DICE-UG: Accounts

You will be given separate accounts for University-wide computers and for Informatics computers.

University-wide facilities
 

• Your University Login. This account gives you access to most University-wide facilities - things like MyEd (the University's web portal) and Office 365 (email, Teams, Office Apps etc), University Windows PCs in the library and Appleton Tower cafe area, as well as the University WiFi network (eduroam). 

  Your username for this account is lowercase s and your student number followed by @ed.ac.uk (for example s2345678@ed.ac.uk).

Informatics facilities
 

• DICE account. This account is for School of Informatics facilities - for example, the DICE computers in the student labs in Appleton Tower, or to remotely access our servers/clusters. Your username for this account is lowercase s and your student number (for example s1234567).

For security, you must choose a different password for each account!

More information

• Computing accounts.