diff --git a/admin/tool/uploaduser/user_form.php b/admin/tool/uploaduser/user_form.php
index ce32ea260d5..26876ce9995 100644
--- a/admin/tool/uploaduser/user_form.php
+++ b/admin/tool/uploaduser/user_form.php
@@ -250,7 +250,7 @@ class admin_uploaduser_form2 extends moodleform {
             $mform->setType('htmleditor', PARAM_INT);
         }
 
-        $mform->addElement('text', 'city', get_string('city'), 'maxlength="100" size="25"');
+        $mform->addElement('text', 'city', get_string('city'), 'maxlength="120" size="25"');
         $mform->setType('city', PARAM_TEXT);
         if (empty($CFG->defaultcity)) {
             $mform->setDefault('city', $templateuser->city);
@@ -288,14 +288,14 @@ class admin_uploaduser_form2 extends moodleform {
         $mform->setType('url', PARAM_URL);
         $mform->setAdvanced('url');
 
-        $mform->addElement('text', 'idnumber', get_string('idnumber'), 'maxlength="64" size="25"');
+        $mform->addElement('text', 'idnumber', get_string('idnumber'), 'maxlength="255" size="25"');
         $mform->setType('idnumber', PARAM_NOTAGS);
 
-        $mform->addElement('text', 'institution', get_string('institution'), 'maxlength="40" size="25"');
+        $mform->addElement('text', 'institution', get_string('institution'), 'maxlength="255" size="25"');
         $mform->setType('institution', PARAM_TEXT);
         $mform->setDefault('institution', $templateuser->institution);
 
-        $mform->addElement('text', 'department', get_string('department'), 'maxlength="30" size="25"');
+        $mform->addElement('text', 'department', get_string('department'), 'maxlength="255" size="25"');
         $mform->setType('department', PARAM_TEXT);
         $mform->setDefault('department', $templateuser->department);
 
@@ -307,7 +307,7 @@ class admin_uploaduser_form2 extends moodleform {
         $mform->setType('phone2', PARAM_NOTAGS);
         $mform->setAdvanced('phone2');
 
-        $mform->addElement('text', 'address', get_string('address'), 'maxlength="70" size="25"');
+        $mform->addElement('text', 'address', get_string('address'), 'maxlength="255" size="25"');
         $mform->setType('address', PARAM_TEXT);
         $mform->setAdvanced('address');
 
diff --git a/lib/db/install.xml b/lib/db/install.xml
index 8095faefeb2..d79981f92ad 100644
--- a/lib/db/install.xml
+++ b/lib/db/install.xml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" ?>
-<XMLDB PATH="lib/db" VERSION="20130905" COMMENT="XMLDB file for core Moodle tables"
+<XMLDB PATH="lib/db" VERSION="20130913" COMMENT="XMLDB file for core Moodle tables"
     xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
     xsi:noNamespaceSchemaLocation="../../lib/xmldb/xmldb.xsd"
 >
@@ -765,9 +765,9 @@
         <FIELD NAME="msn" TYPE="char" LENGTH="50" NOTNULL="true" SEQUENCE="false"/>
         <FIELD NAME="phone1" TYPE="char" LENGTH="20" NOTNULL="true" SEQUENCE="false"/>
         <FIELD NAME="phone2" TYPE="char" LENGTH="20" NOTNULL="true" SEQUENCE="false"/>
-        <FIELD NAME="institution" TYPE="char" LENGTH="40" NOTNULL="true" SEQUENCE="false"/>
-        <FIELD NAME="department" TYPE="char" LENGTH="30" NOTNULL="true" SEQUENCE="false"/>
-        <FIELD NAME="address" TYPE="char" LENGTH="70" NOTNULL="true" SEQUENCE="false"/>
+        <FIELD NAME="institution" TYPE="char" LENGTH="255" NOTNULL="true" SEQUENCE="false"/>
+        <FIELD NAME="department" TYPE="char" LENGTH="255" NOTNULL="true" SEQUENCE="false"/>
+        <FIELD NAME="address" TYPE="char" LENGTH="255" NOTNULL="true" SEQUENCE="false"/>
         <FIELD NAME="city" TYPE="char" LENGTH="120" NOTNULL="true" SEQUENCE="false"/>
         <FIELD NAME="country" TYPE="char" LENGTH="2" NOTNULL="true" SEQUENCE="false"/>
         <FIELD NAME="lang" TYPE="char" LENGTH="30" NOTNULL="true" DEFAULT="en" SEQUENCE="false"/>
@@ -3013,4 +3013,4 @@
       </KEYS>
     </TABLE>
   </TABLES>
-</XMLDB>
+</XMLDB>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/lib/db/upgrade.php b/lib/db/upgrade.php
index 1fad3d41432..543d1b3dd68 100644
--- a/lib/db/upgrade.php
+++ b/lib/db/upgrade.php
@@ -2424,5 +2424,31 @@ function xmldb_main_upgrade($oldversion) {
         upgrade_main_savepoint(true, 2013091000.03);
     }
 
+    if ($oldversion < 2013091300.01) {
+
+        $table = new xmldb_table('user');
+
+        // Changing precision of field institution on table user to (255).
+        $field = new xmldb_field('institution', XMLDB_TYPE_CHAR, '255', null, XMLDB_NOTNULL, null, null, 'phone2');
+
+        // Launch change of precision for field institution.
+        $dbman->change_field_precision($table, $field);
+
+        // Changing precision of field department on table user to (255).
+        $field = new xmldb_field('department', XMLDB_TYPE_CHAR, '255', null, XMLDB_NOTNULL, null, null, 'institution');
+
+        // Launch change of precision for field department.
+        $dbman->change_field_precision($table, $field);
+
+        // Changing precision of field address on table user to (255).
+        $field = new xmldb_field('address', XMLDB_TYPE_CHAR, '255', null, XMLDB_NOTNULL, null, null, 'department');
+
+        // Launch change of precision for field address.
+        $dbman->change_field_precision($table, $field);
+
+        // Main savepoint reached.
+        upgrade_main_savepoint(true, 2013091300.01);
+    }
+
     return true;
 }
diff --git a/user/editlib.php b/user/editlib.php
index 32a4634532f..158b01df379 100644
--- a/user/editlib.php
+++ b/user/editlib.php
@@ -347,10 +347,10 @@ function useredit_shared_definition(&$mform, $editoroptions = null, $filemanager
     $mform->addElement('text', 'idnumber', get_string('idnumber'), 'maxlength="255" size="25"');
     $mform->setType('idnumber', PARAM_NOTAGS);
 
-    $mform->addElement('text', 'institution', get_string('institution'), 'maxlength="40" size="25"');
+    $mform->addElement('text', 'institution', get_string('institution'), 'maxlength="255" size="25"');
     $mform->setType('institution', PARAM_TEXT);
 
-    $mform->addElement('text', 'department', get_string('department'), 'maxlength="30" size="25"');
+    $mform->addElement('text', 'department', get_string('department'), 'maxlength="255" size="25"');
     $mform->setType('department', PARAM_TEXT);
 
     $mform->addElement('text', 'phone1', get_string('phone'), 'maxlength="20" size="25"');
@@ -359,7 +359,7 @@ function useredit_shared_definition(&$mform, $editoroptions = null, $filemanager
     $mform->addElement('text', 'phone2', get_string('phone2'), 'maxlength="20" size="25"');
     $mform->setType('phone2', PARAM_NOTAGS);
 
-    $mform->addElement('text', 'address', get_string('address'), 'maxlength="70" size="25"');
+    $mform->addElement('text', 'address', get_string('address'), 'maxlength="255" size="25"');
     $mform->setType('address', PARAM_TEXT);
 
 
diff --git a/version.php b/version.php
index 31357b811d5..c9cd6f45a51 100644
--- a/version.php
+++ b/version.php
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@
 
 defined('MOODLE_INTERNAL') || die();
 
-$version  = 2013091300.00;              // YYYYMMDD      = weekly release date of this DEV branch.
+$version  = 2013091300.01;              // YYYYMMDD      = weekly release date of this DEV branch.
                                         //         RR    = release increments - 00 in DEV branches.
                                         //           .XX = incremental changes.