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 |
Client certificate |
Connection profile (for Apple: iOS and macOS) |
---|---|---|---|
(Default - University) | vpn.uis.cam.ac.uk | Automatically validated | 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 |
Cambridge University Students' Union |
vpn.studentunion.cam.ac.uk |
Certificate | Apple profile |
Economics, Faculty of | vpn.econ.cam.ac.uk | Certificate | Apple profile |
Engineering, Department of |
vpn.eng.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 |
Geography, Department of |
vpn.geog.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 |
History, Faculty of | vpn.hist.cam.ac.uk | 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 |
Judge Business School | vpn.jbs.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 |
Mathematics, Faculty of | mvpn.maths.cam.ac.uk | 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 |
Physiology, Development and Neuroscience (Aquatics) | vpn.aquatics.pdn.cam.ac.uk | Automatically validated | Apple profile |
Queens College | queens-vpn.queens.cam.ac.uk | Certificate | Apple profile |
Trinity College | vpn.trin.cam.ac.uk | Certificate | Apple profile |
University Administration Service (UAS) | vpn.admin.cam.ac.uk | Automatically validated | Apple profile |
University Information Services (UIS) Staff | uis-staff-vpn.uis.cam.ac.uk | Automatically validated | Apple profile |
UBS AMB | vpn.amb.ubs.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: 27 April 2024