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Fall 2024 Students Information

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New Fall 2024 Students Information

There are two ways to acquire your student MSU Spartan Card

1. Uploading the photo online (Photo submission closes on July 31, 2024)

If you wish to submit a photo online, you should receive an email from the ID Office after May 1st inviting you to send the picture for your Spartan Card (if you did not receive the email for photo submission by May 15, 2024, please reach out to us at idoffice@msu.edu). The email will come from “MSU ID Office.” You may respond to the email from your MSU email address with the photo attached. If the photo is not approved, you will receive an email stating the reason for disapproval and you may then resubmit a new photo for your Spartan Card. If the photo is approved, we will pre-print the card, and you may pick it up at our office when it’s convenient for you starting June 1, 2024.

If your Spartan card photo submission was approved, you can pickup your ID card as follows:

Starting June 1, 2024 until August 16, 2024, you may pick up your Spartan Card at our office:

  • Where: MSU ID Office, 427 N. Shaw Lane, inside the International Center
  • When: Monday – Friday, 8:00 a.m. – 4:45 p.m.
  • What to bring:  Passport, US driver's license or US state ID, and your Student ID #

During Fall Welcome (August 19-August 23), you may pick up your Spartan Card in Room 1201 in the STEM Building (more Fall Welcome information will be posted in July)

2. Taking your photo in the ID Office

If you did not submit a photo for your Spartan card or your photo was not approved, you can come to the ID Office during the office hours below and have your photo taken starting June 1, 2024. Your ID card will then be printed while you wait. 

  • Where: MSU ID Office, 427 N. Shaw Lane, inside the International Center
  • When:  Monday – Friday, 8:00 a.m. – 4:45 p.m.
  • What to bring:  Passport, US driver's license or US state ID, and your Student ID #

Spartan Card Photo Criteria

When uploading your photo, please adhere to the general criteria outlined below:

DO

  • Use a recent color photo in JPG format
  • Keep eyes open and visible
  • Use a light colored background
  • Center the photo and include a front view of the full face
  • Crop the image in a square just above the top of the head to the collarbone
  • Use good lighting

DON'T 

  • Wear hats, graduation caps, sunglasses or other items that obscure your face
  • Include other objects or people in the photo submitted
  • Use patterns, texture or scenic backgrounds for your photo
  • Take photo in a car
  • Use images that have glare from glasses or heavy shadows
  • Use images that are overexposed or underexposed
  • Use photo filters