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Using Commercial Licences for a Survey

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In order to get a commercial license, you need to create a user account first and then link your user account to the Campus license

Creating a user account

To be able to use the commercial licence of the RWTH, you first have to create an account on SoSci Survey. To do so, please go to the page https://www.soscisurvey.de/ and click "Create New Account" top right.

Screenshot of the SoSci Survey homepage. Under the heading “Sign in,” you will find the “Create new account” button.

Read the conditions and enter your chosen e-mail address. Continue by clicking "Continue".

Screenshot of the registration form. You can enter your email address in the “Your email address” section. The "Next" button is located below the terms and conditions.

Please enter your personal data truthfully; the username is arbitrary. Click "OK".

Screenshot of the registration form. In the "Register" section, you can choose a username and password, as well as enter your personal details. Below that is the "OK" button.

Check your information and confirm them by clicking "Transmit Binding Registration Request".

Screenshot of the user account. Your personal data is displayed. Below that are two buttons: "Change Details" and "Submit Binding Registration Request."

To complete your registration, please enter the confirmation code, which you received in a confirmation e-mail, and click "OK".

Screenshot of the user account. You can enter the code in the "Email address not yet confirmed" section. Below that field and the "OK" button, you will find two more buttons: "Change details" and "Resend confirmation email."

Your registration is now successfully completed!

Screenshot of the user account. The message "Your email address has been confirmed" is displayed, along with the "OK" button.

Linking the account to the Campus licence

First of all, you have to order the SoSci Survey product in the software store via the IT purchaser of your institution. In the order confirmation, which is sent to the IT purchaser by e-mail, you will receive the access (link) to the download server.

To connect your account with the commercial licence of the RWTH, you now have to click the link from the ITC_Readme.txt, which you can find on the download server.

The registration of Shibboleth, which you already know, will pop up. Login with your username (format: ab123456) and your password.

Screenshot of the RWTH Single Sign On. Below the fields for username and password are the "Login" button and the "Forgot login details" link.

Please accept the transmission of the listed information.

Screenshot of the page "Information to be transmitted to the service." The data that will be forwarded to SoSci is displayed in a table. Below that, you can choose whether to display the table every time you log in or only when changes have been made. The second option is selected by default. Below that are the "Reject" and "Accept" buttons.

After connecting via Shibboleth you will be redirected to SoSci Survey and the commercial license is assigned to your account without any further steps. The information about the license can be found under "Active licenses".

Renewing the licence

The Licensor assigns SoSci Survey licenses for a period of three months, maximally until the end of the licensing period. You can renew the licensesbefore the three months are up, by repeating the steps for linking the account to the Campus license.

You can check the lifetime of the licenses in SoSci Survey shop → Show active licenses.

last changed on 09/22/2025

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