Applicant Visit Day

An Applicant Visit Day is a bespoke day for those students who are holding an offer of a conditional or unconditional place on one of our Undergraduate courses. These events are led by our course teams and aim to delve deeper into your course to show you what it will be like as a student on course, what your study will involve, meet fellow offer holders and really get to know your course team. You won’t want to miss your bespoke event as we know it will help give you a head start to starting your studies in September.

Open Days are an opportunity to find out about your course of interest and explore where you might study, as well as to take accommodation tours and explore our available support teams and student life. They are part of your decision-making process and will give you a top-level overview of your course and campus. Whilst you may take part in some interactive activities too at an Open Day, they are designed to give you a feel of what the University of Cumbria can offer you.

An Applicant Visit Day goes deeper into your course and you may take part in sample lectures and activities that you will really experience as a student. They are designed specifically to give you a real insight into what you will do on your course and get you started on the road to envisaging yourself as a University of Cumbria student. It’s a great opportunity for you to connect with your course team so that you can get to know each other better, as well as meeting fellow offer holders that you can connect with before starting on your course.

Don’t worry, we’ll let you know if you need to bring anything specific to your event. We recommend comfortable, casual clothing (or appropriate outdoors wear if you’ll be taking part in outdoor activities). Family and friends are also more than welcome to attend with you but in some sessions we may need to restrict numbers for specific activities or if we are doing activity which is based on peer to peer networking.

We’ll make sure you are fed and watered the Cumbrian way! That goes for your guests too. Your lunch is free of charge on us and our catering outlets will also be open should you wish to purchase anything else.

We will be posting our full event programmes online in February 2023 so that you can see your full programme of activity for your Applicant Visit Day. We’ll also be posting more information to get you excited in the emails we send you about your event. Keep an eye on your emails so that you don’t miss anything important and also be sure to check your Junk Mail in case it’s slipped in there! Each event has different timings depending on what your course team are doing on the day. We’ll let you know your start time in your emails and your online programmes which will be available on this page. If you need more information, don’t hesitate to contact us through our Course

Enquiry Centre – enquirycentre@cumbria.ac.uk

Applicant Visit Days are all about getting excited to start your course and are led by your course teams. You will have the opportunity to take part in live chat events, online support sessions and much more online with our support services teams and the Students’ Union. A programme of support events will be available to view, book and attend online from February – September 2023. You can of course also get in touch with our support teams through contact details on our website if you would like to arrange a one to one virtual appointment.

We will be running a private offer holder Facebook Page from February – September 2023. We encourage all of our offer holders to join this page and we’ll invite you to it for ease of finding it. Here you’ll be able to ask questions about support and accommodation, see what live events are coming up, connect with others who may be studying your course, meet our Students’ Union as well as having access to a whole range of support to help you on your way to starting on your course come September.

Open Days are held throughout the year for those looking at exploring university for the first time and haven’t yet decided on their chosen course of study. You can of course attend an Open Day but for the best experience as an Offer Holder, we recommend that you attend your bespoke Applicant Visit Day as they are carefully thought out to give you a deeper experience of your course and get you prepared to start your studies.

Don’t worry, we will have multiple ways that you engage with the University online in our Private Offer Holder Facebook group and through a series of live support sessions. We also hold campus tours throughout the year which you can book onto.

After your course sessions, you ‘ll be able to go on a tour of your campus should you like to and have the opportunity to see on-site accommodation. If you are at one of Carlisle campuses and would like to see any off-site accommodation, you can visit this at Denton Holme, Carlisle by driving to the accommodation about 10 minutes in the car after your course sessions.

You can get in touch with us through our Course Enquiry Centre for help regarding any of our Offer Holder Events – Contact enquiry centre

If you need any help with your course offer, our Admissions team contact details will be on your offer letter and any other correspondence you may have received.