Welcome to the homepage of the computer labs (CIP-Pools) of the Department of Computer Science at Friedrich-Alexander University Erlangen-Nuremberg. You can find most of our computer labs in the blue Computer-Science-Building located in Martensstrasse 3, 91058 Erlangen.
Remote registration and password reset via IdM login is possible for students at https://account.cip.cs.fau.de/.
Members of Staff have to undergo a manual registration procedure.
Printing is currently restricted
Currently, when printing non-rasterized PDF files, some individual letters are not printed. As a workaround, the file can be rasterized before printing using convert -density 600 +antialias $input.pdf $output.pdf
-- Lea Eichelsdörfer
Maintenance on Monday, June 8, 2026, starting at 7:00 p.m.
Due to maintenance work, the CIP will be temporarily unavailable on Monday, June 8, 2026, starting at 7:00 PM.
-- Maximilian Rumi
Printing is available again
Printers are now available again with payment via FAUCard. Detailed instructions can be found on our website.
-- Lea Eichelsdörfer