For Ghent Uni students

Student Card and Certificates of Enrolment

Student Card

Who receives a student card?

Once your enrolment is complete and UGent has your digital photo, you will receive a student card.

Why do you need a student card?

Your student card identifies you as a UGent student. You’ll need it for:

  • Exams and educational activities (when requested)
  • Student discounts (e.g., university restaurants)
  • Access to UGent sports facilities
  • Printing at the university

Note: The card does not display your study programme.

Validity

  • Valid for up to 6 years;
  • When you re-enrol (after a break), you will not receive a new card unless your current one has expired;
  • Expired cards are automatically replaced and sent to your Belgian correspondence address (check in Oasis).

Lost your student card?

  • Lost cards are often returned to the Student Centre.
  • If found, you’ll receive an email at your UGent email address with collection instructions.
  • If not found, visit the Student Centre in person or email studentencentrum@ugent.be to request a replacement by mail.

Campus card

Who receives a campus card?

Students enrolled in a programme that is primarily taught at Campus Schoonmeersen or Campus Mercator will receive a complementary campus card.

Lost your campus card?

Certificate of enrolment

If you need a certificate of enrolment to obtain a season pass for the train you will be able to print off a certificate of enrolment on Oasis.

You need to login and a personalised certificate will be generated in pdf.

You will need to attach the certificate to the form C42, which you request from NMBS.

You can select certificates in Dutch and English and you can print these as often as required.

One of the certificates you will need to hand in when registering at the Foreign Office of the city/village where you live.

For a bus/tram (De Lijn) pass no certificate is required. Everyone under the age of 25 can buy a Buzzy Pazz if you are 25 or older you can buy an Omnipas.

Contact

studentencentrum@ugent.be

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