The AAUcard functions as a key card to Aalborg university's buildings on campus in Aalborg, Copenhagen and Esbjerg. This works through either a magnetic strip or a built-in chip. If there is not a magnetic strip reader, you only need to hold op the card to the numbered keypad. After closing hours, you will also be asked to enter your PIN code. 

Activation of your card

When you have received the card, you need to make sure that you activate it by choosing a PIN-code:

• If you are a student, you can click here to create a PIN code.
• Are you an employee(student employee), you can click here to create a PIN-code.

When you have activated your card, it is ready for use. 

Access to special areas (offices, laboratories etc.) 

If you need access to areas other than office spaces. e.g. student areas or laboratories, you need to request a written authorisation from your programme secretary/laboratory leader. The authorisation is then delivered to the local Facility Support Team who will then give you access to the new areas.

NB: the AAUcard is personal and must under no circumstances be given or lent to other people. If the card is misused, it will be blocked.

You can use your AAUcard as a library card at Aalborg University Library.

ARE YOU ALREADY A USER
If you are already a user of the library, your existing card number will be replaced with your AAUcard number. This also applies to the PIN code. Existing loans, reservations, inter-library loans etc. will not be affected by these changes.

PIN CODE
Self-service via the library search engine Primo and other self-service facilities require you to create a PIN code. After you have created / changed your PIN code, it will be activated in the library systems the following working day.

• Click here if you are a student to create and change PIN Code
• Click here if you are a staff member to create and change PIN Code

All enquiries about AAUcard as a library card, including login to the library search engine Primo, should be directed towards the University Library.

As a user of the library, you are obligated to follow the library rules.

You have to use your AAUcard at the copy machines in order to release your prints, scan to email or copy. 

All AAU usernames can print, use Follow-you and copy machines. 

If you have a AAU username, can you always use your login on the copy machine with your AAU username and password.  

Students and staff can use the AAUcard as a copy card. Guest cards do not work 
 

Read more about printing and copying at AAU here. 

 

UniFitness is a training centre in Aalborg for AAU students and staff and is an organisation directly connected to Aalborg University. To get access to the training centre, you need to sign up and use your AAUcard. 

Read more about UniFitness

Studiz is your digital student ID and can be used as a supplement to your physical AAUcard. The app works like a portal for both your online and local student discounts, so you can use your smartphone to easily find up-to-date and unique student discounts as well as special limited student deals. 

The digtial student ID remains valid (as opposed to the physical student card) up to and including the expiration date so you can use it as evidence of your status as a student at businesses who request it. 

Read more about the Studiz app here. 

When you are accepted into your degree programme, you need to order your AAUcard by logging into UniStart and uploading a photo under the tab "order AAUcard". 

These are the requirements for your photo:

 

• It has to be an accurate depiction of you
• You have to be able to see your face clearly just as in a passport photo 
• It has to be taken from straight on 
• You must not wear sunglasses or a hat
• The picture has to have a calm background 
• Nobody but yourself is allowed to be in the picture
• The image format needs to be either .jpf or .gif 

You need to order your AAUcard as quickly as possible, in order to be sure to receive it before the beginning of your first semester. If you already have a valid AAUcard, it is not necessary to order a new one. 

Campus Aalborg

• All students will receive an email when their AAUcard is ready to be picked up. 
• The email will be sent to their AAU email.
• The email will indicated when and where the student can pick up their AAUcard.

Campus Copenhagen

• All students will receive an email when their AAUcard is ready to be picked up. 
• The email will be sent to their AAU email.
• The email will indicate when and where the student can pick up their AAUcard.

CAMPUS ESBJERG

Between 1 July and 1 September: 

• All students will receive an email when their AAUcard is ready to be picked up. 
• The email will be sent to their AAU email.
• The email will indicate when and where the student can pick up their AAUcard.

Outside of this period, the students will be contacted by the local support office in Esbjerg.  

 

Special for studerende at AAU's after and further education. 

Students at after and further education programs will receive their AAUcard to the address which is provided at enrolment and can so can NOT pick up the card themselves.  

When you have received your card, you need to create a PIN code. Your card is then ready to use. 

If you are a student, click here to create a PIN code.

If you lost your AAUcard, you need to contact the local Facility Support team directly as quickly as possible, or send an email to: aaucard@adm.aau.dk 

You lost AAUcard will be blocked and a new one will be ordered for you. 

If you send an email, remember to provide your student number.

When you are employed as a student assistant, you order your AAUcard like this:

• Your local secretary or Human Resource staff member has to enroll you as an employee at Aalborg University.
• You need your AAU staff number; the secretary or the Human Resource staff member can give you this information.
• You then have to contact to your local Facility Support Team and give them your AAU staff number.
• The Facility Support Team will take your picture and order your AAUcard.
• When your AAUcard is ready, it will be sent to your work address or you will receive an email message indicating that you pick up the card at a specific address.

When you have received your AAUcard, you have to set up a PIN code. You can then start using your card.

Click here to set up your PIN code

If you lost your AAUcard, you need to contact aaucard@adm.aau.dk or contact your local Facility Support team at AAU as quickly as possible.

Your lost AAUcard will be blocked, and a new one is ordered for you. Your new AAUcard will be sent to your work address within a couple of days.