Activation of a new University digital identity

Scope: IT and communication, Work tools
Recipients: Graduates, Staff, Institutions and organizations
Access methods: Online

To put it simply, a Digital Identity is your electronic alter ego, which allows you to be recognised as a member of staff, a student, or another individual who has a relationship with the University. It brings together a range of your personal attributes and enables you to access specific resources, tools and services provided by the University of Insubria. 
It is verified through an IT-based identification and authentication system.

The creation of a University Digital Identity can take place when you begin a relationship with the University (for example, for work or study purposes), or when your role changes. 
At the moment a Digital Identity is created for you, you become its holder.

Who is the service intended for?

In brief, it is intended for students, graduates and Uninsubria staff (academic staff, technical and administrative staff, and collaborators), as well as for representatives of external bodies, associations or companies that collaborate with the University in any capacity and need to access certain services provided by the University’s information systems. 
Details are provided below.

A request for a new University digital identity may be submitted by individuals who do not yet hold a University digital identity of the “staff” type and who hold one of the following roles:

  • Research fellow
  • Grant holder (research grant holder, not a student with a scholarship)
  • Exempt grant holder
  • Coordinated collaborator
  • Research collaborator on a voluntary basis
  • Subject expert (Cultore della materia)
  • Contract executive
  • Permanent executive
  • Contract lecturer
  • Lecturer on a voluntary basis
  • Supplier
  • Self-employed worker
  • Technical and administrative staff
  • Fixed-term technical and administrative staff
  • Fixed-term technical and administrative staff (Treasury-funded)
  • Professional
  • Emeritus, Honorary or Senior Professor
  • Associate Professors
  • Full Professors
  • Fixed-term researchers (Treasury-funded)
  • Fixed-term researchers
  • University researchers
  • Substitute lecturers
  • Internal substitute lecturers
  • Marie Curie fixed-term staff
  • Tutor

Any roles not listed above are not entitled to a “staff” type University digital identity.

Individuals who already hold a University digital identity of the “student” type, if they work for or collaborate professionally with the University, may apply for a new “staff” digital identity.

How do I submit the request?

You can request a new University Digital Identity yourself, but your request must be validated by a Department/Unit Manager in order for the Identity to be created

Validators are:

  • Heads of Department and any deputies
  • the President of the School of Medicine
  • the Director General
  • Directors of the Central Administration

Note. Research centres, laboratories and other units refer to their host structure, namely the department in which they are established.

How to apply for a new digital identity
Validate a request for a new University Digital Identity (via the Intranet) - italian
When will my digital University identity be activated?

The creation of a new digital identity takes place immediately upon approval of the request. However, the activation of services and the creation of the email mailbox require a few hours.

The use of the digital identity and the related services is guaranteed twenty-four hours after the request has been validated by the head of the structure.

The access credentials and instructions for carrying out the first password change are sent to the applicant’s email address provided during the pre-registration phase.