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====== New e-mail (UniMailbox) addresses for students and doctoral students* ======

Starting this summer semester (2025), all students and enrolled doctoral candidates at the University of Freiburg will be required to use a University email address for student matters. 

This measure is a component of updating identity management, improving IT security and data protection. As mandatory use goes hand in hand with a significant increase in the number of e-mail addresses, a strategic cooperation was entered into with the Gesellschaft für Wissenschaftliche Datenverarbeitung mbH Göttingen (GWDG), which offers e-mail services for scientific institutions in the DFN Association’s research network.

The new UniMailbox follows the pattern: UniAccount@email.uni-freiburg.de (e.g. ab1234@email.uni-freiburg.de). In addition, an alias in the form [first name].[last name]@email.uni-freiburg.de will be set up. The use of private email addresses for study-related purposes will no longer be permitted. Important notifications from central systems such as HISinOne or the ILIAS learning platform will be sent exclusively to the UniMailbox. Please also use this for enquiries to the Dean of Studies, the Examination Office or teaching staff.

**On April 16, 2025, the UniMailbox will automatically be registered in HISinOne as the (2-K) study correspondence email address for all students and enrolled doctoral candidates. Important for all students already using a university email address with the subdomains @students or @[planet name]: these existing email addresses on the old university server will be deactivated on April 15, 2025. Shortly thereafter, all emails stored there will be deleted. You have the option to set up a forwarding from your current CommuniGate address (@students or @[planet name]) until April 15, 2025. This forwarding will remain active until December 31, 2025.**



***Exceptions**
This change does not affect doctoral students who are already employed, doctoral students registered before 2018 who already use their institute’s email domain, or FACE students with an email address from the Freiburg University of Education. These students are allowed to keep their existing email addresses.


===== E-Mail article overview =====

==== General information ==== 
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==== Transfer of e-mails from Communigate to GWDG ==== 
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==== Setting up mail clients ==== 
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==== Communigate settings ====
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===== Contact and Support =====
Please check the[[public:unimail:faq_english| FAQ]] before asking a question that has already been answered. 
For further inquiries, the IT support team and the Identity and Access Management (IAM) project team are happy to assist you. Please contact beratung@rz.uni-freiburg.de, including your UniAccount and matriculation number.