As a student of the RWTH Aachen University, you are to register in the Identity Management or you can link your status Student RWTH with your existing registration if you have registered in the Identity Management at an earlier point of time.

To complete your registration or to add a student status to your existing registration, you ned to redeem a coupon code. You receive the coupon code via email after you have enrolled as a student and paid the semester fee. If you have not received the coupon code, please contact the IT-ServiceDesk.

It may take up to two days until all your accounts are set up and your personal data has been synchronised with the database of the Registrar's Office. After the registration is completed, you receive the status Student RWTH.

For more details about the process look here: Guide for new students

Please follow this manual or watch our video tutorial on the registration in the Identity Management to redeem you coupon code.

• Entering the coupon
• Option 1: Login with your username
• Option 2: Registration
• Choosing the RWTH-e-mail-address
• Process completed & your credentials
• Your Accounts

Entering the coupon

Please enter the coupon on the following page: http://www.rwth-aachen.de/connectMe/

Now you can choose between two options: Log in with your username (option 1) or register (option 2).

Please Note: Since July 2, 2024, the use of multi-factor authentication (MFA) is mandatory for the RWTH Single Sign-On (SSO). Users must generate a second factor via the Token Manager in the Selfservice to access services protected by SSO.

Please first set up a token for multi-factor authentication before proceeding with the following steps. We recommend that users set up at least two different tokens. Instructions for the process can be found here.
Once you have gone through the process and set up tokens for the multi-factor authentication of your account, please proceed to the next step. If you have already closed the window or the browser session has ended due to timeout, start again with the coupon entry.

Option 1: Login with your username

Please enter your username (format: 123456) and password.

Please note:
You already have a username, if you were a student or employee at RWTH Aachen University before. You might have also registered being participant of language courses, pre-courses or by an RWTHmoodle invitation.
If you are not certain whether you already have a username, please contact the IT-ServiceDesk or use the PasswordReset. Here you can have your username sent to your contact email address.

As soon as you have logged in with your RWTH Single Sign-On data, you will be asked for a one-time code for multi-factor authentication.

If you have followed the steps in these instructions, you should already have set up one or more tokens. If you have set up several tokens, you can now select the desired token. If you have only set up one token, this should be selected by default. Now click on Next.

Please note: If you have not yet set up a token, please do not click on Next. Instead, please click on the link to the self-service and create a token first. If you have already clicked on Continue and receive an error message, please create a token first and then start the coupon process again.

Please enter a security code in the field provided and click on Next if you are not automatically redirected.

Confirming the username

Please confirm your username shown in bold (in the example below ub201616)..

Option 2: Registration

As a user of the services of RWTH Aachen University you are obligated to obey the rules of the network code of conduct. Please agree to the network code of conduct and enter an email address.

This e-mail address will be used as contact e-mail address from now on. You can change your contact email address in the Selfservice at any time.

Entering Verification Code

Enter a verification code that has been sent to your new registered contact email address.

Choosing the RWTH-e-mail-address

If you do not have an RWTH email address, you can choose it in the next step. If you have multiple names you can select a combination of your liking.

Please note:
If your name contains special characters, they will be replaced with corresponding latin letters according to DIN EN 91379 to provide a compatible substitute spelling for your email address.

If you already have an RWTH email address, this step is omitted.

With choosing Include this RWTH-E-Mail-Address in the global address book every RWTH student and employee (with email address in this domain) can see you in the domain address list.

You can valdiate your choosing and change your email addres by hitting Back.

Registration completion & your credentials

You have registered successfully in the IdentityManagement and the student status will soon be connected to your data.

Note down your username and password carefully as they are shown only once. Please treat your access data confidentially and do not pass them to a third party.

Your Accounts

The section Your Accounts lists all accounts that will be setup for you. After completion you will be informed via email to your contact email address and are able to set passwords for these accounts. This can take up to two days.

Close the process by clicking Finish.