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PC-Pools

The PC pools are computer rooms which can be used by all students for study purposes.

Current notes:

Recently, the ventilation system in these rooms generates such excess pressure that the door can sometimes only be opened with a lot of force and appears locked.

Login for the PC-Pools of the GI

In order to be able to log in to the computers of the PC pools of the Institute of Geography with your RUB login ID as a student of the subject Geography, you have to unlock them for this purpose. To do so, please follow the steps below:

Condition: You must be a registered student* of the Ruhr-Universität Bochum for the subject Geography.

  1. Change the password for your LoginID: https://idm.ruhr-uni-bochum.de/sc_a/b_loginids.anmeldung (If you have already done this, you can skip this point).
  2. Activate your Login-ID for the Active Directory of the RUB: https://idm.ruhr-uni-bochum.de/rubiks/cip_rub.freischalten_start (If you have already done this, you can skip this point).
  3. Activate your login ID for use in the Geo-IT network: https://idm.ruhr-uni-bochum.de/rubiks/fak_stud.startseite (Select the subject "Geography" as faculty and confirm your choice by clicking the button "Submit").

If you have any questions, please contact your lecturers or the Geo-IT of the Department of Geography.

Virtual PC-Pool

Due to the Corona pandemic and the associated hygiene regulations, the Institute of Geography (GI) cannot currently open its PC pools for use by students. In order to nevertheless enable PC-supported education at the GI without restriction, the Geo-IT of the Institute of Geography has set up a virtual PC pool. This is now available to members of the Institute for studying and teaching.

For the registration at the workstation of the virtual PC pool, the same rules apply as in the on-site PC pools.

  1. You need a computer with Internet access.
  2. Students have to register themselves for the use of the PC-Pools of the GI. See instructions. (Instructors please contact GeoIT via email. NOTE: Activation may take up to 2 hours due to system limitations. If you have already attended or given a computer-based course at the GI, you can skip this step.)
  3.  From here on you can only access the course via VPN. Please choose your operating system:
  1. Configuration The first thing you need is a VPN connection to the Ruhr-Universität Bochum. You can find instructions here: Link
  2. You need a connection file to the virtual PC pool. You can download it here: DOWNLOAD
  3. Enter your user name as follows: RUHR-UNI-BOCHUM\loginID. The password corresponds to the password of the RUB services (VPN, Email, Moodle).
  1. The first thing you need is a VPN connection to the Ruhr-Universität Bochum. You can find instructions here: Link
  2. You need a remote desktop client please download it from your appstore a link can be found here: Link
  3. You need a connection file to the virtual PC pool. You can download it here: DOWNLOAD
  4. Enter your user name as follows: RUHR-UNI-BOCHUM\loginID. The password corresponds to the password of the RUB services (VPN, Email, Moodle).
  1. The first thing you need is a VPN connection to the Ruhr-Universität Bochum. You can find instructions here: Link
  2. You need a remote desktop client please download it from the repositories we recommend Remmina:
    sudo apt install remmina remmina-common remmina-plugin-rdp remmina-plugin-exec
  3. You need a connection file to the virtual PC pool. You can download it here: DOWNLOAD
  4. The following data must be entered by yours:
    Username: loginID
    Password: Corresponds to your password for the services at the RUB (VPN, Email, Moodle)
    Domain: RUHR-UNI-BOCHUM
Practice-PC-Pools
Opening times

Mo-Fr 8-16 o'clock