Access:
ID Card general access and privileges
- Building Access: Access is determined by your role and affiliation with the university. If you are experiencing difficulties with access please contact Public Safety at Low Library
- Requesting additional card access: Public Safety has created a new set of web forms that will enable you to more easily submit requests for some of our key services, including swipe access to academic buildings.Visit for more information: https://publicsafety.columbia.edu/content/forms
- Many buildings on Columbia's campus are only open to members of the Columbia community and their guests. Access to these buildings is generally obtained either through showing or swiping one's University ID card.
- Passport to Museums: The Passport to Museums program was relaunched in the fall of 2005, by the Provost's Office, Student Services, and the CU Arts Initiative. This program grants free access to participating museums to Columbia students who present a University ID card with a valid term enrollment sticker.
- Vending Machine Purchases- University ID card can be utilized for on campus vending machines using flex dollars only