Submitting a Photo

You can now submit your own passport-style photo for a pre-printed card. Your ID photo will also become the profile photo for the university's student portal, so choose carefully.

Your photo must meet the following criteria:

• Full color
• Well-lit
• Facing the camera head-on
• In front of a pale wall
• Your entire head and shoulders are clearly visible

Submit your photo via the Card Services online portal to request a pre-printed New School ID. 

Picking Up Your Newcard

On-campus resident students will receive their ID cards upon check-in at their dorms. All other cards will be available for pickup when you come to campus for the first time.

Replacing a Lost Card

If you discard or misplace your card and need a new one, a $25 replacement fee will apply.

Submitting a Photo

New faculty and staff may submit their own passport-style photo for use on their official New School ID card. In addition to its use on your card, the photo is used to represent you in several places including the University Directory and faculty bios on The New School's public website. If you have questions about managing your online presence in this database, please contact your departmental administrator.

Submit a high-res, passport-style photo to the Card Services online portal. Shortly afterward, you will receive an email approving your photo. Once you receive this email, please email us back letting us know when you plan to pick up your card. We will then make sure it is ready for you at that time. Please make sure to bring some form of legal photo ID like a driver's license or passport.

Current faculty and staff who already have an ID card can update their online directory and bio photo by using the Card Services online portal. If you have previously used this portal and would like to update your photo for your online presence, please email a new photo to [email protected].

When You Leave The New School

If you separate from the university, your card will be deactivated. If you are staff leaving the university, please ask your supervisor to return your card to the Card Services office, where we will retain it in case you return. If you are faculty, your card will automatically be reactivated the next time you are teaching a course. Faculty going on a leave of absence, as well as adjuncts, need to retain their cards in perpetuity, even if they do not teach every semester.

Replacing a Lost Card

If you discard or misplace your card and need a new one, a $25 replacement fee will apply.

Library Access

All faculty and most staff have borrowing privileges at NYU's Bobst Library and the Cooper Union Library, in addition to New School libraries. However, it takes several days for newly issued cards to work at the turnstiles at Bobst. If you encounter a turnstile access issue at the Bobst Library, please contact us at [email protected] with details and we will submit a service ticket. If you experience a borrowing problem, please contact the New School Library at [email protected].

Restricted Access

If you believe your card should give you access to a restricted access point (side entrances to some New School buildings) or if you encounter a locked door that you do not have access to (faculty lounge, office, conference room, etc.), ask your administrative liaison or supervisor to email the Security department on your behalf. Your card will automatically begin working as soon as the access is set up. If your card is not working at any access points, please contact our office.

Newcard Cash

All faculty and staff employees can add Newcard Cash to their dining account and use it by presenting the ID card when paying for meals. This money can be used at university cafeterias and certain off-campus merchants. To add funds to your card, simply visit the Newcard Cash website and log in with your New School username and password. Click on "Manage Account" on the left, and then "Add Funds" at the top. Newcard Cash does not expire. If you experience any problems using Newcard Cash, please email [email protected].

Alumni IDs previously issued by The New School are not required at this time. For the most up-to-date information on alumni ID cards, please refer to the Alumni site.

Dining Dollars and Dining Dollars Plus

Newcard Cash

There is no charge for your first newcard.

If your name or status (student, faculty, staff) has changed, there is no charge for a replacement ID. Name changes must first be submitted (with legal documentation) to the Registrar or Human Resources offices, depending on whether you are a student or an employee; please allow three hours for the name change to appear in our database before you visit. Your old ID must be turned in to our office at that time.

Faculty and staff with orange cards (the previous generation of cards) are entitled to one free replacement when the picture on the front of the card begins to wear off. You must trade in your old card in order to receive a new one. Feel free to email us an updated photo of yourself before your visit; this photo can be used on your replacement ID.

Destroyed or defaced newcards—ones with punched holes, folds, or other avoidable damage—are not valid; a $25 fee will be charged for a replacement.

If your newcard is lost or stolen and you deposited money into a Newcard Cash account, log in to the Newcard Cash website immediately and suspend your card by clicking "Account" and then "Deactivate Card." Failure to suspend a lost card could result in unauthorized use of your account. Once your newcard is suspended, you must go to Campus Card Services to have a replacement card printed. Access to your funds is transferred automatically to your replacement card.

If your lost newcard is returned by a finder, an email will be sent to your New School email address. If you have already received a replacement newcard, your previous card has been permanently deactivated and should be destroyed if found.

If you have any questions, please contact Campus Card Services at [email protected].

You are expected to carry your newcard at all times while on campus. Do not lend your card out to another person; this may result in its being seized. Your newcard is the property of The New School and remains valid as long as you are a registered student or active employee. Use of the non-transferable newcard is governed by The New School's regulations and, like all university property, it must be surrendered upon request. Your newcard will be confiscated if it is misused or carried by someone other than the authorized user. When you graduate from The New School, your newcard will no longer be valid; however, if you return for another program of study at The New School, your card will automatically reactivate when you register for courses.

Please visit this website for more information on preferred name change.