The Smart Card Centre was founded in October 2002 by Royal Holloway University of London, Vodafone and Giesecke & Devrient.

The primary objective was to create a World-Wide centre of Excellence for training and research in the field of Smart Cards, applications and related technologies.

It is a testimony to the world-wide reputation of Royal Holloway's Information Security Group, that the largest Mobile Operator in the world and one of the largest global card manufacturers, chose to found the Centre at Royal Holloway

The Smart Card Centre aims to be open and involving so please contact us if you are interested in participating in the seminar programme or becoming an industry Partner.