Help & Support
Self service
How to guides
We’ve created How-to guides for all our key services. Use the search bar below to find what you are looking for. If you can’t find anything helpful then contact IT Services for assistance (contact details below).
ISD IT Services
The IT Services (help desk) is the primary point of contact for queries about central IT services for all staff and students at UCL.
Self-service portal
Whatever your need, whether it's a request for help, to report an incident or request a new service, use the self-service portal. You can also view the status or update any of your open tickets logged with IT Services.
Access the self-service portal
You will be required to log into the portal using your UCL user ID and password. If you do not know your user ID and password or experience difficulties logging into the portal, please telephone the IT Services (help desk).
How to use the online portal and accessibility options
Email support
Where possible please email IT Services from your UCL email account. This will ensure emails from our incident logging system will reach you to confirm your ticket reference etc.
We aim to respond to emails within one business day so emails should be for queries that do not require an immediate response.
Phone support
Phone support hours (term time)
Monday-Friday: 8.30am-5.30pm
Out of hours phone support (NorMAN)
Our out of hours phone support service, called NorMAN, is available day and night all year round - including weekends, College Closures and Bank Holidays.
NorMAN can deal with a range of general IT queries but some services are not yet available, such as issuing phone registration codes or password codes . If your query can’t be resolved, a ticket will be raised and passed back to the helpdesk for investigation during normal opening hours.
To contact NorMAN out of hours call the usual ISD IT Services number.
Visit in person
Opening hours
DMS Watson: | Monday to Friday 9.30am-6.00pm. |
Institute of Education Libraries: | Monday to Friday 9.30am-6pm. Saturday 11am-1pm & 2pm-4pm |
UCL Student Centre: | Monday to Friday 9am-5pm. |
Main Library: | Monday to Friday 9.30am-6pm. |
Locations
DMS Watson Library
Ground Floor, Malet Place
London WC1E 6BT

Student Centre
First floor, 27-28 Gordon Square, Bloomsbury, London WC1H 0AH
Find using UCL maps
Institute of Education Library
Fourth floor, 20 Bedford Way
London WC1H 0AL

Main Library
Wilkins Building, Gower Street, WC1E 6BT
Find using UCL maps
How to use the IT Services portal
For a tutorial on how to use the IT Services Portal please view the Remedyforce common service requests video.
There are also smaller video guides on how to create a new ticket and how to review any tickets you have logged with IT Services.
Remedyforce accessibility options
Remedyforce includes an alternative mode that lets users with assistive devices, such as speech recognition software and screen readers, work with Salesforce more effectively. For further guidance regarding accessibility options please check and consult the Enabling Remedyforce Accessibility (PDF) guide.
IT Services Remote Access
Only to be used with consultation with IT Services.
Access the IT Services Remote Access tool
Other support arrangements
Computer security issues
Contact the UCL Information Security Group
SLMS users
Contact details for School of Life and Medical Sciences customers

IT for IOE - ISD IT Services
If you are a student or member of staff at the Institute of Education (IOE) then you should contact the IT Services (help desk).