U.PORTO Card - mandatory
Where and how to request/renew the U.PORTO Card
Procedure
1 - CONSENT TO SEND DATA
U.Porto/CGD card "with bank account":
To facilitate the process, card with bank account, you must give U.PORTO your explicit consent so that they can send the extra data required by the CGD.
To do this you must:
- Login at www.letras.up.pt;
- Go to your personal page (click on your name/photo in the top right-hand corner) and click on the menu U.PORTO Card (right-hand menu).
- Here you should click on the "Consent" button.
- On the form, tick the "Yes" box.
Once consent is given, the process may take a few minutes to update, so you should do this as soon as possible.
Note: CGD initially delivers a provisional card and then the student receives the definitive at home (the cards have to be activated at FLUP's IT Service, floor -1).
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U.Porto/CGD card "without bank account":
To facilitate the process, card with bank account, you must give U.PORTO your consent so that they can send the minimum necessary data required by the CGD.
To do this you must:
- Login at www.letras.up.pt;
- Go to your personal page (click on your name/photo in the top right-hand corner) and click on the menu U.PORTO Card (right-hand menu).
- Here you should click on the "Consent" button.
- On the form, tick the "No" box.
Once consent is given, the process may take a few minutes to update, so you should do this as soon as possible.
Note: The card will be delivered to you at FLUP. You will receive a notification via Sigarra indicating that the card is available for collect at FLUP's IT Department (floor -1).
2 - REQUESTING YOUR CARD AT CGD
To request your U.Porto card at a CGD Branch, you must bring with you:
- Identity Card;
- A printed copy of your enrolment form at FLUP. You can download your enrolment form by accessing your personal page > "click" on the magnifying glass: view information in the context of the course > Registration forms (right-hand side menu) - see example.
Note: FLUP`s Branch | Boavista - Praça Mouzinho de Albuquerque, 113 - Edif Brasília 4100 - 359 PORTO.
Using the card | SASUP: once the card has been activated, the transfer of information to the SASUP systems is not immediate (but it should not take more than a day); students can access their meals on the SASUP systems even without the card.
Intended users
The U.PORTO Card is intended for the students of the University registered on the SIGARRA information system as "F" (Attending) students for periods exceeding 3 months.
The U.PORTO Card is also intended for all teachers, researchers, non-teaching staff and scholarship students of the University who are registered with a "A" (active) status on the SIGARRA information system. Note that the U.Porto Card is currently also intended for other collaborators of the U.Porto who, despite not being workers or agents, have some sort of activity within the University normally for periods exceeding 3 months. As they, require access the institution’s resources and/or services, they are registered on the U.PORTO's information system (SIGARRA), receiving, for that purpose, a personal registration number.
It is a smart card integrating different contact and contactless technologies, which gathers several functionalities:
- It identifies you as a member of the U.Porto academic community;
- Allows access to internal services within the various organic units (library loans, access control, etc.);
- Access to other services provided by third parties, under special terms.
U.PORTO Card features
- Registering in classrooms;
- Accessing UP canteens;
- Library
- Parking
- Printing system
- Network wallet
Questions about the U.Porto/CGD card process:
- See the page: FAQs
- Send an e-mail to: cartao@uporto.pt
FLUP - IT Service (si@letras.up.pt / +351 220 427 035)
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