Overview: StanfordCardPlan
Use Your Stanford ID Card to Pay for Goods and Services on Campus
On this page:
- About the StanfordCardPlan
- Where Can the StanfordCardPlan Be Used?
- How Do I Put Money on My StanfordCardPlan?
About the StanfordCardPlan?
Through August 31, 2009, the StanfordCardPlan is a pre-paid expense plan that enables students, faculty and staff to use their Stanford ID card as a debit card to purchase goods and services on campus. The StanfordCardPlan is also available to courtesy card holders. For example, with the StanfordCardPlan, the Stanford ID card can be used to pay for meals at many campus cafes and for purchases at the Stanford Bookstore and Tresidder Express convenience store. The StanfordCardPlan also allows ID cards to be used in vending machines and copiers.
Effective September 1, 2009, the StanfordCardPlan will be offered to students only and will allow them to make purchases of up to $1,000 per quarter at the Stanford Bookstore and other on-campus locations. The purchases will be charged directly to the student’s University bill. This change accommodates the needs of students who often must purchase books and other necessities early in the quarter before their financial aid is available. In order to participate in the new StanfordCardPlan, students will need to accept the 2009-10 Terms and Conditions of the StanfordCardPlan. The 2009-10 Terms and Conditions will be posted at this site on or before September 1, 2009.
The StanfordCardPlan will no longer be available for use by faculty and staff. We encourage faculty and staff to consider the Cardinal Dollars program, administered by Stanford Dining. Cardinal Dollars offers excellent options and money-saving plans for dining on campus using your Stanford ID card.
| Deadline | Activity |
|---|---|
| August 1 | Deposits will no longer be accepted to the current StanfordCardPlan program |
| August 31 | Last day to make purchases with the current StanfordCardPlan program |
| September 1 | New StanfordCardPlan program available for students ($1,000 maximum per quarter) |
| September 1 | Payroll deduction for Cardinal Dollars available to faculty and staff |
| By September 30 | Faculty and staff StanfordCardPlan balances will be refunded by check Student StanfordCardPlan balances will be credited to student accounts |
Where Can the StanfordCardPlan Be Used?
Locations accepting StanfordCardPlan as a payment method include:
- Alumni Café
- Arbuckle Café at GSB
- CoHo (Coffee House)
- Jamba Juice
- Jimmy's Sports Cafe
- Stanford Bookstore
- Treehouse
- Tresidder Express
- Tresidder Union Square
- University Dining Services locations
- Copy machines and printers in libraries and computing labs
- Printing in residence and other computing labs
- Campus vending machines
How Do I Put Money on My StanfordCardPlan?
Through July 31, 2009
Deposits may be made to the StanfordCardPlan in several ways:
- Funds may be deducted from your paycheck and deposited directly to your StanfordCardPlan. This can be done online in Axess. See Quick Steps: Elect Payroll Deduction for StanfordCardPlan.
- Funds may be deposited to your account in person at the University Cashier's Office.
- Funds may be deposited through one of the Cash-to-Card machines located around campus.
- Students can add money for immediate use to their StanfordCardPlan through Stanford ePay, via Axess.
When you make a deposit to your account, you affirm that you have read and agree with the Terms and Conditions of the StanfordCardPlan.
As of August 1, 2009
Deposits will no longer be accepted on the StanfordCardPlan. Current users (students, faculty and staff) may make purchases with remaining balances on their StanfordCardPlan through the month of August.
Effective September 1, 2009, after accepting the 2009-10 StanfordCardPlan Terms and Conditions, purchases made by students using their Stanford ID card (up to a maximum of $1,000 per quarter) will be charged directly to the student’s University bill.
For details and transition deadlines, see Transaction Deadlines.