The pickup instructions below are for new undergraduate and graduate students at UCSC. You only get one new card, created for your first quarter of enrollment at UCSC.
Students who never picked up their first card, and continuing students who need replacement ID cards, can obtain them from IDCS during our customer service hours.
To pick up any other ID cards please visit the staff & faculty or visitor pages for more information.
To pick up your new ID card, or get a replacement ID card, you (or your designate) MUST bring a government-issued photo ID (driver’s license, passport, passport card, state identity card, military ID, etc., so long as it is issued by a governmental entity and has your picture on it). We will not provide you a new or replacement ID card without you (or your designate) providing IDCS with a government-issued photo ID.
Summer Session 2025
If you are a new UCSC student starting Summer Quarter 2025:
- Session 1, 8-week or 10-week (you must submit an approved photo by Wednesday, June 11, 2025)
- If you are living on campus: pick up your ID card at the Cowell & Stevenson Residential Life and Housing Office beginning Sunday, June 22, 2025 (Move-in). Otherwise, their hours of operation are from 9 am – 5 pm, Monday through Friday.
- If you are living off campus: pick up your ID card at the IDCS office after the first day of the session (Monday, June 23, 2025).
- Session 2 (Edge Residential Experience) (you must submit an approved photo by Monday, July 7, 2025)
- If you are living on campus: pick up your ID card at move-in for Summer Edge on Friday, July 25, 2025, or at the Cowell & Stevenson Residential Life and Housing Office beginning on the same day. Otherwise their hours of operation are from 9 am – 5 pm, Monday through Friday.
- If you are living off campus: pick up your ID card at the IDCS office after the first day of the session (Monday, July 28, 2025).
If you are a visiting (Summer ONLY) student in Summer, 2025:
- All Sessions (Session 1, 8-week, 10-week, or Session 2)
- If you have submitted an approved photo by Wednesday, June 11, 2025 (Session 1) or Monday July 7, 2025 (Session 2) you will be able to can pick up your ID card at the IDCS office starting on the first day of each session (Session 1: Monday, June 23, 2025; Session 2: Monday, July 28, 2025).
- If you have NOT submitted an approved photo by those dates, you will need to submit an approved photo thereafter or IDCS cannot print your ID card. Once your photo is submitted and approved come to the IDCS office after July 28, 2025 and we’ll print your ID card.
For Summer Session, if you submit an approved photo AFTER Wednesday June 11, 2025 (Session 1) or Monday, July 7, 2025 (Session 2), your ID card might be ready for pick-up during move-in, but it is NOT guaranteed. All unclaimed ID cards with approved photos for all Summer Sessions will be available at IDCS beginning Monday, July 28, 2025.
Fall Quarter 2025
All new students must submit an approved photo for ID Card Services to produce your ID card.
If you SUBMITTED an approved photo by Friday, July 25, 2025:
- For new students who will be living on campus Fall Quarter 2025:
- If you are participating in early move-in (before Thursday, September 18, 2025): pick up your ID card at the Housing Office located where you live.
- If you are moving in from Thursday, September 18, 2025 to Sunday, September 21, 2025: pick up your ID card at your assigned move-in check-in location
- If you are moving in from Monday, September 22, 2025 to Tuesday, September 23, 2025: pick up your ID card at the Housing Office located where you live.
- If you don’t pick up your ID card as part of your move-in (by September 23, 2025): pick up your ID card at the IDCS office beginning Monday, September 29, 2025. Prior to that, you can get a temporary card for your housing access from the Housing Office located where you live. For dining access until you get your new ID card, follow the instructions here.
- All Housing Offices’ hours of operation are from 9 am – 4 pm, Monday through Friday.
- If you are a new student living off campus Fall Quarter 2025
- Pick up your card at the IDCS office beginning Monday, September 15, 2025.
If you DID NOT SUBMIT an approved photo by Friday July 25, 2025, you will need to submit one before ID Card Services can produce your ID card:
- For new students who will be living on campus Fall Quarter 2025:
- Once you have submitted an approved photo you can pick up your ID card at the IDCS office beginning Monday, September 29, 2025. Prior to that, you can get a temporary card for your housing access from the Housing Office located where you live. For dining access until you get your new card, follow the instructions here.
- You will need to go to the Housing Office located where you live to get it coded for dorm/room entry prior to trying to use it to access your housing space. All Housing Offices’ hours of operation are from 9 am – 4 pm, Monday through Friday.
- Dining access will be available on your new card when we give it you.
- If you are a new student living off campus Fall Quarter 2025
- Once you have submitted an approved photo you can pick up your ID card at the IDCS office beginning Monday, September 29, 2025.
For Fall Quarter, if you submit an approved photo after Friday, July 25, 2025, your ID card might be ready for pick-up during move-in, but it is NOT guaranteed. All unclaimed ID cards with approved photos will be available at IDCS beginning Monday, September 29, 2025.
To pick up your new ID card, or get a replacement ID card, you (or your designate) MUST bring a government-issued photo ID (driver’s license, passport, passport card, state identity card, military ID, etc., so long as it is issued by a governmental entity and has your picture on it). We will not provide you a new or replacement ID card without you (or your designate) providing IDCS with a government-issued photo ID.
Winter Quarter 2026
Dates and locations to be determined.
Spring Quarter 2026
Dates and locations to be determined.