Your campus ID

While you’re a student at the University of Cape Town (UCT), your student card is like your very own collector’s item – remember to take it with you everywhere.

Your student card serves as your official student ID and guarantees you access to our vast campus facilities, including transport, residences, and libraries. But the benefits outside campus are huge too. If you know where to swipe your card, you’ll receive discounts on meals and reduced entry fees into a range of facilities and attractions, including Table Mountain (where the cable car is free during the month of your birth) and Kirstenbosch.

Your student card is your:

• proof of identity on campus and must always be carried with you
• access key to labs and other facilities related to your studies
• library card, which allows you to take out six items for seven days
• ticket to using the UCT Shuttle – at no extra cost
• key to your residence (if applicable)
• meal ticket, which allows you to choose what you eat (if you’re staying at a catering res)
• source of credit for photocopying and printing.

When do I get my student card?

If you were unable to attend the First-Year Campus Reception programme (where you would have received your card), you can get it from UCT Access Control, but only once you’ve registered.

UCT Access Control Help Desk
Room 2.01
New Properties and Services Building
Madiba Circle
upper campus

021 650 1199

access.control@uct.ac.za

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