How do I get a PennKey, PennCard, and email address?
Once you are enrolled as a student in any BIOE course, you are entitled to a “PennKey” and “PennCard”. A Pennkey is what gives you access to all of the University’s online resources (the library catalogues, blackboard, and PennPortal – where you can register for classes and pay your bills). A PennCard is an ID card that allows you access to all of the University’s buildings and lets you check out books from the library. PennCards are distributed from the PennCard center in room 150 of the Franklin Building, 3451 Walnut Street. You should have received information about your PennKey in the mail (sent from the Registrar’s office). If you have not, you can ask the PennCard Center how to get your PennKey set up code. To register your PennKey, go to http://www.upenn.edu/computing/pennkey. Matriculated MBE students are also entitled to a mail.med email account. To apply for your mail.med account (matriculated MBE students only), go to www.med.upenn.edu/apps/me/eam.
