, 2025).  Here you can find all information on the online-application at the University of Bonn (available only in german language).

On Fridays, May 2 and 30 as well as June 20, the IT-Helpdesk will be available with shortened opening hours. The IT-Helpdesk will offer support on site, via the support request and by telephone from 8 a.m. – 2 p.m. on these days.

Courses on IT topics are offered in the HRZ's own course room every semester. The lecturers of the HRZ are looking forward to your registrations for the following IT classes via  eCampus in the summer term 2025:  Attention: All classes, except for the HPC classes, are held in German!   MS Excel I - Basic Knowledge12.05.2025 – 14.05.2025, 9:00 am – 12:00 pm, registration via eCampus starting April 15, 2025 MS Excel II - Advanced 08.09.2025 – 09.09.2025, 9:00 am – 12:30 pm, registration via eCampus starting June 01, 2025 Writing academic papers using MS Word 02.06.2025 – 04.06.2025, 9:00 am – 12:00 pm, registration via eCampus starting April 15, 2025 Planning academic papers06.06.2025, 9:00 am – 12:00 pm, registration via eCampus starting April 15, 2025 HPC-Courses HRZ news HPC-Courses

How do smartphones and laptops at home communicate? Which parts is a computer made of? How do I create a safe password? How does our server room look, and what purpose does it serve? And how does a 3D-printer work? These questions, and many more, were explored at this year's Girls' Day at the University IT and Data Center. Once again we were happy to welcome 8 interested students at the HRZ! During a scavenger hunt through the HRZ, the students solved riddles for parts of a password with which four computers could be unnlocked at the end of the day. The participants visited the IT-helpdesk, the 3D-printer as well as the working stations and network communication. In an informative quiz key words were earned, which would later help to unlock the computers. After a tour through the server room and a well-deserved pizza break, the new knowledge was to be applied. Four raspberry pis had to be wired up correctly and were connected to screens, keyboards and switches in order to enter the master password and create a network connection. With these now fully configured working stations the girls were able to interact and play cooperative and competetive computer games. 

The HPC team at the University IT and Data Center is once again offering a series of exciting introductory courses and workshops (in English language) on high-performance computing in the summer term 2025. The program for the HPC courses in the summer semester 2025 is as follows: Introduction to Programming with Python19.05.2025 – 20.05.2025 or 07.07.2025 – 08.07.2025 or 01.09.2025 – 02.09.2025, 3:00 – 6.30 pm on each day Linux Introduction Course05.05.2025 – 06.05.2025 or 30.06.2025 – 01.07.2025, 9:30 am – 1:00 pm on each day Introduction to Working on HPC Clusters07.05.2025 – 08.05.2025, 3:00 – 6:30 pm or 02.07.2025 – 03.07.2025, 9:30 am – 1:00 pm Version Control with Git21.05.2025 – 22.05.2025, 3:00 – 6:30 pm or 09.07.2025 – 10.07.2025, 1:00 – 4.30 pm Building a Raspberry Pi ClusterFriday, 04.07.2025, 9:00 am – 5:00 pm All courses take place at HRZ, Wegelerstr. 6, room 0.012.Registration takes place via eCampus. Please note while registering: In ALL courses, you MUST join one of the groups to attend, just joining the event is not enough. That is because most courses are held multiple times, or additional dates may be added depending on the demand.