Access

Eligibility

The University of Arizona offers high performance computing resources to all active faculty, staff, students, and affiliates free of cost.

Users are required to have active university credentials to gain access to all HPC services. If you are collaborating with university members but are not actively affiliated with the university, you may apply for Designated Campus Colleague (DCC) status through HR. DCC status grants non-affiliated individuals with active university credentials required for accessing university services.

Email List Registration

All HPC account owners and sponsors are required to be members of the HPC-Announce email list and will automatically be added as members during the account creation process. This email list is used to send HPC system-related updates and notifications. Deleting your HPC account will automatically remove you from the listserv.

Registration Process

• Principal Investigators (PIs)

  PIs (typically faculty members) can sponsor themselves for access by following the instructions on our Account Creation page. Once a PI has successfully set up their group, they may sponsor other university members for access.

• Non-PIs

  Non-PI university members may request sponsorship from PIs with active HPC accounts to gain access by following the instructions on our Account Creation page.

Loss of University Affiliation

Users who lose affiliation with the university (e.g., graduating or leaving their position) will lose access to HPC. They may apply for DCC status to reinstate their credentials if HPC access is needed. For more information, see our policy page on losing university affiliation.