For as long as you are a student here, your new UCR Card will be the single most important piece of student identification you possess. This multi-purpose ID integrates a number of functions that would have previously required you to carry enough cards and cash to fill your pockets - now you can pay for dinner, photocopy notes, buy snack food at the store and borrow books from the library, each with a simple swipe of the card, making it the quickest, most convenient method of payment available on campus!

Photos are taken at the UCR Card Office in the University Commons, Suite 249 from 9:00 am - 4:00 pm, Monday - Friday, for a fee of $20. Bring a valid form of ID, such as a driver's license or passport. Appointments can be made, but are not necessary.

UCR Card Office Hours
9:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m. Monday through Friday

Students: The cost of your card is billed directly to your campus student account, so you do not need to bring cash.

Your account is activated and ready for you to add value at any time as soon as you have received your UCR Card.

Add funds to your Bear Bucks Account anytime by logging in to your My Card Account. You will need to have your Net ID with you to log in.

Parents/Guests: If you simply wish to make a deposit on behalf of a UCR Student/Faculty/Staff member, you can use the Guest Deposit to add funds to their account. You will need the Student or Employee’s identification number and full, legal name as it appears in our records.

You can also add value with a check at the UCR Card Office, Monday - Friday between the hours of 9:00 am - 4:00 pm; or, you may add value with cash at any of the Cash Value Centers located throughout the campus.