Your student identification (ID) is the 8-digit student number on your offer letter. It is used for your Murdoch email, and gives you access to a wide range of Murdoch systems and services.
You can log in to most Murdoch systems and services with:
- Username: studentID@student.murdoch.edu.au
- Password: Murdoch password
ID cards
You’ll need a student ID card if you are studying on campus in Australia. External and OUA students can also request a card to access on-campus facilities.
Your ID card is used for:
- photographic identification, for example at examinations (including those held off-campus)
- library borrowing
- electronic access to secure buildings and laboratories relevant to your course
- photocopy and printing services.
Your ID card displays your name, using your preferred given name as listed in MyInfo, e.g. Jenni SMITH, along with your photograph and student ID number.
Sample Murdoch student ID card
Get your ID card
Student ID cards are available at the:
- Student Central (BK), Perth Campus
- Library Help Desk, Mandurah Campus.
We recommend that you pre-order your Murdoch student ID card. You will be notified by email when your card is ready to be picked up.
You can also apply for your student ID card in person. Your photo will be taken and your card produced while you wait.
During Orientation Week there are often additional areas set up for photos and card collection – orientation information packs provide details of alternative locations.
Collecting your card
You need to verify your identity to collect your card. See ID card requirements.
Your student ID card and validation stickers can be posted to you if you are:
- an external student living more than 30km from Murdoch University
- an OUA student.
Transnational students are not able to request ID cards by post.
To request a student ID card by post:
- Download, print and complete the Request for Student ID - Library Card
- Attach a photo that meets the requirements and has been endorsed by an authorised witness
- Post the request form with endorsed photo to:
IT Services
Murdoch University
90 South Street
MURDOCH WA 6150
Transnational students
If you’re studying at our Singapore or Dubai campuses, contact the program management team at your local partner institution.
Validation stickers
You can use the same student card throughout your studies, with a validation sticker for each year that you are enrolled.
A current validation sticker is required to access student discounts, or if you are using your Student ID card to get a Tertiary Smartrider.
You can get a current validation sticker from the:
- Student Central, Perth campus
- Geoffrey Bolton Library, Perth Campus
- Library desk, Mandurah campus.
Your validation sticker can be posted to you if you are:
- an external student living more than 30km from Murdoch University
- an OUA student.
To request a validation sticker by post, submit a request via Murdoch Support, and include:
- your student number
- your current postal address.
Replacement cards
Replacement ID cards are available from the:
- Student Central, Perth campus
- loans desk, Mandurah campus.
The cost to replace lost or damaged cards is $10.
If your ID card has been stolen there is no charge if you present a police report when claiming the replacement.
ID card requirements
The following are acceptable forms of identification:
- Australian Driver’s License
- Passport
- National Identity card.
If you do not have any of the above forms of documentation you must provide 2 forms of secondary documentation from the list below:
- Medicare card
- Bank card (credit/debit or EFTPOS)
- Birth certificate/extract
- Marriage certificate
- Payment summary/group certificate
- Citizenship certificate
- ID Card issued by another educational institution
- Health Care, Social Security or Pension card
- Public Service employee ID card
- Other licence issued under Australian Law (e.g. Boat, Pilot)
- Private Health Insurance card (e.g. Medibank Private, HBF).
If you are ordering your card online or by post you will need to provide a recent, unedited passport-style photo of yourself which meets the following requirements:
- plain, light-coloured background (e.g. white, cream)
- appropriate brightness and contrast
- consistent lighting (no shadows across or behind your face)
- clear and sharply focused image
- photo of head and shoulders only
- your face must be looking straight at the camera, not tilted sideways or up or down
- no shadows across the face or 'red eye'
- have no ink or other marks on photo
- the photograph must show you without any hat or other head covering, unless worn for religious reasons.