Plan your day

All visitors are required to check in on the day. Check-in opens at 11:45. You can check in at any time during the day. You do not have to arrive at 11:45 if the sessions that you want to attend do not start until later in the day. You can also check in part way through your day if you arrive and are in a hurry to attend your first session.

At check-in, you will receive your welcome pack, which will include useful information about the day. In order for us to check you in as quickly as possible, please pre-register for the event so that we can email you your ticket.

You will need to bring a copy of your ticket, which will contain a QR code, with you (either printed or on your mobile device) and check in on the first floor of the Teaching and Learning Building (R32 on campus map).

The Postgraduate Study Fair will take place from 12:00 to 16:00 on the Mezzanine (M2) floor of the Teaching and Learning Building (R32 on campus map). Academic staff, representatives from the University’s support services and current postgraduate students will be available to answer your questions.

As well as subject stands, other stands will include:

• Admissions
• Accommodation
• Funding (including Scholarships)
• University Graduate School

When you check in, our ambassadors will be able to advise you on where your subject of interest will be based. This information will also be available in our Open Day guide, which will be provided at check-in.

A variety of central talks, including our Welcome address, funding talk for Masters and PhD students and student support talks will be given during open day. 

Our postgraduate campus tours will run throughout the afternoon between 12:45-16:00, allowing you to experience our tranquil, picturesque campus first hand. Postgraduate campus tours depart every 45 minutes from the Lower Ground Floor of the Teaching and Learning Building (R32 on campus map). Tours will last 45 minutes to an hour. Please wear appropriate footwear and clothing suitable for all weathers as the entirety of the tours will take place outside.

The campus tours will show you some key buildings across campus and areas of particular use for our postgraduate students. These tours are not subject-specific and will provide a general tour of the postgraduate experience. Please check on the schedule and booking form for any subject-specific activity.

Should you have any accessibility requirements for our campus tours, please get in touch with us by emailing our Postgraduate Recruitment Team.

Please note that these campus tours are specifically for postgraduate students and will be lead by current postgraduate students; these are separate from the undergraduate campus tours taking place as part of the undergraduate open day.

Our academic schools and departments are offering a variety of talks, tours, presentations, drop-in sessions and workshops about postgraduate study.

Please check the College events schedule on this page to see when your subject area will be holding events. Some events may take place earlier or later in the day so it is crucial that you check the full open day programme in the week before the event so that you don’t miss out. You can book all of your sessions using our booking form at the bottom of this webpage.

Registrations for our open day will close at 8am on Saturday 24 June. Please sign up before then to make sure academics will be available for the session you want to attend. If no one signs up for a session before 8am, the session may be cancelled and the academic may not be available.

You can still attend our Open Day and register with us when you arrive, but please be aware of the above when planning your day. Booking before 8am on Saturday 24 June ensures you will make the most of your day.

Please note that Please note that all postgraduate sessions must only be booked using the below booking form or the form on our Postgraduate Open Day webpage; bookings made using the Undergraduate Open Day booking form will not be recorded and, as a result, some sessions may be cancelled if there are no registrations before bookings close at 8am on Saturday 24 June.

All sessions are subject to change and, although we will do our utmost best to ensure all sessions run, there may be exceptional circumstances in which we may have to amend some of our sessions. In this instance, we will notify you as soon as possible of any time or location changes, or cancellations.