Education

Introduction

Universities, Colleges and Schools use their smart cards primarily for student and staff access to buildings and barriers within their campus, with most smart cards being ISO credit card compliant, they can also be coupled up as identity cards. 

The most popular types of cards used in the education sector are the NXP MIFARE Classic® 1K and 4K contactless 13.56MHz smart cards.  This is for many reasons, but primarily it’s a popular choice because they are flexible to work with, and most access control systems are MIFARE® compatible.  NXP MIFARE® cards are probably the most competitively priced smart cards in the industry, which is another reason why our education customers choose NXP MIFARE® as their preferred smart card technology, Compared to other smart card products, on high quantity purchases, you will see savings and quality.