
University Events
Events At The University Of Cumbria
University events for everyone.
Your Cumbria experience isn’t just about lectures and seminars, and it doesn’t just start when you get here. Whether you’re looking to get to know us better before you’ve even applied, or to enrich your student experience, we have university events to suit everyone.
From Open Days to Masterclasses, Careers Events and Exhibitions, our events calendar is stacked full of opportunities for you to benefit from and enjoy.
Take tours of our campuses and accommodation, meet potential future employers and industry experts, or take virtual and in-person classes in new and exciting trending topics; whatever event you’re looking for, we aim to provide it here.


- Postgraduate
MSc Midwifery Online Events, September to November 2025
17 Sep 2025-05 Nov 2025 |6:00 PM-7:30 PM
Postgraduate Events | Online
Are you passionate about making a difference in people's lives through compassionate care? Do you aspire to become a dedicated healthcare professional in the field of Midwifery? Join us for an exclusive online event where you can meet one of our MSc Midwifery tutors, learn more about our innovative programme, and get all your questions answered.
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- Postgraduate
Progression to Postgraduate Study Online events July 2025 to May 2026
21 Aug 2025-13 May 2026 |6:00 PM-7:30 PM
Postgraduate Events | Online
Join our Skills@cumbria team to find out about progressing to level 7 Postgraduate study. This is a great opportunity to find out how the transition will work.
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- Undergraduate
Carlisle Fusehill Street Open Day 27th September
27 Sep 2025-27 Sep 2025 |10:00 AM-3:00 PM
Open Days | Carlisle Fusehill
Explore the Fusehill Street campus and discover your course, calling, and career path at the University of Cumbria. This undergraduate event is ideal for those interested in courses in Biomedical Science, Law, Teaching, Policing, Psychology, Criminology and Forensic Investigation, Security Intelligence, Zoology, Social Work, and various Health and Allied Health programmes. We also offer Integrated Foundation Year programmes (year 0) for our Institute of Science and Environment courses, with years 1-3 at our Ambleside campus.
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- Undergraduate and Postgraduate
Ambleside Open Day 4th October
04 Oct 2025-04 Oct 2025 |10:00 AM-3:00 PM
Open Days | Ambleside
Explore the Ambleside campus in the Lake District. This Open Day is relevant for the following subject areas: Undergraduate Outdoors, Conservation, Forestry, Geography, Tourism. Postgraduate Conservation, Forest Science, Literature and Tourism. This is a day suitable for Undergraduate and Postgraduate study.
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- Undergraduate and PGCE
Lancaster Open Day 11th October
11 Oct 2025-11 Oct 2025 |10:00 AM-3:00 PM
Open Days | Lancaster
Explore the Lancaster campus. Find your course, calling, and career path at the University of Cumbria. This Undergraduate and PGCE event is for those interested in: Business, Computer Science, Law, Teaching, Sport and a range of Health and Allied Health courses.
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- Undergraduate and Postgraduate
London Open Evening 15th October
15 Oct 2025-15 Oct 2025 |4:00 PM-7:00 PM
Open Days | London
Explore the East London campus. This Open Day is relevant for Business, Teaching and Education studies at Undergraduate and Postgraduate level.
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- Undergraduate and Postgraduate
Brampton Road Open Day 18th October 2025
18 Oct 2025-18 Oct 2025 |10:00 AM-3:00 PM
Open Days | Carlisle Brampton Road
Explore our Brampton Road campus home to all our Arts courses. This Open Day is relevant for the following subject areas:
• Animation
• Film and TV
• Fine Art
• Games Design and Development
• Graphic Design
• Illustration
• Photography
• Wildlife Media
• MA Creative Practice
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- Undergraduate
Barrow Open Evening 22nd October
22 Oct 2025-22 Oct 2025 |4:00 PM-7:00 PM
Open Days | Barrow-in-Furness
Explore the Barrow campus. This Open Day is relevant for Nursing and Mechanical Engineering.
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- Undergraduate and Postgraduate
Ambleside Open Day 8th November
08 Nov 2025-08 Nov 2025 |10:00 AM-3:00 PM
Open Days | Ambleside
Explore the Ambleside campus in the Lake District. This Open Day is relevant for the following subject areas: Undergraduate Outdoors, Conservation, Forestry, Geography, Tourism. Postgraduate Conservation, Forest Science, Literature and Tourism. This is a day suitable for Undergraduate and Postgraduate study.
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- Undergraduate and Postgraduate
London Open Evening 12th November
12 Nov 2025-12 Nov 2025 |4:00 PM-7:00 PM
Open Days | London
Explore the East London campus. This Open Day is relevant for Business, Teaching and Education studies, at Undergraduate and Postgraduate level.
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- Undergraduate
Carlisle Fusehill Street Open Day 15th November
15 Nov 2025-15 Nov 2025 |10:00 AM-3:00 PM
Open Days | Carlisle Fusehill
Explore the Fusehill Street campus and discover your course, calling, and career path at the University of Cumbria. This undergraduate event is ideal for those interested in courses in Biomedical Science, Law, Teaching, Policing, Psychology, Criminology and Forensic Investigation, Security Intelligence, Zoology, Social Work, and various Health and Allied Health programmes. We also offer Integrated Foundation Year programmes (year 0) for our Institute of Science and Environment courses, with years 1-3 at our Ambleside campus.
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- Undergraduate
Barrow Open Evening 19th November
19 Nov 2025-19 Nov 2025 |4:00 PM-7:00 PM
Open Days | Barrow-in-Furness
Explore the Barrow campus. This Open Day is relevant for Nursing and Mechanical Engineering.
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- Undergraduate and PGCE
Lancaster Open Day 22nd November
22 Nov 2025-22 Nov 2025 |10:00 AM-3:00 PM
Open Days | Lancaster
Explore the Lancaster campus. Find your course, calling, and career path at the University of Cumbria. This Undergraduate and PGCE event is for those who are interested in: Business, Computer Science, Law, Teaching, Sport and a range of Health and Allied Health courses.
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- Undergraduate and Postgraduate
Brampton Road Open Day 29th November 2025
29 Nov 2025-29 Nov 2025 |10:00 AM-3:00 PM
Open Days | Carlisle Brampton Road
Explore our Brampton Road campus home to all our Arts courses. This Open Day is relevant for the following subject areas:
• Animation
• Film and TV
• Fine Art
• Games Design and Development
• Graphic Design
• Illustration
• Photography
• Wildlife Media
• MA Creative Practice
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- PGCE
PGCE Northern Ireland Routes into Teaching Virtual Events
24 Oct 2025-10 Dec 2025 |5:00 PM-6:00 PM
Open Days | Online
Are you passionate about shaping the future and helping children reach their full potential?
If teaching has always been your dream, you could turn that dream into reality with a PGCE from the University of Cumbria!
With September and January start dates available, plus a range of subject specialisms to choose from, you’ll find a course at Cumbria that matches your ambition and supports your future career goals.
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- Undergraduate and Postgraduate
2027/28 Graduate Entry Medicine Open Day, 27th September 2025
27 Sep 2025-27 Sep 2025 |10:00 AM-3:00 PM
Open Days | Carlisle Fusehill
Join us for an open day in Carlisle, the home of the Pears Cumbria School of Medicine. Based on our Fusehill Street campus.
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- PGCE
PGCE Primary and Secondary Virtual Event
08 Oct 2025-03 Jun 2026 |5:00 PM-6:00 PM
Postgraduate Events | Online
Interested in becoming a qualified primary or secondary school teacher? Come along to our PGCE Virtual Event to explore your future in teaching.
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- PGCE
PGCE Primary and Secondary Virtual Event Northern Ireland Students ONLY
22 Oct 2025-22 Oct 2025 |5:00 PM-6:00 PM
Postgraduate Events | Online
Interested in becoming a qualified primary or secondary school teacher? Come along to our PGCE Virtual Event to explore your future in teaching.
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- Undergraduate and Postgraduate
2027/28 Graduate Entry Medicine Virtual Event, 20 November
20 Nov 2025-20 Nov 2025 |5:00 PM-6:30 PM
Open Days | Online
Join us for a virtual session, to learn more about the home of the Pears Cumbria School of Medicine, based on our Fusehill Street campus.
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- Postgraduate
PGCE Online (Non-QTS) Virtual Open Events Morning Events
29 Oct 2025-12 Aug 2026 |11:00 AM-12:00 PM
Postgraduate Events | Online
Are you interested in becoming a teacher? Do you want to gain an internationally recognised teaching qualification from anywhere in the world? Join us for one of our online open sessions in the morning or evening to learn more about our fully online PGCE (non-QTS).
Our morning sessions run from 11am until 12 noon.
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- Postgraduate
PGCE Online (Non-QTS) Virtual Open Events Evening Events
28 Oct 2025-15 Jul 2027 |6:30 PM-7:30 PM
Postgraduate Events | Online
Are you interested in becoming a teacher? Do you want to gain an internationally recognised teaching qualification from anywhere in the world? Join us for one of our online open sessions in the morning or evening to learn more about our fully online PGCE (non-QTS).
Our evening sessions run from 6:30pm until 7:30pm.
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- Public
2026 Schools Outdoor Learning Conference
18 Mar 2026-18 Mar 2026 |9:00 AM-4:00 PM
Conferences | Lancaster
Following the success of the 2024 conference, join us for an inspiring day of workshops, keynotes and networking.
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