The demands on the digital infrastructure of universities are increasing rapidly. To meet these demands the IT landscape at Freie Universität evolved over the past decade. Recently, a new project, FUtureIT – for a Service-oriented and Future-oriented IT, was created to analyze and evaluate the system. Those involved made several changes, which resulted in the creation of a new central facility FUB-IT, which was officially founded on April 1, 2023. It combines the former Electronic Administration and Services (eAS) and ZEDAT, the Central Computing Services.

• Article in campus.leben about the new IT unit, posted May 8, 2023 (in German)
• Series in campus.leben about 50 Years of ZEDAT, posted December 20, 2022 (in German)
• Information about Freie Universität’s IT strategy for the future and the university’s IT structure