The Hochschulrechenzentrum
- a central service provider
The Hochschulrechenzentrum is a central operating unit / central institution of the University of Bonn (§30 HG). Its task is the operation of the university's IT services for research, teaching and studies as well as making its know-how as a competence center in the field of information technology (IT) available to the members of the university.
The tasks of the HRZ are (amongst others):
- The operation of the central community server for tasks in research, teaching and study with the provision of network services
(E-mail, Identity Management, Web-Hosting, FSI, …) - Operation and development of the university-internal communication network BONNET
- Consultation and support of the users in IT-related issues at the IT-Helpdesk
- Organization and realization of courses/lectures
- Provision of university-internal public computer workplaces
- Support for the organization and coordination of IT procurement
- Support for the acquisition of software licenses
