We have collected the most frequently asked questions about school and university badges.
SCHOOL AND UNIVERSITY BADGES
School and university badges primarily serve as identification tools, enhancing the management and security of educational institutions.
Student badges offer many other functions, including:
- Access control and student identification when entering the building;
- Attendance tracking for the electronic register, enabling automatic roll-call;
- Student identification during exams;
- Access to specific areas such as servers, laboratories, the cafeteria, gym, library, storage rooms, and parking;
- Reservation of books in the library;
- Booking university exams through multimedia kiosks;
- Digital signatures for unique signing of digital documents;
- Electronic purse: the card can store credit used to pay for meals, purchase products from vending machines, and pay for cafeteria services.
What are badge benefits for students? Student badges improve the efficiency of institution management and simplify the student experience in the classroom by combining multiple functions into one convenient card that can be easily kept in a wallet. Through access control, badges enhance security in schools and universities by preventing unauthorised or unfamiliar individuals from entering the premises.
University badges follow the ISO format and include one or more technologies, such as magnetic stripes, contact chips, or RFID chips.
- Badges with magnetic stripes: These have a ferromagnetic stripe, either black or coloured, on the back. They must be swiped through a reader to be used.
- Badges with contact chips: Contact chip badges provide greater security than magnetic stripes. They are read by inserting the card into a reader.
- RFID badges: The RFID card includes a contactless chip, which allows the badge to be read simply by bringing it close to an RFID reader, without any physical contact.
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How to earn university badges
When choosing badges for students, it is necessary to evaluate the technology. The best badges for universities and schools are considered to be RFID badges. Thanks to their contactless technology, there is no longer a need to swipe the card, eliminating the main cause of wear and tear. RFID badges are therefore long-lasting. Additionally, the RFID chip can store multiple applications.
RFID cards are also encodable, ensuring maximum security and data protection.
At Partitalia, we produce and supply cards and smart cards made from a wide range of materials, each with specific characteristics:
- PVC: A thermoplastic material with excellent printability, durability, flexibility, and resistance to high and low temperatures.
- Degradable PVC: This contains additives that accelerate the card’s decomposition in microbe-rich environments like biologically active landfills. Degradable PVC university badges are more sustainable but retain the same technical characteristics as those made from standard PVC.
- Recycled PVC: Derived from PVC manufacturing waste, it significantly reduces emissions compared to producing new PVC. Recycled PVC retains the same properties as standard PVC, including durability, printability, flexibility, and long life.
- PETG: A fully recyclable material with excellent printability, resistance to chemicals, and high temperatures.
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University badges design
At the Partitalia facility, we produce school and university badges with customised designs, enriched with the printing of the university or school’s logo, colours, and graphics upon the client’s request. These badges can also include photos, names, and student ID numbers for identification purposes, creating a unique product that is fully aligned with the school or university’s identity.
We use colour printing techniques such as offset, digital printing (thermography, indirect/re-transfer, or inkjet), and silkscreen printing. The customisation of school badges, which involves adding variable data like names, photos, and numbering, is done using techniques such as thermography, laser printing, inkjet, or embossing.
FAQs school and university badges
What is a university badge?
The university badge is a card that primarily serves the function of student recognition. It is available with a magnetic stripe, contact chip and RFID chip. RFID badges are considered the best, because - thanks to contactless technology - they do not have to be swiped in the reader, ensuring a longer lifetime. In addition, they are encodable and very secure.
How are university badges used for students?
In addition to student identification, university and school badges offer many other functions: access control in the building and access to restricted areas such as servers and laboratories, attendance tracking, exam booking, digital signature, electronic purse for paying for canteen meals and purchasing snacks from vending machines.
What are the benefits of earning a university badge?
School and university badges optimise the student experience and improve the management of the institution, thanks to multiple built-in functionalities. They ensure greater security by preventing outsiders and unauthorised persons from entering the school and university environments.
