IT Services Research Infrastructure Team

The RI Team administer IT infrastructure for computationally-intensive research (CIR), including facilities for parallel and high-throughput computing and data storage. We also administer supporting infrastructure including an SSH gateway for off-campus access, a virtual-desktop service and dedicated virtual machine infrastructure.

Accessing from Off Campus

Please see our dedicated guide (login required.)

Contact Info

We may be contacted at:


Support Portal: https://ri.itservices.manchester.ac.uk/hpc-help
Email: its-ri-team@manchester.ac.uk
(please use only one contact method – no need to send your request twice!)

IT colleagues are welcome to re-assign Support Centre tickets related to the services detailed on this website to the ‘IT Research IT’ group.

Courses and Training

We offer regular training courses for users of the CSF and our other platforms. Please visit StaffNet to find details.

Services Managed and Owned by the RI Team — The CIR Ecosystem

Please see a description of our services in the Computationally Intensive Research Ecosystem for more info.

Last modified on November 28, 2023 at 2:54 pm by George Leaver