Collect your UCard

Before collecting your UCard

Before you collect your UCard, you must:

• Confirm your registration details
• Upload your photo 

You must do these tasks at least 48 hours before you collect your UCard.

How to collect your UCard

You will get an email on 10 or 11 September explaining how to collect your UCard. Your email will also tell you if you need a student document check (right to study).

If you did not receive this email, contact student-services@bristol.ac.uk. 

UCard appointments are in Beacon House Study Centre.

You must go to your appointment on the correct date, or we may not be able to issue your UCard.

Activate your UCard 

Once you have collected your UCard, you will need to swipe it on a wall-mounted card reader (or library entrance card reader) for 10 to 15 seconds to activate it.

You must do this to complete registration.

It may take up to 2 hours before our systems update and you are fully registered.

Late registration

If you are arriving in Bristol after 24 September, check this page for updated information after you arrive to find out how to collect your UCard.

Check the latest dates for registration.

UCard data use

We store data from your UCard which shows when you use your UCard to enter a University building.

We use this data to ensure support and services are available. This use of your data is part of section 10 of the Student Agreement.