HFU account for students

HFUACCOUNT 10-020

What you need to know

The HFU account is required to use digital services at HFU. 

First semester students in the winter semester 2024/25
You can retrieve your access data via your applicant account in the MIO portal (https://mio.hs-furtwangen.de).
International guest students will also receive information about the HFU account by email.

Students who were already enrolled in the summer semester 2024 or earlier and have not yet collected their account will receive their access data in the IT online consultation hours:
Opening hours are:
Mondays to Thursdays, 14:00 to 16:00. (public holidays excluded)

Important: Have your ID (identity card or driving license) ready.

You can access the VideoIdent room via this link:
IT-Online consultation hour

If you have technical problems, please write a ticket to 
E-mail application is started:
hfu-account(at)hs-furtwangen.de.

What you have to do

  1. For 2nd semester and higher: Issuing points on campus: LIBRARIES

    Furtwangen: FU library, MENSA room
    Schwenningen: VS library, Room F 0.07
    Tuttlingen: TUT library, Room A 1.12

    You can find opening hours here: External link opens in a new window:www.hs-furtwangen.de/en/central-services/libraries

  2. For first semester students only: Issuing points on campus: STUDENT AFFAIRS DEPARTMENT (Prüfungamt/Examinations Office)

    Furtwangen Campus: Room B 1.33
    Schwenningen Campus: Room B 0.05 and B 0.06
    Tuttlingen Campus: Room A 2.10

  3. Issued to students of the PT and PTP degree programs in Freiburg:
    Address: Freiburg Study Center, Konrad-Goldmann-Straße 5c, 79100 Freiburg
    Jessica Aykan, Office A 1.0

  4. Online issue via VideoIdent via Alfaview is only possible in exceptional cases:

    Please send an e-mail to Email application is started:hfu-account(at)hs-furtwangen.de to make an appointment. Link to the VideoIdent room in Alfaview: External link opens in a new window:https://t1p.de/hfumailsupport

    • To enable quick identification, please log in to the alfaview room as follows and wait until you are addressed by the Video-Ident team:
      First name Last name (abbreviation faculty, abbreviation degree programme)

  5. Further information and instructions can be found here:

    Information on the password policy: Helpcard "HFU Password Policy"
    Information on two-factor authentication:
    - HFU-Account and 2FA (by smartphone app)
    - HFU-Account and 2FA (with windows app 2fast)

Problems or questions?