2. Login with your university credentials or create an account.
3. Create a new project
4. Choose to "Create blank project"
5. Fill in the informations of the project
-**Project name**: will appear as the repository name in gitlab.
-**Project slug**: will be automatically filled with the project name having special characters removed. You can add your project to a gitlab group or to your personal repositories. This will form the URL of your project.
-**Project description**: allows you to describe briefly what the project is about. This will be printed in the list of your pipeline on gitlab, helping others to find your project.
-**Visibility Level**: defines if your project can be seen by anyone (Public), gitlab instance registered users (Internal) or only you (Private). You can add specific members to private repository for sharing. You can change the visibility level anytime after so you can choose to keep your project private until you decide to share it.
-**Project Configuration**: enables to initialize your project with a README file. This is a must have to describe your project in the future so check the box !
6. Create the new project
Once you have filled in all fields, create your new project.
