Credit Union Membership

How can you become a member of Princeton University Federal Credit Union?

Members of the faculty and staff, graduate students and current students of Princeton University, as well as employees of the following institutions may join the Princeton University Federal Credit Union.

Select Groups Field of Membership
  • American Boychoir School
  • Batallure Beauty, LLC
  • Bridgewater Volvo
  • Borough of Princeton
  • California/Princeton Fulfillment Services
  • Center for Health Care Strategies
  • Chapin School
  • Graduate Students of Princeton University
  • The Hun School
  • Hyatt Place
  • Hyatt Regency Princeton
  • Institute for Advanced Study
  • Joe Canal's Discount Liquor Outlet
  • Lawrenceville Preparatory School
  • Mason, Griffin & Pierson
  • McCarter Theatre
  • Nassau Presbyterian Church
  • NRG Energy, Inc.
  • The Pennington School
  • Princeton Adult School
  • Princeton Housing
  • Princeton Library
  • Princeton Theological Seminary
  • Princeton Township
  • Princeton University
  • Princeton University Credit Union
  • Princeton University Press
  • Princeton University Store
  • Recording for the Blind
  • Rider College/Westminster Campus
  • Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
  • Segal, McCambridge, Singer & Mahoney
  • Sopherion Therapeutics
  • Szaferman, Lakind, Blumstein, Blader & Lehmann, PC
  • Textile Research Institute
  • Undergraduate Students of Princeton University
  • University Now
  • Volvo of Edison
  • Volvo of Princeton
  • Woodrow Wilson National Fellowship Foundation
  • Waldorf School of Princeton
Family Membership

The credit union members' immediate family and those sharing the same household may also join. Immediate family is defined as spouse, child, sibling, parent, grandparent, or grandchild. This includes stepparents, stepchildren, stepsiblings, and adoptive realtionships. Household is defined as persons living in the same residence maintaining a single economic unit.

How to Join

You become a member by opening a share/savings account and depositing a minimum of $5. There is no fee to join, and there are no dues.

Once you become a member, you remain a member as long as you maintain a minimum share balance of $5, even if you are no longer employed by a member organization.

How to Apply

To join PUFCU, you must complete a membership application, which is available at the credit union office at 104 Carnegie Center, Suite 103, Princeton, NJ 08540 or at the Princeton University Campus Location 100 Level Frist Campus Center. If you wish to have an application mailed to you, contact us at 609-945-6200, or E-mail us at memberservice@pufcu.org, and we will mail you an application today.

You may also refer a member with our Online Membership Application request form.

You must present your completed and signed Membership Application along with the following forms of identification.

  • Copy of Social Security Card or card for Individual Taxpayer Identification Number (Or a copy of the SS-5 or W-7 form showing that an application has been submitted for the one above.)
  • Copy of Driver's License
  • Copy of Employee Identification if provided (photo ID would be preferred, but the Credit Union will accept ID without a photo)

(To comply with the USA Patriots Act.)

Find other online forms to apply for a loan, or request more information at this link:  Applications