Before you arrive
Prioritise these:
- visit your department Welcome website for useful information and your Welcome Week timetable
- register with the University – complete this as soon as you have received the invitation email
- upload your picture for your ID card once you have completed registration
- complete Student Welcome – our digital welcome platform which will give you some key information about starting university. You will be emailed an invitation a couple of weeks before you start
- find out when your University Life Session is
- find accommodation if you don’t already have a place to stay.
Other things to consider:
- make sure your vaccinations are up-to-date
- set up your IT including email, antivirus, purchase IT equipment and assistive technology
- let us know if you have a disability so we can provide any support you may need
- join our workshops to support you starting University
- plan out your budget
- plan how to travel to University
- find out more details about moving into university accommodation
- pack – see our useful what to pack when you move into university accommodation page
- visit the SU website for the latest information on Freshers week, wristbands and to join SU Groups
International Students may also want to...
- arrange visas and important documents
- apply for travel insurance (to cover your journey to the UK)
- book a free airport transfer to Bath
- find out what to do at the UK border
- learn about health services in the UK
- register for our Living in a New Culture orientation programme
- order UK currency (enough for while you open a bank account)
- learn about International Students at the SU and Faith & Cultural Societies
Now you are here
- collect your room key if staying in University accommodation on campus or in the city.
- collect your library card
- connect to the network and Wifi
- walk your timetable to find out where your teaching rooms and lectures are
- access MySkills to see how the University can support you with your studies, your career development and your wellbeing
- register with a doctor
- download and register on the SafeZone app
- check out our range of Semester One academic skills, maths and statistics and languages courses, sessions and other support and come along to a Skills Centre information event in the Library to find out more
International Students may also want to…
- attend your passport checks and BRP collection
- download and register on the SafeZone app to meet your academic engagement monitoring requirements
- open a bank account
- pay your tuition fees
- check out our Semester One English language and British Studies courses
In your first few weeks
- attend your department welcome timetable and events
- meet with your Personal Tutor
- explore campus and the city of Bath
- attend the Freshers’ Fairs and join a society or club
- activate your free Sports Pass
- explore the Library Induction guide
International Students may also want to…
- scan/copy any important documents for safe keeping
- get a UK mobile phone/sim card
- attend our Living in a New Culture orientation sessions
- find out more about the University of Bath’s Engagement Monitoring Policy attached to your Student visa
- read the Student visa holder essential information which details your responsibilities under your Student visa
- complete the online ‘Student Immigration Basics’ interactive course
- apply for National Insurance Number (if intending to work in UK)
- buy the essentials for your new home e.g. kitchen utensils