The automated attendance system is the managing of attendance or presence in a classroom to reduce the work load. The designed system has database that contains student information and it was able to help the lecturer to manipulate student’s data, update data, alert teachers and easy to interface with the users. By using RFID technology and fingerprint reader, it is easier and faster to collect students’ data to enable the process of identifying of student with high security level management. The C# programming language is applied, it can make calculation and displaying data, and Microsoft Structure Query Language 2012 is used as a database file (data container) for storing data. Microsoft Visual Studio 2012 is necessary as a connection tool between programming language and database. By applying this system, associated profiles and daily attendance and overall percentage can be recorded correctly and effectively.

Keywords : RFID, Fingerprint Reader, Database, SQL Server, Automated Attendance System.