Your campus ID

27 January 2024

While you’re a student at UCT, your student card is like gold – remember to take it with you everywhere.

Your student card serves as your official student ID and guarantees you access to a long list of 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 be carried with you at all times
access key to labs and other facilities related to your studies
library card, which allows you take out six items for seven days
ticket to using the UCT Shuttle – mahala
key to your residence (if you’re staying at res)
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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