Your TCU Digital ID is your key to campus life. It provides access to residence halls, labs and assigned parking garages, serves as your meal card and campus spending account, grants admission to athletics and campus events, and functions as your official university identification.
- Use your Dining Plan, including Dining Dollars
- Gain admittance to TCU Athletics Events
- Enter your Residence Hall
- Utilize TCU Library resources
- Access labs and classrooms across campus
- Take advantage of TCU’s many computer labs
- Stay fit and healthy at the University Recreation Center
- Visit the TCU Health Center
- Purchase books and school supplies at the TCU Bookstore
- Use at the Mailing Center (Post Office)
- Purchase athletic concessions
- Copy and print
- Do your laundry
Activating Your TCU Digital ID
Incoming Undergraduate Students (Freshmen and Transfer Students)
Beginning Fall 2026, all incoming undergraduate students will receive a TCU Digital ID instead of a physical ID card.
Submitting Your Photo
Students must have an approved photo on file before they can download their TCU Digital ID. You may submit your photo in one of the following ways:
- Have your photo taken during orientation.
- Upload a photo through the GET app. Photos must meet TCU requirements and be similar to a passport-style photo.
Digital ID Activation Requirements
Your TCU Digital ID will become active once both of the following requirements are met:
- You have completed check-in for your assigned campus housing.
- You are enrolled in the current semester.
Note: The fall semester begins during the first week of August.
Incoming Graduate Students
To activate your TCU Digital ID, you must be enrolled in at least one credit hour during the current semester.
Submitting Your Photo
Students must have an approved photo on file before they can download their TCU Digital ID. You may submit your photo in one of the following ways:
- Check with your academic department to determine whether a graduate orientation includes an opportunity to have your photo taken at the ID Center.
- Upload a photo through the GET app. Photos must meet TCU requirements and be similar to a passport-style photo.
For assistance with your TCU Digital ID, contact the TCU ID Center.
Protecting Your TCU ID
Your TCU Identification Card, whether physical or digital, should be treated with the same level of care as a credit card.
- Do not lend your TCU ID, mobile device, or wearable device containing your TCU Digital ID to anyone for any reason.
- You are responsible for all activity associated with the use of your TCU ID.
- Unauthorized or fraudulent use of a TCU ID may result in disciplinary action.
- If your relationship with TCU ends, your TCU ID will become inactive immediately.
Physical ID Card Availability
TCU is transitioning to a Digital ID campus environment and is reducing reliance on physical ID cards. In limited situations where a physical card is required, replacement cards may be issued.
Replacement physical ID cards are available:
- During business hours at the TCU ID Center
- After normal business hours at the TCU Police Station
A $30 replacement fee will apply:
- Student charges will be billed to the student account.
- Faculty and staff charges will be processed through payroll deduction.