The following table is a list of institutional Managed VPN services currently in operation, along with links to download the customised server certificate and iOS profile:
| Institution | VPN server hostname |
Client certificate |
Connection profile (for Apple: iOS and macOS) |
|---|---|---|---|
| (Default - University) | vpn.uis.cam.ac.uk | Certificate | Apple Profile |
| Arts & Humanities (School of) | vpn.csah.cam.ac.uk | Certificate | Apple Profile |
| Astronomy (Institute of) | vpn.ast.cam.ac.uk | Certificate | Apple Profile |
| Botanic Gardens | vpn.botanic.cam.ac.uk | Certificate | Apple Profile |
| Cambridge Institute for Medical Research (CIMR) | fireship.cimr.cam.ac.uk | Certificate | Apple Profile |
| Careers Service | vpn.careers.cam.ac.uk | Certificate | Apple Profile |
| St Catherine's College | vpn.caths.cam.ac.uk | Certificate | Apple Profile |
| Chemical Engineering and Biotechnology | vpn.ceb.cam.ac.uk | Certificate | Apple Profile |
| Chemistry | vpn3.ch.cam.ac.uk | Certificate | Apple Profile |
| Computer Laboratory | vpn.cl.cam.ac.uk | Certificate | Apple Profile |
| Clare Hall |
vpn.clarehall.cam.ac.uk |
Certificate | Apple Profile |
| Classics, Faculty of |
vpn.classics.cam.ac.uk |
Certificate | Apple Profile |
| Criminology |
vpn.crim.cam.ac.uk |
Certificate | Apple Profile |
| Crop Sciences Centre |
vpn-csc.plantsci.cam.ac.uk |
Certificate | Apple Profile |
| Cambridge University Students' Union |
vpn.studentunion.cam.ac.uk |
Certificate | Apple Profile |
| Engineering, Department of |
vpn.eng.cam.ac.uk |
Certificate | Apple Profile |
| Faraday Institute |
vpn.faraday.cam.ac.uk |
Certificate | Apple Profile |
| Finance Support Staff |
finance-support-vpn.admin.cam.ac.uk |
Certificate | Apple Profile |
| Fitzwilliam Museum |
vpn.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk |
Certificate | Apple Profile |
| Flybase (PDN) |
flybase.pdn.cam.ac.uk |
Certificate | Apple Profile |
| Girton College |
vpn.girton.cam.ac.uk |
Certificate | Apple Profile |
| Gonville and Caius College | vpn.cai.cam.ac.uk | Certificate | Apple Profile |
| Gurdon Institute | camvpn.gurdon.cam.ac.uk | Certificate | Apple Profile |
|
Human, Social and Political Sciences |
vpn.hsps.cam.ac.uk | Certificate | Apple Profile |
|
International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN) |
vpn.iucn.conservation.cam.ac.uk | Certificate | Apple Profile |
| Law | vpn.law.cam.ac.uk | Certificate | Apple Profile |
| Lauterpacht Centre for International Law | vpn.lcil.cam.ac.uk | Certificate | Apple Profile |
| Land Economy | vpn.landecon.cam.ac.uk | Certificate | Apple Profile |
| Materials Science and Metallurgy | vpn.msm.cam.ac.uk | Certificate | Apple Profile |
| MRC Biostatistics Unit | vpn-too.mrc-bsu.cam.ac.uk | Certificate | Apple Profile |
| MRC Toxicology Unit | vpn.mrc-tox.cam.ac.uk | Certificate | Apple Profile |
| Office of Intercollegiate Services | vpn.ois.cam.ac.uk | Certificate | Apple Profile |
| Pathology, Department of | vpn.path.cam.ac.uk | Certificate | Apple Profile |
| Pharmacology, Department of | vpn.phar.cam.ac.uk | Certificate | Apple Profile |
| Physiology, Development and Neuroscience | vpn.pdn.cam.ac.uk | Certificate | Apple Profile |
| Queens College | queens-vpn.queens.cam.ac.uk | Certificate | Apple Profile |
| Trinity College | vpn.trin.cam.ac.uk | Certificate | Apple Profile |
| Trinity Hall | vpn.trinhall.cam.ac.uk | Certificate | Apple Profile |
| University Administration Service (UAS) | vpn.admin.cam.ac.uk | Certificate | Apple Profile |
| University Information Services (UIS) Staff | uis-staff-vpn.uis.cam.ac.uk | Certificate | Apple Profile |
| UBS MIRA | vpn.mira.ubs.cam.ac.uk | Certificate | Apple Profile |
| University Library | vpn.lib.cam.ac.uk | Certificate | |
| Radio Astronomy and Astrophysics | vpn.ra.phy.cam.ac.uk | Certificate | |
| Department of Veterinary Medicine | vpn.vet.cam.ac.uk | Certificate | Apple Profile |
| West Cambridge Data Centre Staff | wcdc-staff-vpn.uis.cam.ac.uk | Certificate | Apple Profile |
| Westminster College | vpn.westminster.cam.ac.uk | Certificate | Apple Profile |
| Wolfson Brain Imaging Centre | vpn.wbic.cam.ac.uk | Certificate | Apple Profile |
| Woolf Institute | vpn.woolf.cam.ac.uk | Certificate | Apple Profile |
In addition to the list above, some institutions may have managed VPNs which are not publicly advertised. Users should contact their local IT Support staff to find out if such a service exists or is required to reach a resource.
Last updated: 12 October 2021.
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