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Campus cards

Your campus card is your university identification card – you need it to borrow books from the library, register your attendance and access buildings and facilities. It is also proof that you are a student and can be used for free travel between Sunderland campuses on our Connect bus and Students' Union minibus services. 

Here we tell you everything you need to know about your campus card.

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What's on my campus card?

Your campus card is much more than a piece of plastic used for ID purposes.

There's a lot of information on your card and here we explain all of the important bits you need to know.

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How to get your campus card

The first step to using your campus card is receiving it.

There's a few things you will need to make sure you have done before you can get hold of yours. Here we will tell you all you need to know about getting your campus card.

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Access, attendance and printing

Your campus card is your key to accessing buildings on campus.

It's here to also register your attendance into any of your academic sessions as well as to use facilities like on-campus printing.

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Campus travel

A perk of your campus card, is free travel.

Using the Connect 700 service, or the University minibus operated by Team Sunderland, you will be able to use your campus card to access free travel between campuses and around the City of Sunderland.

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Campus card FAQs

Campus cards hold a lot of information and value. Here we answer some top questions regarding campus cards, from how to get them, what to do if you've lost yours and much more.

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