{"id":946,"date":"2019-03-31T14:06:00","date_gmt":"2019-03-31T18:06:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/upass\/?page_id=946"},"modified":"2025-06-09T10:01:30","modified_gmt":"2025-06-09T14:01:30","slug":"u-pass-eligibility","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/upass\/u-pass-eligibility\/","title":{"rendered":"U-Pass Eligibility"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<section class=\"w-screen px-6 cu-section cu-section--white ml-offset-center md:px-8 lg:px-14\">\n    <div class=\"space-y-6 cu-max-w-child-5xl  md:space-y-10 cu-prose-first-last\">\n\n            <div class=\"cu-textmedia flex flex-col lg:flex-row mx-auto gap-6 md:gap-10 my-6 md:my-12 first:mt-0 max-w-5xl\">\n        <div class=\"justify-start cu-textmedia-content cu-prose-first-last\" style=\"flex: 0 0 100%;\">\n            <header class=\"font-light prose-xl cu-pageheader md:prose-2xl cu-component-updated cu-prose-first-last\">\n                                    <h1 class=\"cu-prose-first-last font-semibold !mt-2 mb-4 md:mb-6 relative after:absolute after:h-px after:bottom-0 after:bg-cu-red after:left-px text-3xl md:text-4xl lg:text-5xl lg:leading-[3.5rem] pb-5 after:w-10 text-cu-black-700 not-prose\">\n                        U-Pass Eligibility\n                    <\/h1>\n                \n                                \n                            <\/header>\n\n                    <\/div>\n\n            <\/div>\n\n    <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n\n\n<div class=\"toc-container w-full max-w-5xl px-8 pt-6 md:pt-8 pb-6 text-base rounded-sm\">\n    <p class=\"text-lg font-semibold text-cu-black-700\" style=\"margin: 0\">\n        Table of Contents\n    <\/p>\n        <ol class=\"not-prose list-none space-y-2 mt-4 pl-5\">\n                                <li style=\"padding-bottom: 2px\">\n                <span aria-hidden=\"true\">1. <\/span>\n                <a href=\"#eligibility-criteria\" class=\"not-prose text-cu-black-800 font-light hover:text-cu-red\">\n                    Eligibility Criteria\n                <\/a>\n\n                                        <ol class=\"not-prose list-none space-y-2 mt-4 mt-2 pl-5\">\n                                <li style=\"padding-bottom: 2px\">\n                <span aria-hidden=\"true\">1.1. <\/span>\n                <a href=\"#undergraduate-students\" class=\"not-prose text-cu-black-800 font-light hover:text-cu-red\">\n                    Undergraduate Students\n                <\/a>\n\n                            <\/li>\n                                <li style=\"padding-bottom: 2px\">\n                <span aria-hidden=\"true\">1.2. <\/span>\n                <a href=\"#graduate-students\" class=\"not-prose text-cu-black-800 font-light hover:text-cu-red\">\n                    Graduate Students\n                <\/a>\n\n                            <\/li>\n                                <li style=\"padding-bottom: 2px\">\n                <span aria-hidden=\"true\">1.3. <\/span>\n                <a href=\"#co-op-students\" class=\"not-prose text-cu-black-800 font-light hover:text-cu-red\">\n                    Co-op Students\n                <\/a>\n\n                            <\/li>\n                                <li style=\"padding-bottom: 2px\">\n                <span aria-hidden=\"true\">1.4. <\/span>\n                <a href=\"#special-students\" class=\"not-prose text-cu-black-800 font-light hover:text-cu-red\">\n                    Special Students\n                <\/a>\n\n                            <\/li>\n            <\/ol>\n\n                            <\/li>\n                                <li style=\"padding-bottom: 2px\">\n                <span aria-hidden=\"true\">2. <\/span>\n                <a href=\"#becoming-ineligible\" class=\"not-prose text-cu-black-800 font-light hover:text-cu-red\">\n                    Becoming Ineligible\n                <\/a>\n\n                            <\/li>\n            <\/ol>\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 id=\"eligibility-criteria\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">Eligibility Criteria<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h3 id=\"undergraduate-students\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">Undergraduate Students<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Fall \/ Winter pass period (Sep \u2013 Apr): 1.5 credits per semester<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Summer pass period (May \u2013 Aug): 1.0 credits total<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 id=\"graduate-students\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">Graduate Students<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Full-time status<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 id=\"co-op-students\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">Co-op Students<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Enrolled in an approved <a href=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/co-op\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Co-op Work Term<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 id=\"special-students\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">Special Students<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Fall \/ Winter pass period (Sep \u2013 Apr): Ineligible with 1.0 credits per semester<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Summer pass period (May \u2013 Aug): 1.0 credits total<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 id=\"becoming-ineligible\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">Becoming Ineligible<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><span class=\"TextRun SCXW180256072 BCX0\" lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"auto\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW180256072 BCX0\">If you become ineligible for the transit pass during a term period (September 1, 2025,<\/span> <span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW180256072 BCX0\">to April 30, 2026, or May 1 to<\/span><\/span> <span class=\"TextRun SCXW180256072 BCX0\" lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"auto\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW180256072 BCX0\">August<\/span> <span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW180256072 BCX0\">31, 2025), your card will be automatically deactivated, and you will be unable to use the transit system. This deactivation will occur every night at 2:59 a.m. after OC Transpo and STO operating hours, allowing students to use transit for the remainder of the day after becoming ineligible to ensure safe transportation is available from campus. This includes incoming exchange students returning to their home institution and those completing their program in the fall term. <\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Please also see <a href=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/upass\/opt-in-and-opt-out\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">opting in<\/a> for more information on the criteria that allows you to join the program if you have become ineligible based on the above criteria.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Eligibility Criteria Undergraduate Students Graduate Students Co-op Students Special Students Becoming Ineligible If you become ineligible for the transit pass during a term period (September 1, 2025, to April 30, 2026, or May 1 to August 31, 2025), your card will be automatically deactivated, and you will be unable to use the transit system. This [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":2,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_cu_dining_location_slug":"","footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"cu_page_type":[33],"class_list":["post-946","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry","cu_page_type-general"],"acf":{"cu_post_thumbnail":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/upass\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/946","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/upass\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/upass\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/upass\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/upass\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=946"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/upass\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/946\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1605,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/upass\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/946\/revisions\/1605"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/upass\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=946"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"cu_page_type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/upass\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/cu_page_type?post=946"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}