Having been a student at the university of the Western Cape for more than three years now, I have noticed that the institution uses a student card based system. Where you need the student card to enter the premises, the library,student residence,dining hall,printing,other students get food allowances via it. You even need the student card to enter at the Ban.With this system the are problems which come with it because should you lose or forget your card you cannot easily get access to all these areas which require it. Then you have to go through a process of getting a new one which is time consuming and requires money.Others impersonate others,which is a security risk. Which bring me to the project I am embarking on,the development of a finger print recognition to be able to uniquely identify a person and grant or deny access as the student card would do.