Student number

A student number is an identifier for people identification - a unique identifier that uniquely identifies a person in a people directory ( matriculation ). Matriculation allow a clear identification of a person, even if a unique identifier based on the name alone, or a combination of name and birthday and place is not possible. Since the numbers are assigned only once, can be even over longer periods this assignment traced.

Use

The term matriculation is common nowadays especially in universities and colleges. Other personal identifiers, such as Social Security number will not be called a student number.

In Austria and Switzerland, the enrollment number includes the university, the year and a sequential number that is assigned at enrollment to the study (enrollment ). Therefore, it is nationally unique. Austrian colleges issue so-called equivalent to the matriculation people figures, made up of a combination of the enrollment year, winter or summer semester, code of the course and a sequential number. Therefore, there is also a change, for example if a subsequent master's program is started. In Germany the student number to each student of the University is assigned at registration and is only unique within the university.

Matriculation in armed forces

In addition to students and soldiers receive a student ID number. In the army it is called personal identification number (PK). In the Swiss Army, it is the social security number of the affected service person liable. The members of the French Foreign Legion are assigned a unique student number (Fr. matricule ), which consists of six since about 1953. In the III. Geneva Convention on the treatment of prisoners of war is determined that a prisoner when questioned, another equivalent statement is only obliged to mention of his name, first name and a rank, date of birth and student number or if it is missing.