DMU Students will be provided with a personal Student identification card, which shows their name, photograph and official registration number.
The card remains the property of the University, it must be carried at all times whilst on University premises, and
must be surrendered to any Staff member of the University on request.
The card must not be given to any other Student or individual. Students found in possession of an ID card that does not belong to them, will have both their own card and the card for the other person(s) confiscated and they (and the card owner) could be subject to disciplinary proceedings.
If you have any queries regarding your student card please email smartcards@dmu.ac.uk or visit the team in the Student Gateway in Gateway House.
When emailing the team please include:
*Your Student (P) Number
*Your full name
*Your Date of Birth
LOST STUDENT ID CARDS
If you lose your student ID card please order a new one at DMU Replacement Student ID Card | De Montfort university when your new card has been issued it will be available to collect from the Student Gateway.
Reactivating your Student Card
With the start of the new academic year, many returning students will have to update their swipe cards before they can access areas equipped with electronic doors (buildings, laboratories etc.).
Please find below some useful information.
1. Students can update their card at any of the wall-mounted card readers on campus by swiping and holding their card against it until the LED of the reader stops flashing (about 2-3 seconds). Most readers will look like this:
2. A significant number of these readers (list attached) have been signposted with a large, visible “Update your card here” sign. These were chosen due to their being strategically located in open and/or easily accessible areas;
3. 22 of these readers (in red in the list) are accessible 24/7;
4. All other returning students need to undergo the process.
5. 1st year students do not need to update;
6. For an optimal student experience we are encouraging students to update as soon as possible once they are back on campus. This will prevent them getting to an electronic door, and being forced to go around the building in order to find a reader before being able to get in the spaces they wish to.
Locations of Key Wall Mounted Card Readers Which Students Can use to Update their Cards
Signposted with ‘Update Your Card Here’ Signage
66 Readers (list below) across campus are highlighted with ‘Update your ID card here’ small posters.
22 readers (marked in bold) are placed on the outside of a building and allow 24/7 updates.
| Art Factory: | Main Entrance – External, allows 24hr updates |
| Bede Island: | Front Entrance – External, allows 24hr updates Ground Lobby left-hand side Ground Lobby right-hand side |
| Campus Centre: | Subway side, door adjacent to ATM – External, allows 24hr updates Open Office 2 Level 1 1st Floor |
| Leicester Castle: | Disabled Entrance – External, allows 24hr updates Main Entrance |
| Clephan Building: | CL1.32 Corridor CL00.16a Studio Ground floor Lobby left-hand side Ground floor Lobby right-hand side Main Entrance – External, allows 24hr updates |
| Edith Murphy: | Student Services, Lower Ground Entrance – External, allows 24hr updates |
| Estates Development Building /Greenhouse: | Greenhouse Entrance – External, allows 24hr updates |
| Gateway House: | GH0.04a CEM Advice Centre GH6.30 Game Wing Entrance GH5.50 Main Entrance to Cyber Security Gateway House Rear (Temporary) Entrance – External, allows 24hr updates, allows 24hr updates GHZ2.10 West Wing Corridor GHZ2.30 North Wing Corridor GH2.50 East Wing GHZ2.70 South Wing Corridor GH0.98 Print Centre Entrance |
| Hawthorn Building: | HA00.38a Help Zone Lower Ground Floor Corridor 2 Lower Ground Floor Corridor 1 Heritage Centre Entrance – External, allows 24hr updates |
| Heritage House: | Main Entrance – External, allows 24hr updates HH0.01 Ground Floor D/Doors 3rd Floor Lobby |
| Hugh Aston Building: | HU0.41 Front of house reception Post Graduate Atrium Entrance Internal Ground Floor Student Advice Corridor, Ground Floor Post Room Corridor, Ground Floor HU2.01 Trading Law Library Entrance HU2.39 Study Space HU3.91/92 Study Space |
| Kimberlin Library: | Entrance foyer (past the double doors, across from Reception) KL00.16 Study Space |
| Mill Studios: | Main Entrance – External, allows 24hr updates |
| PACE Building: | Main Entrance – External, allows 24hr updates |
| Philip Tasker Building: | Internal Black Door Main Entrance opposite Estates Development Building Ground Floor Reception Corridor |
| Portland Building: | Prayer Corridor from AV Loans 2nd Floor Trinity House Side 2nd Floor Vijay Patel Side 1st Floor Double Doors Prayer Room Entrance – External, allows 24hr updates Breathing Space Entrance – External, allows 24hr updates |
| Queens Building: | Main Entrance CTS – External, allows 24hr updates, allows 24hr updates Fire Exit End Corridor 1st Floor Disabled Entrance – External, allows 24hr updates, allows 24hr updates QB3.01 Lab QB3.02 Lab |
| The Venue: | Main Entrance – External, allows 24hr updates |
| Vijay Patel Building: | VPB0.50 Student Advice Centre and Reception POD West Entrance – External, allows 24hr updates VPB0.31 Model Making North Entrance – External, allows 24hr updates South Entrance – External, allows 24hr updates Design Wing Gallery Entrance – External, allows 24hr updates POD East Entrance – External, allows 24hr updates Gallery to POD |