CampusCard functionality

Cash-to-card machines for topping up the copier-printer balance and your catering balance are located throughout the campus (please note that these are separate machines). To top up a balance on your CampusCard, hold the card up to the reader and insert a euro note into the banknote receiver. Please keep holding your card against the reader until you see the new balance on the screen. The catering payments function is activated when you top up your balance for the first time.

Important: Please note that the cash top-up machines for the catering payments and the printer/copier payments are physically different machines; the former can be found in the refectory foyer and the Nikolakloster cafeteria, whereas the latter are usually located next to selected printer/copiers on campus.

Every personalised CampusCard has a university library user number printed on the back. Using this number you can borrow books from Passau University Library, order interlibrary loans and log in at the library catalogue stations in the reading rooms. Find out more about on ordering & loans.

You need a CampusCard for all locking and access systems. Once you have received your CampusCard you will be able to use it as of the following business day. You do not need to apply to have the electronic locker function activated, but a separate activation is required for all other services.

To use the CampusCard as a semester bus pass, you need to have the valid-until date printed legibly on the rewritable strip at the bottom of the card front. This should be done at one of the validation terminals on campus. If you do not have a valid-until date printed on your card you cannot use it as a bus pass – any attempt to do so regardless can result in a hefty fine! Please note that only your CampusCard can be used a semester bus pass – other types of enrolment certificate do not count! Remember to always bring along a valid photographic ID when using public transport in case there are inspections.