If you do not have an employee or student status at TU Dresden, you can only obtain a ZIH login via a guest status. If you want to add a guest status to an already existing ZIH login, please see the Notes for already existing ZIH logins at the end of the article.

Appointment of a contact person

You need a contact person for a guest login. In principle, any person who currently has a ZIH login and is employed at TU Dresden can act as a contact person. Exceptions are student and research assistants (SHK/WHK). The contact person can invite you via the self-service portal under "Guest management" as described below.

Steps as a contact person

1.  As a contact person, log in to the self-service portal at the top right via "Login".

   

2. After logging in, select the "Guest logins" item under "Communication and collaboration".

   

3. Select "Guest management" and then "Invite guest". You can now enter the guest's last name, first name and external e-mail address. You can also specify the runtime and the structural unit for the guest. When you have entered all the necessary data, select "Submit". After that, an e-mail will be sent as an invitation to the specified external address. The next steps are to be performed by the guest.

   

Steps as a guest

1. As a guest, you will receive an email to the address provided by the contact person for the invitation. Please enter here last name, first name, gender, date and place of birth.

   

2. Once you have pressed the "Submit" button, the system will create a ZIH login for you. After a few minutes at the latest, you should receive another email with the coupon ID to activate your ZIH login. You can find out more about activating your ZIH login in the FAQ "Redeem coupon - Activation of your ZIH login".

Notes for already existing ZIH logins

If you currently have a ZIH login with employee or student status, you can renew the ZIH login with a guest status.

If you have a ZIH login that is already deactivated, you can reactivate it with a guest status if the ZIH login has not been deactivated for more than 15 months. If the ZIH login was deactivated for more than 15 months it will be permanently deleted. If you need a ZIH login again afterwards, you can be invited as a guest, but a new ZIH login will be created for you.

In both cases you can follow the steps for inviting guests in this article, but please make sure to enter the correct data. All first and last names, place of birth and date of birth must be entered exactly as in the previous ZIH login. This is the only way the system can correctly recognize that this is an existing ZIH login. If the data does not match, a second ZIH login will be created for you. This must then be corrected manually via the Service Desk. The functionality in the self-service portal for existing ZIH logins will be improved shortly.