Attendance Confirmation

To complete the registration process you MUST also scan your smart card at a venue on campus IF

1 - You are a returning international student or
2 - You are a returning UK/EU undergraduate student.

This is to confirm that you have attended the campus. You should do this after you have completed all of the other steps on the portal and pressed the Register button to submit your details.

Scanning station venues

  • King’s Gate Student Services
  • Walton Library
  • Tyne Cluster (Robinson Library) - Monday 17th to Friday 28th September
  • Old Library Building Cluster (OLUA) - Monday 17th to Friday 28th September
  • Medical School Undergraduate Office
  • Dental School Office

Release of your student loan

If you have applied for a student loan, scanning your smart card will send a message to the Student Loan Company that you are in attendance – and this will trigger the release of your student loan.  You will usually receive the money into your bank account within four working days, however, please note that loans will only be released if you have already been fully assessed by the Student Loan Company and received documentation from them confirming this. Also, the Student Loan Company will not release loans before the first day of term for your programme.

The smart card scanning process is very quick - it takes only a few seconds.  Present your smart card to the reader and press OK.

Students on placements

If you are due to be away from the University on an industrial or study abroad placement as an official part of your degree programme you do not need to scan your card to confirm attendance. Providing your Local Education Authority is aware that you are on a placement and have informed the Student Loan Company your student loan will be paid automatically at the start of the academic year.

If you encounter difficulties

If there is some exceptional reason why you are unable to attend campus to get your smart card scanned please contact student-registration@ncl.ac.uk. Also if your student loan has not appeared in your bank account after five working days please contact tuition-fees@ncl.ac.uk.