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 |
Administration Service | vpn.admin.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 |
St Catherine's College | vpn.caths.cam.ac.uk | Certificate | Apple Profile |
Chemical Engineering and Biotechnology | vpn.ceb.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 |
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 |
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 |
Office of Intercollegiate Services | vpn.ois.cam.ac.uk | Certificate | Apple Profile |
Pathology, Department of | vpn.path.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 |
University Information Services Staff | uis-staff-vpn.uis.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 |
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: 28th June 2020