Uni-ID

Uni-ID for students of the University of Mannheim:
You can find your Uni-ID and initial password on the homepage of the campus management system Portal² under Uni-ID (personal user ID) of the University of Mannheim. Log in by entering the login information of your online application. Once you have changed your initial password, you can log in with your Uni-ID and newly set password .

Students from cooperating institutions (e.g., Baden-Wuerttemberg Cooperative State University Mannheim, Mannheim University of Music and Performing Arts):
In order to obtain your Uni-ID and ecUM card, you must apply for a library card. Please follow the instructions on the website of the University Library.

Uni-ID for employees and non-enrolled doctoral students:
If you are a new employee at the University of Mannheim, a personal Uni-ID is automatically created. A confidential letter with the Uni-ID will be sent to you via internal mail. If a Uni-ID already exists (for example if you are first a student and are then employed by the university), you will keep your Uni-ID and a new one will not be generated. In this case, we ask you to submit an online request to update the status of your Uni-ID via the MyUni-ID portal.

Doctoral students who are not enrolled and have not been employed by the university before, are asked to contact their department or the chair of their doctoral supervisor to request a Uni-ID. If your status has changed, we ask you to submit a signed request with the signature of your supervising professor. Please use the online change request on the MyUni-ID portal for this purpose.

Employees of cooperating institutions (Heidelberg University, Technical University of Applied Sciences Mannheim, ZEW – Leibniz Centre for European Economic Research, GESIS – Leibniz-Institute for the Social Sciences, Leibniz-Institut für Deutsche Sprache, Evaluationsagentur Baden-Württemberg, Ludwigshafen University of Business and Society) must apply for a library card to request a Uni-ID and ecUM. Please follow the instructions on the website of the University Library.

Uni-IDs must be renewed every year. You will receive an automatic notification which will be sent to your university e-mail address.

For non-enrolled doctoral students who are managed by the doctoral student management (Doktorand*innenverwaltung), renewal of the doctoral student’s existing Uni-ID must be requested by the doctoral student manager via e-mail (id.unituni-mannheim.de).

If a Uni-ID is blocked, for example, because the employment has ended, you will receive a notification which will be sent to your university e-mail address.

• Students disenrolling
• Individuals leaving the university
• The university finding out about misuse of a Uni-ID

If your status changes, your Uni-ID can be renewed.

Please note that you will need to provide the changed password for your Uni-ID to various services. As a rule, you will be asked to enter your new password, e.g., in your e-mail client. However, there is one exception: For the Wi-Fi connection, you have to manually remove eduroam from your device and reconnect. Instructions can be found on the Wi-Fi instructions page under: Manually removing the eduroam connection.

Log in to the MyUni-ID portal of the University of Mannheim with your Uni-ID and current password.

Now click on “continue” in the “Password” box. On the following page, select “continue” under “Change Password.”

Please fill in the form by

• indicating your current password in the field “Current password,”
• creating a new password in the “New password” field, taking into account our instructions on choosing a password,
• repeating your new password in the field “Confirm New Password.”

Then please click on the “Change” button. Your new password is now active.

If you did not provide a private e-mail address, please contact IT support. (Monday, Wednesday, and Friday, 10 a.m.–2 p.m. at the IT Service Desk at the InfoCenter, Schloss Schneckenhof Süd)

Please note that you must present your ID card to reset your password.

When choosing a password, you will not be asked to come up with a security question. Instead, you can enter your private e-mail address. This allows you to reset your password by yourself if you have forgotten it.

1. Follow the link to the MyUni-ID portal of the University of Mannheim.
2. Click on “Password” to manage your password.
3. Then follow the instructions under “Save your private e-mail address.”
4. Before you can continue, you must verify your identity. To do so, please log in with your Uni-ID.
5. After successfully logging in, you can now enter a private e-mail address.
6. A verification link will be sent to your e-mail address. If you have not received an e-mail, please also check your spam folder.
7. After successful verification, you can now reset your password using the e-mail address you provided.

If you wish to withdraw your consent to the use of your private e-mail address for password reset purposes, follow steps 1 to 4. After successfully logging in, you can select the “Withdrawal” button at the bottom of the page to complete the process.

1. Log in to MyUni-ID.
2. Go to E-Mail | Uni-ID and then to E-mail addresses.
3. You will see a list of your e-mail addresses. To change your default address, select your desired e-mail address and click Save.

Please note: This option is only available if a university e-mail account is linked to your Uni-ID.

E-mails coming from outside the University of Mannheim are marked with a notification at the top. 

1. Log in to MyUni-ID.
2. Go to E-Mail | Uni-ID and then to External e-mails.
3. Select your preferred option and click Save.