How do I get an ID student card?

INSTRUCTION FROM 2022-2023 TAUi Online Handbook

Student ID

All students and researchers at TAU have an identification card and a personal ID number. 

The ID number is required to login to all of TAU systems and to activate your TAU email account. 
ID numbers for internationals are generated automatically by the TAU administration systems. You will 
receive your ID number shortly before your program or upon your arrival (depending on program).

Student cards are issued automatically to all students in TAU International degree programs, up to the 
Master’s level.

PhD students must fill an online form after arrival, and the card will be prepared within 1-2 weeks. 
The form currently exists only in Hebrew; you are welcome to visit us at the international office so we can help you fill it out.

Postdoctoral fellows can issue an ID card by filling out this form and sending it to the Research Students

Study Abroad students will receive their ID cards upon arrival, during the orientation day.

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Generally, the Student Union is responsible for providing the students in TAU with a magnetic ID student card.

IMPORTANT: the card will be generally issued only once (unless you lose it) but its validity is only one year (current academic year). You should be able to get a sticker for the next academic year (around October) that needs to be attached on the back of the card. It can come to your apartment, via physical mail, or it can be request at the same offices dealing with the cards.

IMPORTANT(2): in order to enter the carousels of the university (at any time, without the guard checking) you need to have the new card with the chip, which you order through MyTAU if you are a student or through the departmental secretariat if you are a Postdoc.

It has been reported that in order to obtain the card, one needs to pay 25NIS. After the payment, the procedure to get the card starts.

Once obtained the card, you need to ask permission for a specific gate by contacting Itsik Fersht, Engineering and Maintenance division, based at the University warehouse (itsikf@tauex.tau.ac.il).

The POST-DOCs can get an ID card with the following procedure:

1. Go to Mytau portal: https://mytau.tau.ac.il/

2. Click on: עדכון פרטים אישיים . For English, hover with your mouse over the Hebrew text.

3. In the screen that opens; to change the language to English, click on “Change Language” (top left corner of the screen).

4. Now your personal details will appear on the screen.

To order your postdoc card click Order Post-doc Card>>

5. When the postdoc card arrives at the research department offices, you will receive an update.