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The following table is a list of institutional Managed VPN services UIS operates, along with links to download the customised server certificate and iOS profile.

If you have a legacy manual configuration (e.g. Linux client), and the certificate is "automatically validated", then you must validate the certificate using the CA certificates that you already have, based on the CN of the VPN gateway, as described in our instructions for your OS. You are encouraged to move to this configuration method even if you currently download the certificate, as all certificates will soon become "automatically validated".

Institution VPN server hostname Connection profile
(for Apple: iOS and macOS) 
(Default - University) vpn.uis.cam.ac.uk Apple profile
Arts & Humanities (School of) vpn.csah.cam.ac.uk Apple profile
Astronomy (Institute of) vpn.ast.cam.ac.uk Apple profile
Botanic Gardens vpn.botanic.cam.ac.uk Apple profile
Cambridge Clincal Research Centre ccrcvpn.medschl.cam.ac.uk Apple profile
Cambridge Institute for Medical Research (CIMR) fireship.cimr.cam.ac.uk Apple profile
St Catherine's College vpn.caths.cam.ac.uk Apple profile
Chemical Engineering and Biotechnology vpn.ceb.cam.ac.uk Apple profile
Clinical Neurosciences, Department of cnvpn.medschl.cam.ac.uk Apple profile
Clinical School csvpn.medschl.cam.ac.uk Apple profile
Clinical School Computing Service cscsvpn.medschl.cam.ac.uk Apple profile
Clinical Trials Unit cctuvpn.medschl.cam.ac.uk Apple profile
Computer Laboratory vpn.cl.cam.ac.uk Apple profile
Clare Hall vpn.clarehall.cam.ac.uk Apple profile
Classics, Faculty of vpn.classics.cam.ac.uk Apple profile
Criminology

vpn.crim.cam.ac.uk

Apple profile
Crop Sciences Centre

vpn-csc.plantsci.cam.ac.uk

Apple profile
Cambridge University Students' Union

vpn.studentunion.cam.ac.uk

Apple profile
Economics, Faculty of vpn.econ.cam.ac.uk Apple profile
Engineering, Department of

vpn.eng.cam.ac.uk

Apple profile
Finance Support Staff

finance-support-vpn.admin.cam.ac.uk

Apple profile
Fitzwilliam Museum

vpn.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk

Apple profile
Flybase (PDN)

flybase.pdn.cam.ac.uk

Apple profile
Geography, Department of

vpn.geog.cam.ac.uk

Apple profile
Girton College

vpn.girton.cam.ac.uk

Apple profile
Gonville and Caius College vpn.cai.cam.ac.uk Apple profile
Gurdon Institute camvpn.gurdon.cam.ac.uk Apple profile
Haematology haemvpn.medschl.cam.ac.uk Apple profile
History, Faculty of vpn.hist.cam.ac.uk Apple profile

Human, Social and Political Sciences

vpn.hsps.cam.ac.uk Apple profile
IMS/MRL/Clinical Biochemistry imsvpn.medschl.cam.ac.uk Apple profile
Judge Business School vpn.jbs.cam.ac.uk Apple profile
Jeffrey Cheah Biomedical Centre vpn.jcbc.cam.ac.uk Apple profile
Law vpn.law.cam.ac.uk Apple profile
Lauterpacht Centre for International Law vpn.lcil.cam.ac.uk Apple profile
Land Economy vpn.landecon.cam.ac.uk Apple profile
Materials Science and Metallurgy vpn.msm.cam.ac.uk Apple profile
Mathematics, Faculty of mvpn.maths.cam.ac.uk Apple profile
Medicine, Department of medvpn.medschl.cam.ac.uk Apple profile
Medical Genetics, Department of medgenvpn.medschl.cam.ac.uk Apple profile
MRC Biostatistics Unit vpn-too.mrc-bsu.cam.ac.uk Apple profile
MRC Toxicology Unit vpn.mrc-tox.cam.ac.uk Apple profile
Obs and Gynae, Department of obgvpn.medschl.cam.ac.uk Apple profile
Office of Intercollegiate Services vpn.ois.cam.ac.uk Apple profile
Oncology, Department of cscsvpn.medschl.cam.ac.uk Apple profile
Pathology, Department of vpn.path.cam.ac.uk Apple profile
Paediatrics, Department of paedvpn.medschl.cam.ac.uk Apple profile
Pharmacology, Department of vpn.phar.cam.ac.uk Apple profile
Physiology, Development and Neuroscience vpn.pdn.cam.ac.uk Apple profile
Physiology, Development and Neuroscience (Aquatics) vpn.aquatics.pdn.cam.ac.uk Apple profile
Psychiatry, Department of vpn.psychiatry.cam.ac.uk Apple profile
Public Health & Primary Care phpcvpn.medschl.cam.ac.uk Apple profile
Queens College queens-vpn.queens.cam.ac.uk Apple profile
Radiology, Department of radvpn.medschl.cam.ac.uk Apple profile
Sainsbury Lab slvpn.slcu.cam.ac.uk Apple profile
Surgery, Department of survpn.medschl.cam.ac.uk Apple profile
Trinity College vpn.trin.cam.ac.uk Apple profile
University Administration Service (UAS) vpn.admin.cam.ac.uk Apple profile
University Information Services (UIS) Staff  uis-staff-vpn.uis.cam.ac.uk Apple profile
UBS AMB vpn.amb.ubs.cam.ac.uk Apple profile
UBS MIRA vpn.mira.ubs.cam.ac.uk Apple profile
University Library vpn.lib.cam.ac.uk

Apple profile

Radio Astronomy and Astrophysics vpn.ra.phy.cam.ac.uk

Apple profile

Department of Veterinary Medicine vpn.vet.cam.ac.uk Apple profile
West Cambridge Data Centre Staff wcdc-staff-vpn.uis.cam.ac.uk Apple profile
Westminster College vpn.westminster.cam.ac.uk Apple profile
Wolfson Brain Imaging Centre vpn.wbic.cam.ac.uk Apple profile
Woolf Institute vpn.woolf.cam.ac.uk Apple profile
Zoology, Department of vpn.zoo.cam.ac.uk 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: 15 September 2024