This page explains how to check whether you are authorized to use eduroam.

eduroam authorized users

The following groups can use eduroam:

• Members of RWTH and Uniklinik:
  • Students
  • Staff members
  • UKA employees
  • Role "Angehörige Organisationseinheit"
  • Scholarship holders
  • Employees of Forschungszentrum Jülich
  • External teaching staff
  • Retired Professors
  • Members of affiliated institutes with WiFi entitlement
• Members of institutions that are part of the eduroam project (opens in new tab)

You can check whether you have authorization to use the service in five steps:

Step 1
Open the IdM Selfservice (opens in new tab).

Step 2
Log in with RWTH Single Sign-On.

Step 3
Click Accounts and Passwords.

Step 4
Click Account Overview.

Step 5
Locate the account RWTH Single Sign-On and click the pencil in the column Action.

Step 6
Under Roles and Groups, look for the value urn:mace:rwth.de:entitlement:WLAN.

Tip:
Copy the value from the text. Go to the IdM SelfService and press CTRL+F on your keyboard to open the search bar. Paste the value into the search field.

If the value:

• is present, you can use eduroam.
• is missing, you cannot use eduroam.

If in doubt, contact our IT-ServiceDesk

Additional information:

• Public Internet at RWTH
• Generating eduroam login credentials