Obtaining your CSU Card

Commencing internal students will be issued with their CSU Card during Orientation by Student Central. Check your campus orientation program for times and locations.

Continuing internal or on-campus students will be able to continue using their current CSU Card.

All Distance Education students will receive their CSU Cards via the post.

Cost of CSU Card

For staff, contractors, students and some Community cards, the first CSU Card is issued FREE.

Students are required to pay a replacement fee if a card is lost or damaged due to lack of care. After seven years a new card is available for no charge.

Community cards which include Library borrowing privileges by members of the public include fees. Click here for further information.

Application Forms

                                 
Card SectionsTo ensure problem free use of your card:

Decoded or damaged CSU Cards may be rejected by card readers. You will need to contact Student Central to get your card replaced.

To ensure problem free use of your card:

  • DO NOT bend or fold;
  • DO NOT subject to heat (eg car dashboard);
  • DO NOT subject to strong magnetic fields (eg leaving card on speakers, TV or microwaves);
  • DO NOT pass through a washing machine
  • DO NOT punch holes in the card;
  • DO NOT pass through other card systems such as bank ATMs

Secure your card

Keep your card in your possession at all times. Do not loan your CSU Card to a friend to use. Cashiers and University officers will only accept the ID that belongs to the cardholder.

Your card is the same as cash in many areas or in cases of providing access to buildings, it is your details that are logged as using the facility or service.

General conditions of use of the CSU Card

Your card should be carried with you when you are on a campus of the University and must be shown on demand by any university officer.  You must present the card when sitting an examination conducted by the university.

CSU Cards are not transferable. When a card is used to access facilities, services or concessions, the use of the card is considered an agreement by the holder to be bound by any rule or condition applying to their respective facility, service or concession.

Card holders cannot lend their card or permit other people access to facilities or services using the card.

All students (Internal and Distance Education) require a current CSU Card to borrow from the Library.

CSU Card privacy statement

The CSU Card stores only limited data in the memory chip. This data includes your name, student number, library Unilinc number, internal identification numbers used by the Unicard system and Banner (CSU Student/Finance system.), Cardax number (building access number) and the card serial number. CSU may store additional data in the memory chip at their discretion but will notify you of the type of data through means of communications specified in this policy. All data is encoded and encrypted and special security codes are required to unlock the respective data sectors in the micro chip.

With the exception of the Unilinc library data, or required by law or with your consent, CSU will not share any information with outside organisations, other than agents of CSU and will not sell or release any information regarding your usage or purchases.

Within CSU, data is exchanged between university systems in the normal course of business. The following Divisions have access to ID data, TMS accounts and TMS transactions if required as part of their normal business requirements: Student Administration, Finance, Human Resources, Student Services, Library and Information Services, Facilities Management, Information Technology, Alumni Office, Faculties and Schools. Unicard Pty Ltd also has limited access to records in the course of maintaining the Unicard Card Management system and Unicard Transaction Management System (TMS)..

The CSU Library is a member of the UNILINC network of libraries, linked by a shared computer system. Some basic information about CSU library borrowers is available to UNILINC member libraries. This allows you to have borrowing rights at other libraries in the UNILINC Reciprocal Borrowing Scheme. Please contact the CSU Library, Manager of Access Services, if you would like more information about UNILINC or have any concerns about having your record on the UNILINC system.

What to do with your previous card

Your new CSU Card replaces any earlier card issued to you which should now be destroyed.  Previous cards which provided access to buildings should be retained until you are certain that your new card has been updated with the correct building access privileges. 

CSU Card Signature Panel

To sign the card, use a pen suitable for writing on CDs and DVDs.  Alternatively, suitable pens will be available at all Campus Libraries and Student Central Counters.