Requesting or changing a VU card

VU card

• Apply for a VU card

  How do I get a VU card as a new employee?

  A VU card is issued for new VU employees during the onboarding process. This means you don’t need to apply for a card yourself. We aim to have this card ready by your first day of work. The card grants access to the (basic) areas of the department/unit where you work. A VU card also grants access to the bike rack, the copy machines, and the coffee machines.

  Are you an external user and don’t have a VUnet ID?

  If so, please request a VU card via the External Service Portal.

• Reactivating a VU card

  A VU card remains active for a maximum of 30 days, unless it has been used at an electronic reader within that time. The electronic readers can usually be found next to the entrance of a faculty or service department. If you have forgotten to reactivate your card and do not have access to a VU Amsterdam room, you can reactivate it at an electronic reader located at the entrance to a department. Electronic readers can also be found at various other central points in the buildings:

  • Transitorium entrance
  • MF building entrance
  • W&N building, 1081, entrance
  • W&N building, S-wing entrance
  • W&N building, C-wing entrance
  • 1085, reception
  • 1087, entrance
  • Bellevue building, both entrances
  • Metropolitan building, front and rear entrance and basement bicycle park
  • Main building next to the Security desk (KC06)

  Updating you card has other advantages besides security: any change to your access rights can be updated remotely, so if you are authorized to access a new area, your card will be updated remotely. To update your card, you only need to tap it on an electronic reader and you will be able to enter the new area.

• Lost or damaged your VU card?

  • VU employee or -student? Please arrange a replacement card immediately via the Service portal.
  • Are you not employed by VU Amsterdam and/or not in possession of a VUnet ID? Please use the External Service Portal. 

  If you have lost your card and need to retrieve something from your workplace, you can ask security for assistance.

• Changing your VU card access rights

  Do you have a VUnet ID?

  And do you need access to particular rooms, at particular times, or do you require additional services? You can request changes to your VU card rights yourself through the Service Portal. The request will be processed once the person responsible for your unit has approved it. Additional access to rooms or areas of other faculties or service departments must be approved by the relevant faculty or service department. Requests will only be processed if they comply with VU Amsterdam’s authorization and security policy.

  No VUnet ID?

  Are you not employed by VU Amsterdam and/or not in possession of a VUnet ID? Please use the External Service Portal. 

• Changing the access rights of Amsterdam UMC, VUmc location staff members and tenants

  A number of faculties and service departments have enabled self-authorization. This means that a designated person within the faculty or service department (often a secretary) can change the rights and update the card directly. Check with your own secretarial department whether this is the case in your faculty or service department. If so, please submit your change request (e.g. rights to use a coffee machine, access to the bicycle parking area, lactation room, rest room, showers, etc.) directly to the relevant person. You do not have to fill in a form. 

  Has your department not yet enabled self-authorization and you want to change the rights on your VU or VUmc card? Go to the Service portal: ‘Changing the access rights of Amsterdam UMC, VUmc location staff members and tenants’. Your request will be processed by Access Management unit after it has been approved by your own faculty or service department. You will receive a confirmation by email when this has been done. Opening hours Access Management: 09.00 - 13.00 hrs.