VPN access at the University of Cologne
Students and employees of the University of Cologne can use services of the university network from outside the campus, if they have VPN access. Install a VPN client on your computer which connects to the University network.
Which VPN client should you choose?
We support the Cisco AnyConnect client and IPSec. AnyConnect is licensed software that students and employees of the university can download and use for free. We recommend for:
- Microsoft Windows the AnyConnect Client
- macOS the pre-installed IPSec client
- Linux, the VPN-Client OpenConnect or vpnc (for advanced users, shell only)
- Smartphones and tablets (also for Chrome OS), see "other clients"
Contact
If you have any questions or problems, please contact the RRZK-Helpdesk