You can apply for a student card as soon as you have paid the registration fee and have access to the Ugla inner web. You will only need one card throughout your studies. You apply for a student card in Ugla, My Ugla → Student card.
Student card is both an ID and a discount card but when applying you have to choose if you want your card to give additional access to buildings outside their usual opening hours or not. There is no visible difference between the cards.
Student card with no access to buildings is free of charge.
Student card with access to buildings cost ISK 1,500.
An access card grants additional access to University buildings outside their usual opening hours. Opening hours with access cards are 7:30 a.m. - 12 midnight, every day of the week. During exam periods, access cards open doors until 2 a.m.
The buildings in question are:
- University Centre (Háskólatorg and connected buildings),
- VR-II
- Askja,
- Læknagarður
- Stakkahlíð (School of Education).
When access to Askja, Læknagarður, Stakkahlíð and VR-II is chosen, access to Háskólatorg and connected buildings are included.
Please note that a card that is without access cannot be changed into an access card later on – a new card has to be issued.
The student card is not issued annually but renewed with a sticker at the Service Desk, University Centre, or the Office of Academic and Student Affairs in the School of Education in Stakkahlíð.
Find all about student cards on the UI service web.
Information about discounts available to student cardholders can be found on the Student Council website