---
type: source
title: "URZ: Extend User Account"
tags: [account-management, user-account, extension]
related: [nutzeraccount-verlaengern, zentraler-nutzeraccount, ums, karenzzeit]
created: 2026-06-30
updated: 2026-06-30
sources: ["output/rz_uni_greifswald_de_dienste_allgemein_zentraler_nutzeraccount_nutzeraccount_ver.md"]
---

# URZ: Extend User Account

This source provides instructions on how to extend the validity of a university user account that was created by request.

## Key Information
- **Account Limitation**: All accounts created by request are time-limited.
- **Extension Method**: Extensions must be performed using the extension function within the [[ums]] (Account Management).
- **Technical Constraint**: An account can only be extended once it has reached its [[karenzzeit]] (grace period).

## Support
For issues related to account extensions or other Campus-IT services, users are directed to:
- The [[groupware]] ticket system.
- The URZ hotline (extension 1420).