Services
The computer pool of the Business School provides an extensive range of software for courses and for free practice. Students of all faculties of the university can print and/
Room equipment (incl. Room booking)
Free practice, printing, binding
Room 258 on the 2nd floor is exclusively available for free practice and other offers outside of courses. This room cannot be booked for courses.
Courses
The request for these rooms can be made by clicking on the required room below via Portal2. Before requesting a room, please check under “Software offered” whether the required software is available in the desired room and enter the lecturers correctly. This is the only way to ensure that the ecUM is activated for access to the pool room. If you have any questions regarding room bookings, software requests, or if further ecUM activations are required, please contact the manager of the computer pool. Please also note the information under “Information for lecturers”.
Software offer on the pool PCs
Operating System
- Windows 11 Education 25H2
Tools & Utilities
- 7-Zip v25.01
- FileZilla v3.69.5
- PowerShell v7.5.4
- PuTTY v0.83
- WinSCP v6.5.5
Web Browsers & Communication
- Google Chrome
- Mozilla Firefox ESR v140.7.0esr
- Mozilla Thunderbird ESR v140.7.1esr
Office & PDF
- Adobe Acrobat Reader
- LibreOffice v26.2.0.3
- Microsoft Office LTSC Professional Plus 2024 (de-de) 16.0.17932.20638
- Notepad++ v8.9.1
- PDF24 Creator v11.29.1
- PDF-XChange Editor v10
- XMind 8 Update 9
- Zotero v8.0.2
Statistical Software
- IBM SPSS Statistics v31 (Room 257 only)
- PSPP
- R v4.5.2
- RStudio v2026.01.0–392
- StataNow v19
Development & Runtime Environments
- Microsoft .NET Desktop Runtime v8.0.23
- Microsoft .NET Framework v4.8.1
- OpenJDK v25.0.2
- Python v3.14.3
- Visual C++ Redistributable
- Visual Studio Code v1.108.2
Multimedia & Image Editing
- foobar2000 v2.25.6
- GIMP v3.0.8
- IrfanView v4.72
- VLC Media Player v3.0.23
Software offer for download
Printing
The BWL.POOL enables students to print out their scripts, documents and papers at reasonable prices. The resources available for this purpose are:
- 2 black-and-white laser printers for DIN A4 and DIN A3 prints
- 1 colour laser printer for DIN A4 and DIN A3 prints
- Cutting machine for cutting printouts
- In addition to 80g standard paper, a selection of other paper types
Further information and prices can be found on the notice (PDF, 78 kB) boards in the BWL.POOL.
Scan
The BWL.POOL has a document scanner and a flatbed color scanner that can be used free of charge.
Document scanner
- Double-sided, color scanning and OCR text recognition
- Ideal for scanning scripts
Flatbed color scanner
- Ideal for scanning images
You can find exact data on the hardware under Room Equipment.
Bookbindings
The BWL.POOL offer also includes book bindings:
- High-quality hardcover bindings for Bachelor's and Master's theses
- Softcover bindings with transparent top cover
- Ring bindings for scripts (360° foldable)
CD and DVD blanks as well as CD cases for gluing into final papers are available from the pool supervisor.
The pool supervisor will be happy to show you the available bindings and inform you about the prices.