Personal Information and Identification

Photo Identification Cards
Your student photo identification (Photo ID) card is your access key to all student services.

You should carry your Photo ID card with you at all times. It is issued when you first register and is permanent throughout your attendance at the University of Manitoba.

The Photo ID Card is your library card. You will also be asked to show it when you sit for examinations, and you will need it if you pay the athletic facility use fee or purchase a food service meal plan or purchase a discounted bus pass.

ID Cards for New Students
You can obtain your Photo ID starting April 1.

You are encouraged to obtain your card during the summer when waiting times are shorter. A fee payment receipt to indicate that you have registered is not required, but some form of current photo identification is.

ID Cards for Returning Students
The Photo ID Card you received the first time you registered is valid for your use as long as you are a student. Your registration is checked by computer when your card is passed through an ID Card reader, so it is not necessary to renew or reactivate your ID card each year.

Evening, Part-Time Students and Bannatyne Students
If you are an evening or part-time or Bannatyne campus student you will also need a picture ID card. You can visit the ID Centre at your convenience during the normal office hours, or call the Registrar's Office, telephone (204) 474-9420, to ask about alternate arrangements. If you have a hard time getting to the Fort Garry campus during regular office hours you can complete an ID card reqest form and send it along with a picture to the Registrar's Office. The photo and signature will be scanned into the ID system and the ID card will be mailed to the address you indicate on the form. The ID Card Request Form is located on the Registrar's Office Web site.

ID Centre Location and Hours
For most of the year, the ID Centre is in the Registrar’s Office, 400 University Centre and is open from 8:30 a.m. to 4:15 p.m. On September 4 and 5, 2007 the ID Centre in the Registrar’s Office will be closed. During these two days, a special ID Centre will be operating in the Sundown Room, R. 112 University Centre (behind the bank machines) from 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.

Replacement Cards
If your Photo ID card is lost or stolen, or you change your name, you should get a new ID card at the ID Centre, Registrar's Office, 400 University Centre.

There is a $15.75 fee for a replacement card  regardless of the reason for loss, except in cases where the loss was reported to the Winnipeg police and a police report number is provided to the ID Centre. Cards that have been damaged as a result of a defect in materials will be replaced free of charge.

ID Card and Photo Copy Service
The magnetic coding on your Photo ID card can be "loaded" with a sum of money so that you can use the card at library photocopying machines or at library microform machines.

Your Photo ID card can be encoded with a cash amount at the cash card manager units in the Elizabeth Dafoe Library, the Albert D. Cohen Management Library, the D.S. Woods Education Library, the Sciences and Technology Library, and the Neil John Maclean Health Sciences Library.

If you have an old ID card with only one magnetic strip, you may exchange it at the ID Centre for a dual striped card at no cost.