Bielefeld IT Service Center (BITS)

The most frequently asked questions from new students at Bielefeld University about IT services, passwords, approvals, etc.. Here are the answers.
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Overview of events and workshops organised by the BITS team and other institutions in BITS SPACE.

Programme summer semester 2026
Illustrator Crash Course, Podcast Crash Course, Makeathons, Data Protection in Studies, ...

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Data gone? The screen stays black? Confusing error messages appear?
MEDiS is a free service for students that provides first support for laptops & co.

The BITS SPACE in area B01 of the main university building. As a combination of (PC) workstations, media rooms, studios and equipment loans, this new space offers a wide range of IT and media services for working with digital media at the university.

There are many designations for the login name of the various IT services. There are also various combinations and passwords that can be used to log in. This overview will help.

Fake emails are intended to lure members of the university to bogus websites so that their personal access data can be "fished out" there. Tips for recognising and dealing with such emails.

What do staff, people actually do at BITS and how did they get there? Interesting insights can be found in the employee portraits.

For students, there printers provided by BITS in the PC pools to make printouts needed for study.

Overview of the most important IT applications needed for working on the road or from the home office.

Digital solutions for collaboration in science within the university and across universities.