Visit Afternoons

This is a great way for you to get a feel for what student life is like at the University of Glasgow. Come along and find out what subjects, services and career opportunities Glasgow can offer you. As well as receiving a whole host of information on the University, its courses and services, you will get a chance to meet current students who are studying at Glasgow and who can tell you what its really like to study here. Take a campus tour to find your bearings round our leafy West End campus. See the departments where you might be studying and visit the University Quadrangles and the magnificent Bute Hall where your own graduation ceremony might take place in a few years time!

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Open Day

In June and September each year we hold an Open Day to allow you, your friends, carers, and teachers to visit us on campus and have a look around. Open Day allows you to speak to academic staff, find out more about courses, tour the facilities, visit student accommodation and see for yourself what life would be like as a student at Glasgow. To register for Open Day, please visit www.gla.ac.uk/undergraduate/visitus/opendays. You will receive confirmation by email, along with information about travelling to Glasgow and arranging overnight accommodation. If you have any special needs which might affect your visit, please let us know in advance and we will do everything we can to assist you.

Applicants' Visit Day

At Glasgow we go the extra mile. If you receive an offer of a place at Glasgow, we will invite you to visit us before making your final decision. Applicants’ Visit Day usually takes place in March. Details will be sent to you together with your offer of a place.

Associate Library Membership

If you want to come on to the University campus more regularly during your final year at college and use the some of the 2 million books currently available in our University library why not ask for Associate Library Membership. You'll get membership card and come and use the library facilities whenever you want. Contact the Care Leaver Support Coordinator for further details.   

Student Network

The Student Network is a University of Glasgow service that puts prospective, new and current students in touch with more experienced students, who have completed their first year of study and can:

• Answer any general queries you may have about studying at Glasgow

• Give you an insight into what to expect from your first year of study

• Offer guidance and support throughout your first year of study

For more information on how it works please see About the Student Network.

Applicants who have signed up to Student Network will be emailed by current undergraduates within their subject areas and invited to ask any questions they might have about their forthcoming course. If applicants subsequently enter the University this e-mentoring will continue throughout their first year.

Pre-University Summer School

Why Have a Summer School? The change from school or college to university is a big one. New students can sometimes feel very lost and uncertain. Research findings indicate that those who feel at home in a university environment, both academically and socially, are statistically more likely to graduate. The Summer School is specifically designed to prepare you for university and, if necessary, help you get there. We do this in a number of ways:

• By teaching you how to take good lecture notes

• By introducing you to a university library system

• By explaining to you how a university works

• By giving you experience of first-year university work

• By helping you if you change your mind about the course of study that you want to follow

• By offering you a second chance of entry if you fail to meet the requirements of your conditional offer

 For more information and details of how to apply contact the Care Leaver Support Coordinator.

Higher Education Conventions and Progression Fairs

Your school or college is likely to organise at least one Higher Education Fair every year when representatives from the different Universities are on hand in the school or college to provide information and answer any of your questions. Make sure you come along and visit the University of Glasgow stall and ask any questions you might have and pick up a prospectus.