The LeibnizCard

The LeibnizCard is replacing all the smartcards and paper IDs that were in use until 2018. It combines in one card all the essential functions that you need in everyday life at university:

• Student ID
• Library ID (TIB/HOBSY)*
• CampusCard for University Sports
• Payment function Hannover Student Services (MensaCard)
• Payment function for University Sports ans university services**
• Electronic key for lockers (TIB, University Sports Centre)

Using the LeibnizCard as a Student ID is obligatory and may be used as a photo ID for restricted-access events at the university. An official photo ID is to be shown on request. Using the card will make it possible for the right to attend to be checked, thus helping to reduce waiting times.

*In order to use the card as a library card, a separate personal registration in the library is necessary.

**Valid only for payment systems linked to Hannover Student Services’ clearing system.

To receive your personal LeibnizCard you will need to upload a suitable photo in electronic form onto your IDM user account. From Winter Semester 2018/2019 on new students will be required to upload their photo as part of the enrolment application process.

Your initial LeibnizCard will be sent to you by mail and you keep it for the whole time you are a student at Leibniz Universität Hannover. To receive a new validation stamp for each semester on your LeibnizCard, you must validate it of your own accord once you have successfully reregistered The LeibnizCard remains property of Leibniz Universität Hannover. Please look after your LeibnizCard. The card must not be folded or damaged. We advise using a protective cover.

To be able to use your LeibnizCard as a student ID, you must validate it at one of the designated terminals once you have successfully reregistered (and paid your semester fees). In practice this means that a corresponding validation is stamped on your LeibnizCard. You must repeat this procedure each semester of your own accord. Newly registered students receive there LeibnizCard already validated by mail. It can be used immediately. At the moment there are 11 validation terminals located throughout the university.

Visible Data:

• Type of card ("Student ID")
• Surname, first name, name affix if applicable
• Matriculation number
• Passport photo
• Valid semester
• Logos of facilities where it can be used (University Sports, Hannover Student Services, TIB/HOBSY)
• Library ID / barcode
• Holographic hallmark
• Serial number of card
• Date of production (year/week)

Electronically readable data:

• Serial number of card
• ID of card owner
• Validity period
• Right to use locker (electronic key)
• Purse 

When you deregister or withdraw, your LeibnizCard loses all functions except that of the library ID for the Hannover library group HOBSY. Any credit in the purse must be redeemed beforehand. We are currently working on the option of keeping the purse function on the card in the category "guest" after you have deregistered. There is no right to a reimbursement of the credit in the purse after you have deregistered.

Apart from your LeibnizCard you will not recieve any other certificates by post. You can generate and print out your matriculation certificate as well as your BAföG certificate on qis.verwaltung.uni-hannover.de. Please log in using your QIS online portal user name and password.

The certificates all include a verification code which the recipient (BAFöG office, health insurance etc.) can use here to verify the authenticity of the certificate.

A sample of an online matriculation certificate can be found here.

Loading money onto your LeibnizCard can be done at any of the top-up points of Hannover Student Services (e.g. also at Hochschule Hannover).

Information on how to pay in the Mensa can be found on the website of Hannover Student Services. The option of paying in cash at selected cash desks will continue.

At each site your LeibnizCard must be activated once for this function at dedicated validation terminals at TIB or the University Sports Centre*. It can then be used immediately as an electronic key. To open or close a locker, hold the card in front of the lock (contactless procedure). The lockers usually close at the end of the opening hours of the buildings and must be released on the next working day by the staff on site. Please note the valid conditions of use for the facility in question, and look after your valuables. We are not liable for any loss.

If you have any questions, the staff at the lending desks, in the reading rooms and at the University Sports Centre will be pleased to assist.

Some features e.g. payment functions for services such as printing, copying, scanning etc will not be available everywhere to start with. They will be introduced step by step and will be possible wherever the payment system of Hannover Student Services is in use. Information on copying, printing and scanning in the TIB can be found on the TIB website.