UniCard

You matriculate at the Student Service Center. Your UniCard will be sent to you automatically within 14 days after your matriculation is complete (if you gave us a german address in the application for matriculation). If you do not have a German address, your card will not be sent to you but will be kept at the UniCard Office (Student Service Center, Sedanstraße 6) for you to pick up. The UniCard is valid for five years (unless you end your studies at the University of Freiburg earlier).
You must exchange your UniCard for a new one at the UniCard Office before the expiration date printed on the card.

The Studierendenwerk Freiburg (SWFR) is responsible for adding credit to and removing credit from the UniCard as well as for blocking the card.
More information

You may request to have the remaining credit on your UniCard paid out to you at the service points in the cafeterias.
If your UniCard is no longer readable, you may request a statement of credit remaining on your card at the UniCard Office during office hours. By presenting this statement at one of the service points, you can have the remaining credit paid out to you or transferred to your new UniCard. It is not possible to have your credit transferred directly to your new card at the UniCard Office.

Please contact the employees of the Studierendenwerks (SWFR) at the service points in the cafeterias if your card has been blocked.

Newly issued UniCards are valid for a period of five years. If the card expires before you complete your studies, you must request a new UniCard at the Student Service Center.

Depending on the nature of the damage and the age of the card, you may have to pay a fee of 10€ to have the damaged card replaced. In the case of damage caused by regular wear and tear, you may be issued a replacement card free of charge. Please contact us before transferring the fee if you are not certain whether you need to pay it.

Issuing of replacement cards:
If your UniCard is cracked, you will have to pay a fee of 10€ for a replacement card. To make the replacement card, we need your damaged UniCard, a passport photo, and proof of payment.

1. Payment
   Cash payment:
   It is NOT possible to pay the fee in cash.
   
   Bank transfer:
   Recipient: UniKasse
   IBAN: DE47 6005 0101 7438 5009 55
   BIC: SOLADEST600
   Baden-Württembergische Bank
   Reason for payment: "BA6000246001-" and your matriculation number, e.g., "BA6000246001-1234567"
   
   UniCard office hours:
   It is only possible to pay the fee during office hours with an EC card.
   
   
2. Issuing of the replacement card
   As soon as we have received the proof of payment, we can generally make a new card within a week. You can pick it up during our office hours.
   If you bring the necessary document to us in person during our office hours, we can make your new UniCard within just a few minutes.
   
   
   

Blocking:
To have your UniCard blocked, please give us your first and last name, your matriculation number, and your PUK number.

Please note:
It is not possible to have the credit on your UniCard blocked or replaced.

If you use the Studierendenwerk’s (SWFR) "Autoload" method, you can have your card blocked there in person. More information

Issuing of replacement cards:
To make a replacement card, we need a passport photo and proof that you have paid the 10€ replacement fee.

1. Payment
   Cash payment:
   It is NOT possible to pay the fee in cash.
   
   Bank transfer:
   Recipient: UniKasse
   IBAN: DE47 6005 0101 7438 5009 55
   BIC: SOLADEST600
   Baden-Württembergische Bank
   Reason for payment: "BA6000246001-" and your matriculation number, e.g., "BA6000246001-1234567"
   UniCard office hours:
   It is only possible to pay the fee during office hours with an EC card.
   
   
2. Issuing of the replacement card
   As soon as we have received the proof of payment / screenshot, we can generally make a new card within a week. You can pick it up during our office hours.
   If you bring the proof of payment / screenshot to us in person during our office hours, we can make your new UniCard within just a few minutes.
   
   
   Unblocking:
   If your old UniCard turns up again, you can have it unblocked at the Uni-Card office (also via email) as long as the new card has not yet been produced.
   
   

At the moment only payment by bank transfer is possible:

Recipient: UniKasse
IBAN: DE47 6005 0101 7438 5009 55
BIC: SOLADEST600
Baden-Württembergische Bank
Reason for payment: "BA6000246001-" and your matriculation number, e.g., "BA6000246001-1234567"

You may purchase the SemesterTicket online or, on presentation of a current certificate of matriculation, at a ticket agency or a DB ticket machine. It currently costs € 89 and is valid for six months. The SemesterTicket entitles you to use public transportation in the City of Freiburg as well as in the districts of Emmendingen and Breisgau-Hochschwarzwald.

The following evidence is available when using public transport as a registered student:

UniCard:

• Use of SemesterTicket with SemesterTicket purchased online plus official picture ID

• Use of SemesterTicket with SemesterTicket purchased at a ticket agency or a DB ticket machine plus UniCard plus certificate of matriculation plus official picture ID

• Free use of RVF trains and busses after 7 p.m. with “19 Uhr-Nachweis” plus official picture ID

• Free use of RVF trains and busses after 7 p.m. with UniCard plus certificate of matriculation plus official picture ID

Your UniCard is automatically assigned a specific access profile. This will give you access to buildings and rooms of the University, depending on which course you are enrolled in. For additional access rights, please contact the relevant institution directly.

For technical reasons, your University Library account number has to be changed when we make you a new UniCard. The new account number is passed on to the University Library automatically and any books you have checked out are transferred to the new account. Your online password remains the same.

Students use the UniCard as a library card. Click here for general information on using the UniCard as a library card.

 
Information on using the wardrobes at the University Library with your UniCard [de].