New students and enrolled doctoral students receive the CampusCard automatically after complete enrolment. The CampusCard is sent by post together with other study documents at the start of the degree programme. It does not need to be applied for.

The CampusCard is very versatile and contains the following functions:

• Student ID card with passport photo

• Payment function of the Studierendenwerk (e.g. for the canteen, photocopier, vending machines)

• Library card for the library of the PH Heidelberg

• Library card for the university library

• Access to the services of the university's computer centre (URZ)

When you enrol, you will also be set up with a user account for the services of the Heidelberg University Computer Centre (URZ for short). For this purpose, a Uni-ID will be created for you, which is printed on your CampusCard.

You will receive the access data and the activation password for your URZ user account by post after your enrolment together with other study documents.
This will give you access to media in the university library, for example, and you can use the university's WLAN via eduroam and also printers/copiers.

All students of the PH Heidelberg receive the CampusCard. Guest students and other external students who are not enrolled at Heidelberg University of Applied Sciences do not receive a CampusCard. If you still wish to use the library or facilities of the Studierendenwerk, please contact the respective institution directly.

In order for us to issue you with a CampusCard, all you have to do is enrol. As part of the online enrolment process, you also submit a digital passport photo. This will be used to create the CampusCard. The photo remains stored digitally in the CAMPUSPortal during your time as a student. Please make sure that your entire face is clearly recognisable from the front in the photo. However, a biometric passport photo is not necessary.

You must validate the CampusCard, otherwise it is not valid as a student ID. During validation, the date of the start of your studies and the end of the semester for which you have enrolled or re-registered are printed on a designated field on the CampusCard. You must carry out the validation yourself at one of the validation stations. You will find these in the old building in front of the auditorium and in the new building next to the side exit to the new lecture theatre building. After validation, the student ID card is valid for the current semester and must be revalidated after each re-registration. Please note that the CampusCard may not be signed!

Would you like to pay with your CampusCard in the canteen or at photocopiers, for example? To use these and other Studierendenwerk services, you can top up your CampusCard at the terminals. You will find the terminals in the canteens and halls of residence of the Studierendenwerk, where you can top up with cash or EC card.
Do you use Paypal? Then you can also top up your credit online:

CampusCards that are lost in canteens, in buildings or on the PH campus can be collected from the (SSC). Please hand in your fellow students' CampusCards that you have found there.

If your CampusCard is not found or handed in, you will receive a new card for a fee of 10.00 euros. Please contact the SSC or the Student Office by email. When the new CampusCard is issued, your previous card will automatically be cancelled. The credit will be transferred to your new CampusCard and it will no longer be possible to access it using your old card. Please note that for technical reasons it is not possible to block a lost card without issuing a new CampusCard!

A name change can be reported via the CAMPUS portal. To do this, submit official proof of the name change (e.g. marriage certificate, valid dgti supplementary identity card).

The name change will be processed as quickly as possible. From the day after the name change, you can have a new CampusCard issued free of charge. Please contact the or the directly. You will receive the new CampusCard within a few minutes. After validation, it is then valid and ready for use.

The first issue of the chip card is free of charge. If a replacement card is issued, a fee of €10.00 will be charged. This fee is waived in the event of a name change, technical defects or theft that has been reported to the police.

Please contact the Student Office by e-mail if you encounter technical or other problems when using or validating the CampusCard. We will then work with you to try to solve the problem as quickly as possible.