The JKU Card.

The JKU Card identifies you as a student of Johannes Kepler University Linz.

You can use a JKU Card Terminal each semester to have a new expiration date (YYYY-03-31 bzw. YYYY-10-31) printed on the card.

Please note:

In order to continue studies, you must pay the Austrian Student Union fee and, if applicable, any required tuition fees each semester.

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Department

Admission Office

Location

Bank Building, outside entrance (south, across from the parking lot)

E-Mail Address

zulassung(at)jku.at

Issuing a JKU Card

The Admissions Office will issue your JKU Card once you have officially enrolled at the JKU.

If the JKU Card is lost, this must be reported to the Admissions Office either in person or via email. A replacement card will incur a fee of € 15.

 

Functions and Applications

The JKU Card is not only your student ID card - it can also be used as your:

The library's printed inventory of over 1 million volumes and subscriptions to over 900 journals is available at several locations on campus as well as at the centrally located  Main Campus Library, at two faculty libraries, and at subject area libraries in different campus locations. A large part of the library's inventory is available in the Open Access area. You can check books out easily using your JKU Card.

Click here to learn more.

Use your JKU Card at publicly accessible copy and scanning machines on campus. Click here to learn more.

Students who have a monthly food budget of €170 or less can apply for the Austrian Student Union cafeteria "Mensa" discount. Click here, opens an external URL in a new window (German only) to learn more about the discount and how to apply.

Upon receiving the JKU-Card, the daily rate is automatically available. To use it, hold the card to the reader at the entrance barrier – this allows you to enter without a ticket. Payment is made by reading the card at the payment machine and settling the amount directly. To exit, use the card again at the exit barrier.

The semester parking ticket for students is available at the Department of Facilities Management. The parking authorization will be booked on to your JKU Card. When you place the chip of your JKU Card against the black reading field on the machine at the entrance to the parking lot, the barrier will open and you can enter and exit without any additional payment.

You can find more information about the JKU parking lot here.

The JKU Card Terminal

Use JKU "Card Terminals" to print or extend the expiration date on your JKU Card. Card Terminals are located here:

  • JKU Center for Distance Learning Vienna
    Former Postal Savings Bank building
    Wiesingerstreet 4 / 2nd Floor
    1010 Vienna