Campus card collection

Receiving your campus card is one of the most iconic moments of your welcome experience, and for many it’ll be the first time that you feel truly like a University of Surrey student!

Therefore, we recommend you collect your campus card as soon as possible!

Your campus card is your personalised ID to prove that you are a proud Surrey student, but it also gets you access to the Library and other campus spaces, plus unlocks discounts in a range of stores and retailers.

Important: who should attend campus card collection

UK/Irish students

You must attend campus card collection after completing online registration.

When you can collect your campus card will depend on when you completed online registration AND the photo for your campus card is approved. Please read the information below.

Non-UK/Irish students

This is the final step in your registration! You will collect your card when you attend main registration. When this will be will depend on when you completed online registration AND the photo for your campus card is approved.

Please read the information below.

Postgraduate research students

You will receive an email to confirm when you can collect your campus card from the first floor of the Library.

Important note: if you are not given the option to upload your campus card photo during online registration, you can submit a campus card request form to have your card produced and printed for collection at the Library. Please ensure you have accessed and protected your IT account first.

How to prepare for campus card collection

Collecting your card is a quick, simple process.

What happens at campus card collection?

You will be asked to show your ID and we will hand you your card.

If you are a non-UK/Irish student and you are also attending to complete main registration, you will be taken through the relevant steps and checks as detailed on our main registration page.

When is campus card collection?

Main registration usually takes place in the first week of each Semester. You can find upcoming dates and times below.

If you do not collect your campus card

You will need your campus card to access the Library and other study spaces and sit exams, so it’s vital that you pick it up when you start to avoid encountering problems later.

Ensure you have read through all the information on this page

All the key information can be found here, including the identification that you must bring with you.

Complete your online registration

UK/Irish students – you must do this before collecting your card.

Non-UK/Irish students - you must do this first before pre-booking your main registration slot and attending to collect your card.

Complete your online registration

Find your identification

We require some identification when you collect your card. Please bring one of the following:

Passport
Birth certificate
National ID card
UK photo driving licence.

Please note that we can only accept original ID copies – photocopies or scans will not be accepted.

Attend campus card collection

When you can attend main registration will depend on when you completed online registration AND the photo for your campus card is approved. You will know when your campus card photo has been approved as you will receive an email confirmation.

You must complete online registration and activate your IT account before booking a slot as you will need your University username and password to do so.