CAMIPRO student card

Last checked: 5 October 2026. Unofficial student guide, not EPFL or government advice: confirm on the linked official pages before you act. Unfamiliar abbreviation? See the Glossary.

What is it?

CAMIPRO is your EPFL student card, a kind of EPFL ID card. It has an electronic chip. You use it to pay on campus, to open some locked rooms and to get discounts. (The official CAMIPRO home page still lists “borrow a bike”; that was the PubliBike Campus pass, which ceased end of December 2025. Current campus bike-sharing is Lime, see Bikes below.) It is personal and you can't lend it to anyone. (CAMIPRO Card)

The first card is free. (Problems & FAQ CAMIPRO)

How do new students get it?

• Foreign diploma: you get the card in person during Matriculation Days. Matriculation is your official in-person enrolment at EPFL. Every new student must come in person and bring their official documents. (New Bachelor students, Matriculation Days)
  • In 2026, matriculation was on 1, 2 and 3 September 2026. You had to book a time slot. It took place in room CM 1 105 (Bachelor's and CMS students: 13:00–16:00; Master's: 9:00–12:00). CMS is the Cours de mathématiques spéciales, EPFL's one-year preparatory year (EPFL – CMS, in French). (Bachelor/CMS matriculation, Master matriculation)
  • Come alone and bring your ID and the required documents. There is no cloakroom, and luggage is not allowed. If you miss Matriculation Days, you pay a CHF 50 fee. The final deadline to matriculate in person is 30 September. (Matriculation Days)
• Swiss diploma: the card is sent by post. (How to get my CAMIPRO card?)
• Didn't get your card? Go to the Student Services Desk, EPFL's main contact point for all student questions (Student services). It is in room BP 1229, BP building. (How to get my CAMIPRO card?)

Photo: To verify. Official CAMIPRO, matriculation and new-student pages do not say how Bachelor's or Master's students submit the photo that appears on the CAMIPRO card. What is confirmed: Bachelor applicants upload an identity photo with the online application (JPEG, 3/4 portrait, face and neck filling the image, min. 750×1000 px, max. 2 MB) (How to apply? – Bachelor), but that page does not say the photo is used for CAMIPRO; the Master's online-application page lists ID/passport and does not ask for a separate identity photo (Online application – Master); exchange/project students are asked for a passport photo on a different page that is not written for BSc/MSc CAMIPRO (Preparation of the registration – project). The Master's FAQ only says the card is supplied by the Academic Service on arrival (FAQ – Master, in French), and the only EPFL document that says an uploaded picture "will be used for your student card" is the Student Exchange Office's application guide for exchange/project students, not degree-seeking BSc/MSc students (Application guide – exchange). Once you have a card, a wrong picture or name is fixed at the Student Services Desk (BP 1229), and you can download your CAMIPRO photo from people.epfl.ch (Problems & FAQ CAMIPRO). On people.epfl.ch, "The default photo is the one on your CAMIPRO card"; you can replace it with another portrait for your profile, but that page is about your online profile, not how the photo first gets onto the card (Change profile picture). Check your admission emails or ask the Student Services Desk for the BSc/MSc photo step.

First step: validate it every semester

When you arrive, validate your card at a CAMIPRO terminal. This records your status and how long the card is valid. Do this again every semester. (Your New Camipro Card) To find the terminals, open the campus map at plan.epfl.ch, go to "Shops and services" and tick "Camipro machines". (Problems & FAQ CAMIPRO)

What you can do with it

• Open doors: buildings and rooms, depending on your access rights. (Your New Camipro Card)
• Pay on campus and get student prices in restaurants and cafeterias. You can load money at the payment machines (debit or credit card), at the AGEPoly shop (cash; AGEPoly is EPFL's general student association, EPFL associations), by e-banking or with TWINT, a Swiss smartphone payment app (TWINT). (Your New Camipro Card)
  • The card works only with money you load first, and holds at most CHF 600. (Problems & FAQ CAMIPRO)
  • Check your balance and recent payments on myCamipro (your personal CAMIPRO page at mycamipro.epfl.ch, CAMIPRO directive LEX 1.5.8), at a kiosk or in the EPFL Campus app. (Problems & FAQ CAMIPRO)
• Print and copy (myPrint): myPrint is EPFL's printing system, and you need a myPrint account to use EPFL printers. The card has a separate myPrint purse, used only for printing. (myPrint financial account)
  • Each semester, students get a print allowance, usually CHF 24 (about 600 black-and-white A4 pages, double-sided). New students get it a few days before the semester starts. PhD students and exchange students don't get it.
  • EPFL says the allowance amount can change and is not guaranteed.
  • When it runs out, move money from your CAMIPRO purse to myPrint. Transfers go one way only.
• Library: register with the EPFL Library first. Then you can borrow books at the self-service lending terminals in the Rolex Learning Center (the EPFL Library's building), and at other swisscovery libraries. swisscovery is a platform that links about 500 Swiss libraries, and you sign up through it. (Library – Practical information, CAMIPRO – EPFL Library)
• Bikes (bike-sharing): The PubliBike “Campus” pass that used to sit on CAMIPRO (CHF 50/year or CHF 25 for 6 months) ceased at the end of December 2025. EPFL’s CAMIPRO bike-sharing page still shows those old prices under a shutdown banner; treat them as historical. The current EPFL–UNIL campus network is Lime (electric bikes). With an EPFL email, the community gets a 30% discount on Lime per-minute rates (quoted on the Mobility page on 2026-10-05: unlock CHF 0.35, about CHF 0.17/min). Register in the Lime app with your EPFL email. Lime Pass minute packages are sold at standard rates (no EPFL subsidy on those packages). (Bike sharing – MOBILITY, Bike-sharing – CAMIPRO)

Lost or stolen card?

1. Block it right away in myCamipro (log in with your EPFL account). If you can't, call the CAE (EPFL's alarm monitoring and operations centre, CAMIPRO directive LEX 1.5.8) on +41 21 693 40 00, 24/7. If you find the card again, you can unblock it in myCamipro. (Lost, stolen or defect CAMIPRO card, EPFL news: Block and reactivate)
2. Order a new card at the Student Services Desk in the BP building. It costs CHF 25, paid by debit or credit card (no cash). A new card is free if it was stolen and you show a copy of your police report. If you order a new card and then find the old one, you can't cancel the order. (Lost, stolen or defect CAMIPRO card)
3. The money on a blocked card stays on your account, but EPFL does not refund money that someone else spent with it before you blocked it. (CAMIPRO directive LEX 1.5.8)

Other problems:

• Broken card, blocked card or card swallowed by a kiosk (students): Student Services Desk, BP 1229, +41 21 693 43 45.
• Loading money or payment problems: +41 21 693 12 34 / 1234@epfl.ch.

(CAMIPRO Card)

When you leave EPFL: keep your card. It can be reactivated if you come back within 12 months. To get back the money left on it, go to the AGEPoly office. (Problems & FAQ CAMIPRO)