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Pre-Arrival Guide International and EU 2015/16 Pre-Arrival Guide – International and EU Pre-Arrival Guide International and EU 2015/16 Pre-Arrival Guide – International and EU Our annual International Culture Festival Pre-Arrival Guide – International and EU Contents Welcome 2 Contact us 3 Before you arrive checklist 4 Your offer 7 Immigration and related matters 8 Accommodation 16 Planning your finances 26 How to pay your fees 27 Planning when, where and how to arrive 31 Security and insurance 34 Travel tips 36 Connect with other students 38 On arrival 40 Delayed flights and problems at the airport 41 Your first weeks 42 Find out more about Hull and Scarborough 43 Aerial shot of Hull campus inside back cover Picture credits Please note that the information provided in this University of Hull booklet is intended as a guide only. All information Raluca Nechita is correct at the time of printing but is subject Thomas Arran to change. The University of Hull endeavours to Fotolia.com ensure but cannot guarantee its accuracy. © University of Hull May 2015 www.hull.ac.uk/international 1 Pre-Arrival Guide – International and EU Welcome Coming to study in another country is an exciting experience, and we know that you will have many questions. This guide is designed to answer some of those questions and provide you with information which should be useful as you plan your arrival. Read about all the steps that you need to take from when you first receive your offer to arriving at your new home and place of study. On arrival, we will provide you with a First Year Survival Guide, which will inform you about what will happen in the first couple of weeks and give other useful information to help you manage your first year in England. Contact details of key University services are included in this guide. You can get in touch with them before you arrive if you have any questions or concerns. If the question you have is of a more general nature or you Congratulations are not sure who to ask, please contact the International Office. on being offered Have a safe journey. We look forward to seeing you soon! a place to study at the University of Hull. 2 www.hull.ac.uk/international Pre-Arrival Guide – International and EU Contact us Question Contact Telephone/Email Application and arrivals enquiries International Office +44 (0)1482 466904 [email protected] Accommodation Accommodation Service Hull +44 (0)1482 466026 [email protected] Scarborough +44 (0)1723 357373 [email protected] Immigration Immigration Team +44 (0)1482 462020 [email protected] Exchange and Erasmus Exchange and Study Abroad Office +44 (0)1482 466904 [email protected] Scarborough campus International Coordinator +44 (0)1723 357127 [email protected] Payment of fees Student Financial Services Hull +44 (0)1482 465674 / 466362 Scarborough +44 (0)1723 357234 / 357233 [email protected] Course-related enquiries Please contact your faculty www.hull.ac.uk/departments Emergency when travelling or International Office You will be provided with an during arrival period emergency telephone number before your arrival. www.hull.ac.uk/international 3 Pre-Arrival Guide – International and EU Before you arrive Your checklist. Follow this process to organise your arrival in Hull. 3 1. Offer Receive an offer by email from the University of Hull. See page 7. 2. Supporting documents Provide relevant documents to meet the conditions of your offer. See page 9. 3. Tuition fee deposit Postgraduate (non-EU) students are required to pay a deposit. See page 9. 4. CAS Receive your CAS (Confirmation of Acceptance for Studies) by email no earlier than three months before your start date. (Not applicable to EU students.) 5. ATAS certificate If applicable - your offer letter will say if you need to apply for ATAS. See page 9. 6. Money Make necessary financial arrangements to fund your studies and life in England. See page 26. 7. Visa Apply for a visa – if you need one. See page 10. 8. Pay Immigration Health Surcharge (if applicable) See pages 12-13. 9. Accommodation Apply online for University owned or managed accommodation. See page 16. 10. Attend a pre-departure briefing in your country See page 38. 11. Apply for a pre-sessional English course (if necessary) See page 7. 4 www.hull.ac.uk/international Pre-Arrival Guide – International and EU 3 12. Join us on Facebook and Twitter See page 38. 13. Free transport Find out when the free transport service to the campus and accommodation is available. See page 32. 14. Flights Make travel arrangements to coincide with the recommended arrival period. See page 32. 15. Confirm arrival Book your free transport by completing the online Pre-arrival Form. See page 32. 16. Pay tuition fees If you pay your fees in full, you will receive a 2% discount on your tuition fees. Conditions apply; see page 27 for further information. 17. Pack Pack and print off yellow luggage labels. See page 32 for further details. 18. Travel to England 19. Travel to the campus Await pick-up by University of Hull staff and volunteers, or make your own way to the University. See page 32. 20. Collect your BRP card (if applicable) If you were given 30 days short term entry clearance, you must collect your BRP card within 10 days of arriving in the UK. See page 13. 21. You’re here! On arrival, be looked after by University staff/volunteers. Receive keys and be taken to your allocated or temporary accommodation. 22. Relax and recover! 23. Join International and Freshers’ Week Get to know the University and make new friends. See page 42. www.hull.ac.uk/international 5 Pre-Arrival Guide – International and EU International Welcome Week 6 www.hull.ac.uk/international Pre-Arrival Guide – International and EU Your offer If your offer is ‘unconditional’ You can accept your offer of a place before This means that the University does not it becomes unconditional. If you are an require any further evidence from you undergraduate, you should accept via UCAS to prove that you meet the admission Track or in a country partner office. If you requirements. If you have not formally are a postgraduate, you should contact accepted your offer of a place, please [email protected] to accept. do so as soon as possible. If you are an If you are a Study Abroad undergraduate, you should accept via UCAS or Exchange student Track or in your country partner office. If you are a postgraduate, you should contact You will have been made a formal offer and will have to fulfil any requirements [email protected] to accept. communicated to you by the terms of the If your offer is ‘conditional’ Study Abroad/Exchange programme. If This means that the University requires you are unsure of the requirements, please further evidence of your qualifications before contact your home university’s International we can give you admission. Your offer will Office or email [email protected]. state what the conditions are. If your offer If you are an Erasmus student is conditional on an exam you have yet to take or for which you are awaiting a result, You will not have to fulfil any requirements you should send a copy of your transcript to other than those already communicated to Admissions as soon as you receive it, even if you by the terms of the Erasmus programme you are short of the required grade, to see if a and within your letter of acceptance. If you place can be confirmed. An official translation are unsure of your requirements, please in English should also be provided. contact the Erasmus office at your home university or your appointed Erasmus If you need to improve your level of English, coordinator at the University of Hull. please be aware that the University offers pre- sessional English courses. More information can be found at www.hull.ac.uk/efl. www.hull.ac.uk/international 7 Pre-Arrival Guide – International and EU Immigration and related matters Non-EU students If you are from the EEA (EU countries plus If you are not a national of the European Union Iceland, Lichtenstein and Norway) or (EU) or the European Economic Area (EEA), you Switzerland, you are entitled to enter the may need a visa to study at the University of UK freely. You have an automatic right of Hull. You will normally need to apply under the residence for up to three months, with no need Tier 4 (General) student category, specifically to show that you are exercising a right of free introduced for international adult students. movement – for example, to study or work. Immigration rules, application forms and Once you have been accepted on a course of fees are subject to frequent changes, so it is study, you will have the right of residence in very important that you check the latest rules the UK for as long as your course lasts. To find before making your visa application. out more please visit UKCISA’s web pages for EEA and Swiss students at The best place to find out more about this is www.ukcisa.org.uk/student/eea.php. the UK Visa and Immigration (UKVI) website. If you are currently outside the UK, please visit Step 1: Accept your offer and confirm www.gov.uk/tier-4-general-visa/apply. your email address If you are in the UK at present, visit www.gov. Once you receive a conditional offer letter uk/tier-4-general-visa/extend-your-visa. from the University of Hull, you will need to confirm your acceptance of the offer with the Further information can be obtained from the Admissions Service.
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