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) |
Certificate Authority |
|---|---|---|---|
| (Default - University) | vpn.uis.cam.ac.uk | Apple profile | Let's Encrypt |
| Arts & Humanities (School of) | vpn.csah.cam.ac.uk | Apple profile | Let's Encrypt |
| Astronomy (Institute of) | vpn.ast.cam.ac.uk | Apple profile | Let's Encrypt |
| Botanic Gardens | vpn.botanic.cam.ac.uk | Apple profile | Let's Encrypt |
| Cambridge Clincal Research Centre | ccrcvpn.medschl.cam.ac.uk | Apple profile | Let's Encrypt |
| Cambridge Institute for Medical Research (CIMR) | fireship.cimr.cam.ac.uk | Apple profile | Let's Encrypt |
| St Catherine's College | vpn.caths.cam.ac.uk | Apple profile | Let's Encrypt |
| Chemical Engineering and Biotechnology | vpn.ceb.cam.ac.uk | Apple profile | Let's Encrypt |
| Christ's College |
vpn.christs.cam.ac.uk |
Apple profile | Let's Encrypt |
| Clinical Neurosciences, Department of | cnvpn.medschl.cam.ac.uk | Apple profile | Let's Encrypt |
| Clinical School | csvpn.medschl.cam.ac.uk | Apple profile | Let's Encrypt |
| Clinical School Computing Service | cscsvpn.medschl.cam.ac.uk | Apple profile | Let's Encrypt |
| Clinical Trials Unit | cctuvpn.medschl.cam.ac.uk | Apple profile | Let's Encrypt |
| Computer Laboratory | vpn.cl.cam.ac.uk | Apple profile | Let's Encrypt |
| Clare Hall | vpn.clarehall.cam.ac.uk | Apple profile | Let's Encrypt |
| Classics, Faculty of | vpn.classics.cam.ac.uk | Apple profile | Let's Encrypt |
| ClIC (PDN) | clic.pdn.cam.ac.uk | Apple profile | Let's Encrypt |
| Criminology |
vpn.crim.cam.ac.uk |
Apple profile | Let's Encrypt |
| Cambridge University Students' Union |
vpn.studentunion.cam.ac.uk |
Apple profile | Let's Encrypt |
| Economics, Faculty of | vpn.econ.cam.ac.uk | Apple profile | Let's Encrypt |
| Engineering, Department of |
vpn.eng.cam.ac.uk |
Apple profile | Let's Encrypt |
| Finance Support Staff |
finance-support-vpn.admin.cam.ac.uk |
Apple profile | Let's Encrypt |
| Fitzwilliam Museum |
vpn.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk |
Apple profile | Let's Encrypt |
| Flybase (PDN) |
flybase.pdn.cam.ac.uk |
Apple profile | Let's Encrypt |
| Genetics Department of |
vpn.gen.cam.ac.uk |
Apple profile | Let's Encrypt |
| Geography, Department of |
vpn.geog.cam.ac.uk |
Apple profile | Let's Encrypt |
| Girton College |
vpn.girton.cam.ac.uk |
Apple profile | Let's Encrypt |
| Gonville and Caius College | vpn.cai.cam.ac.uk | Apple profile | Let's Encrypt |
| Gurdon Institute | camvpn.gurdon.cam.ac.uk | Apple profile | Let's Encrypt |
| Haematology | haemvpn.medschl.cam.ac.uk | Apple profile | Let's Encrypt |
| History, Faculty of | vpn.hist.cam.ac.uk | Apple profile | Let's Encrypt |
| Hitachi RDC, Department of Physics | vpn-hitachi.phy.cam.ac.uk | Apple profile | Let's Encrypt |
|
Human, Social and Political Sciences |
vpn.hsps.cam.ac.uk | Apple profile | Let's Encrypt |
| IMS Epidemiology | vpn-epidims.medschl.cam.ac.uk | Apple profile | Let's Encrypt |
| IMS/MRL/Clinical Biochemistry | imsvpn.medschl.cam.ac.uk | Apple profile | Let's Encrypt |
| Isaac Newton Institute | vpn.newton.cam.ac.uk | Apple profile | Let's Encrypt |
| Judge Business School | vpn.jbs.cam.ac.uk | Apple profile | Let's Encrypt |
| Jeffrey Cheah Biomedical Centre | vpn.jcbc.cam.ac.uk | Apple profile | Let's Encrypt |
| Law | vpn.law.cam.ac.uk | Apple profile | Let's Encrypt |
| Lauterpacht Centre for International Law | vpn.lcil.cam.ac.uk | Apple profile | Let's Encrypt |
| Land Economy | vpn.landecon.cam.ac.uk | Apple profile | Let's Encrypt |
| Materials Science and Metallurgy | vpn.msm.cam.ac.uk | Apple profile | Let's Encrypt |
| Mathematics, Faculty of | mvpn.maths.cam.ac.uk | Apple profile | Let's Encrypt |
| Medicine, Department of | medvpn.medschl.cam.ac.uk | Apple profile | Let's Encrypt |
| Medical Genetics, Department of | medgenvpn.medschl.cam.ac.uk | Apple profile | Let's Encrypt |
| MRC Biostatistics Unit | vpn-too.mrc-bsu.cam.ac.uk | Apple profile | Let's Encrypt |
| MRC Toxicology Unit | vpn.mrc-tox.cam.ac.uk | Apple profile | Let's Encrypt |
| Obs and Gynae, Department of | obgvpn.medschl.cam.ac.uk | Apple profile | Let's Encrypt |
| Office of Intercollegiate Services | vpn.ois.cam.ac.uk | Apple profile | Let's Encrypt |
| Oncology, Department of | oncvpn.medschl.cam.ac.uk | Apple profile | Let's Encrypt |
| Pathology, Department of | vpn.path.cam.ac.uk | Apple profile | Let's Encrypt |
| Paediatrics, Department of | paedvpn.medschl.cam.ac.uk | Apple profile | Let's Encrypt |
| Pharmacology, Department of | vpn.phar.cam.ac.uk | Apple profile | Let's Encrypt |
| Physiology, Development and Neuroscience | vpn.pdn.cam.ac.uk | Apple profile | Let's Encrypt |
| Physiology, Development and Neuroscience (Aquatics) | vpn.aquatics.pdn.cam.ac.uk | Apple profile | Let's Encrypt |
| Plant Sciences |
vpn.plantsci.cam.ac.uk |
Apple profile | Let's Encrypt |
| Psychiatry, Department of | vpn.psychiatry.cam.ac.uk | Apple profile | Let's Encrypt |
| Public Health & Primary Care | phpcvpn.medschl.cam.ac.uk | Apple profile | Let's Encrypt |
| Queens College | queens-vpn.queens.cam.ac.uk | Apple profile | Let's Encrypt |
| Radiology, Department of | radvpn.medschl.cam.ac.uk | Apple profile | Let's Encrypt |
| Sainsbury Lab | slvpn.slcu.cam.ac.uk | Apple profile | Let's Encrypt |
| Surgery, Department of | survpn.medschl.cam.ac.uk | Apple profile | Let's Encrypt |
| Trinity College | vpn.trin.cam.ac.uk | Apple profile | Let's Encrypt |
| University Administration Service (UAS) | vpn.admin.cam.ac.uk | Apple profile | Let's Encrypt |
| University Information Services (UIS) Staff | uis-staff-vpn.uis.cam.ac.uk | Apple profile | Let's Encrypt |
| UBS AMB | vpn.amb.ubs.cam.ac.uk | Apple profile | Let's Encrypt |
| UBS MIRA | vpn.mira.ubs.cam.ac.uk | Apple profile | Let's Encrypt |
| University Library | vpn.lib.cam.ac.uk | Let's Encrypt | |
| Radio Astronomy and Astrophysics | vpn.ra.phy.cam.ac.uk | Let's Encrypt | |
| Department of Veterinary Medicine | vpn.vet.cam.ac.uk | Apple profile | Let's Encrypt |
| West Cambridge Data Centre Staff | wcdc-staff-vpn.uis.cam.ac.uk | Apple profile | Let's Encrypt |
| Westminster College | vpn.westminster.cam.ac.uk | Apple profile | Let's Encrypt |
| Wolfson Brain Imaging Centre | vpn.wbic.cam.ac.uk | Apple profile | Let's Encrypt |
| Woolf Institute | vpn.woolf.cam.ac.uk | Apple profile | Let's Encrypt |
| Zoology, Department of | vpn.zoo.cam.ac.uk | Apple profile | Let's Encrypt |
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: 13 November 2025