Accounts & Passwords¶
User IT Account Types¶
When you start at the University of Oxford, you are given an Oxford Single Sign-On account (SSO). Additionally, you might need a Statistics Department account, to access many of the department’s IT systems here at Stats. Below are the different types of user accounts and examples of what you need them for.
Account |
Services |
Provisioned By |
Supported By |
|---|---|---|---|
Nexus email, Teams, Oxford VPN (Cisco), not for eduroam |
Stats HR |
Stats IT |
|
eduroam Wi-Fi access |
Stats HR |
Stats IT |
|
Statistics Department IT resources (Stats VPN, Stats SSH gateway, HPC, etc) |
Stats HR |
Stats IT |
|
Wi-Fi access for official visitors |
Stats HR |
Stats IT |
Managing your user IT accounts¶
Except for the Stats Department IT account, You can manage your user IT accounts through the central Self-Registration Home Page. To manage your Stats Department IT account please contact the Stats IT support team at ithelp@stats.ox.ac.uk.
University card and IT services entitlements¶
Information about your university card and details of which IT services are accessible to you based on your card type can be found at the central IT Services.
Please note that neither Stats IT nor the central IT Services run the University card service. Card queries must be directed to the University Card Office via Stats HR or your college.
Statistics IT Account¶
You will usually get two Statistics (or Stats) IT Accounts: one for Windows and one for Linux. Your Stats IT accounts (normally a variant of your names) are used for logging into:
Department of Statistics HPC
Managed departmental PCs (including Windows and Linux)
Remote Desktop Gateway (wingate.stats.ox.ac.uk)
SSH Gateway (gate.stats.ox.ac.uk)
Department of Statistics hallway shared printers
To get a Stats IT Account, please fill out the New Computer Account Request Form and submit it to Statistics HR at hr@stats.ox.ac.uk.
Oxford SSO¶
How to use multi-factor authentication (MFA)¶
The account uses your Oxford username, SSO password, and multi-factor authentication (MFA). When using a web browser, you only provide your details once to access most other SSO authenticated services. It is therefore important to close all instances of your web browser to sign out.