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Location, Hours, & Contact Information

Uses of ID Card

General Identification


Location Hours of Operation
246 Church Street
M-F 9:00 a.m. - 12:00 noon;
      1:00 p.m. -   3:00 p.m.
Room 101
 
New Haven, CT 06511  
Contact Information Mailing Address
Tel: (203) 432-0165 P.O. Box 202137
Fax: (203) 432-8292 New Haven, CT 06520-2137
Email: id.center@yale.edu  

Medical School ID Center*
333 Cedar Street
New Haven, CT
(203) 785-4286
Please call for hours of operation.
*Medical School students, employees, faculty and staff should use the Medical School

General Identification

Your ID card identifies you as a member of the Yale University community. You should carry it at all times while you are on campus and present it, upon request, to University officials whose assigned responsibilities authorize them to seek proper identification.

Caring for your ID Card

Please treat your ID card with care. Holes, creases, and other damage will make the card inoperable. Do not bend the card or leave it in direct sunlight, near other sources of heat, or in contact with magnetic fields.

Uses of the ID Card

General Identification
Entry to Secured Areas

Access to:

Dining Services
Library Services
Laundry Services

Access to:

Payne Whitney Gym (with payment of any appropriate fees)
Athletic Events
The Peabody Museum
Yale Shuttle Bus

Features

Your photo, name, birth date (undergraduates only), card issue date, university personal identifier (UPI), system identification number (SID, Banner account holders only) and bar code are on the front of the ID card. The bar code is used for identification by Yale libraries.

One magnetic stripe on the back provides access to campus buildings and to Dining Services. The second, smaller, magnetic stripe on the back is used by laundry facilities in University housing.

Undergraduates and others requiring access to secured areas, such as residential college gates, have IDs that contain a proximity antenna, which opens the locks in those areas.

New ID Cards (First Time Card Bearers)

NEW (first-term) STUDENTS:  ID Cards will be prepared prior to arrival on campus and distributed by the Office of Registrar during registration.  For details regarding photo submission, including electronic upload of your photo, go to http://www.yale.edu/idphotoupload.  (NOTE:  This web site is for NEW STUDENTS only.)

All other first-time card bearers should go to the ID Center to obtain your Yale ID.


The University requires one of these forms of identification when obtaining a Yale University ID card at the ID Center. NOTE: Name on government authorized ID cards must match the name in Yale's database (no nicknames).

Passport (USA or International)
Driver's License (USA Only)
State Issued (Non-driver) ID
US Military ID
INS ID (Green card)

Replacement cards

Lost, stolen or damaged ID cards should be reported immediately to the University Security Programs Department at 100 Church Street South, (203) 785-5555.

Replacement cards are available at the ID Card Center during normal business hours. During non-business hours, temporary ID cards are available at the University Police Department located at Phelps Gate.

To obtain a replacement ID card, you must go in person to the ID Center. For security reasons, some other form of photo identification, such as a driver's license or passport, is required (see list above).

When an ID card is lost, stolen, or no longer functions, the ID Center issues a replacement card with the photograph on record.

Malfunctioning ID cards that are returned to the ID Center are replaced at no charge. Lost, stolen, or deliberately damaged cards are replaced at a fee of $20 or $5, depending on card type (proximity or standard).

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