The move to contactless cards is one of the most important decisions facing campus card offices today. In this video spotlight, learn how Purdue University improved its student experience by issuing contactless student ID cards that underpin all aspects of life on campus.

When it comes to access control on campus, universities have a number of decisions to make. Between selecting the right access software and locking hardware, to partnering with a knowledgeable and trustworthy integrator, and choosing the card technology that best suits your campus, establishing the proper physical security measures can be a taxing process. In a five-part podcast series with ASSA ABLOY these decisions are examined in depth, highlighting the important considerations that campuses have to navigate.

Singapore’s Nanyang Technological University is now issuing smart cards to students that will be used to make payments and enable access to campus facilities. The new student ID cards will act as the identity credential for the university’s some 33,000 students and staff members.

While contactless lockers are just now beginning to see use in the campus market in North America, the technology has been transforming operations at corporate campuses, health clubs, ski resorts and other locations around the globe for many years. Lessons learned and benefits gained from these deployments are helping colleges and universities chart their course with the smart tech.

A new student housing project at Texas A&M has deployed a comprehensive access control system from SALTO that includes wireless locks and the company’s data-on-card technology. The access control system chosen for the student residence complex includes SALTO electronic locks, readers and controllers managed by SALTO ProAccess SPACE software.

ASSA ABLOY has partnered with the University of East Anglia in the UK to better protect its students from on-campus theft and crime by implementing the company’s Aperio access control solution.

Biometric technology company, Zwipe, has partnered with London’s Rose Bruford College to overhaul the campus’ physical security needs by introducing a combination of biometric and contactless access control. The solution is a fingerprint activated contactless credential that works with both 125kHz and 13.56MHz infrastructures already in place on a campus.