A: All new students with a September start will need to arrive and register by the first day of term and attend the induction events during welcome week.  

A: For courses which have an earlier start date (eg. PGCE, Accelerated Medicine), students can complete their registration and collect their smartcard earlier in September, before the start of the main registration event. International students can do this as the main Student Services Helpdesk on level 2 King’s Gate. Home/EU students can do this at the Philip Robinson Library.

A: Once you accept your unconditional offer to study at Newcastle, we'll email registration instructions to you. This is sent to new postgraduate students from 1st August onwards and to new undergraduates from 27th August onwards to the personal email address included in your application. If you have accepted your unconditional offer but do not receive your e-mail before your course starts then please contact us at student-registration@ncl.ac.uk.

A: Please see our Start Your Registration page for instructions on how to begin registering for your course.

A: Yes- there are PCs set up for students to log in to S3P and complete the online part of the registration process in the registration venue during the main September event. There are also PCs on level 2 of King's Gate and in the Philip Robinson Library for students who are registering outside of the dates of the main registration event.

A: If you are approaching your start date for your postgraduate course and you haven't received any e-mails regarding your offer or the registration process then please contact Postgraduate Admissions as soon as possible so that they can check the status of your application.

A: Postgraduate taught and postgraduate reseach students will receive their confirmation of place before their registration e-mail. Registration details for postgraduates who have September start dates are sent at the beginning of August, so if you receive your confirmation of place earlier in the year then don't worry if you don't receive your registration e-mail straight away. If you find that your e-mail still hasn't arrived when by the end of August then please contact us at student-registration@ncl.ac.uk so that we can check your record.

For postgraduate taught and postgraduate reseach students who receive their confirmation of place after registration has opened for all students at the end of August, they will receive their registration e-mail within the next 24-48 hours. If your e-mail doesn't arrive within this time then please contact us at student-registration@ncl.ac.uk.

A: We ask that students who have recently completed a course with the university and have received their confirmation of place wait for their new registration e-mail for their new course before logging into S3P to register for it. This is important as the student record and S3P account needs to be fully updated with the new course and finance details, and we know that this has completed when the registration e-mail is sent out. 

A: If the username and password details for your university e-mail account don't allow you to log in to retrieve your S3P registration e-mail then please contact the IT Service Desk as soon as possible so they can check them for you. The e-mail account login details are also your campus login details so it is important that they are fixed quickly if there is an issue with them.

A: Check that the correct details have been entered into the log in screen of S3P; the password for the university e-mail account is different to the S3P account even though the username is the same for both (please see the step-by-step guide for more information about the online registration process). If the password from the S3P e-mail doesn't allow you to log in then you can reset the password using the link on the log in page. An e-mail with a new S3P password will then be generated and sent to your university e-mail account (this can take up to fifteen minutes during busy periods). This should allow you to log in to complete your resgistration, but if it doesn't then please contact the IT Service Desk so that they can have a look at this for you.

A: If there is a Visa Hold on your account then you will need to bring your passport and visa to the Registration Helpdesk at the registration venue. We can then remove the hold and you can complete your online registration and print off your barcode using the PC cluster at the venue, and then complete the ID check so you can collect your smartcard.

A: Students who are blocked for registration because of a finance hold will need to make a fee payment or provide a letter from your funding organisation to Tuition Fees to get the hold removed. More information on this can be found on our 'Paying Your Tuiton Fees' page. 

A: Please see the Getting Your Smartcard page for more information on where/when to collect your university smartcard. 

A: Your photo will be taken on the day that you come to collect your smartcard and complete your registration, therefore you do not need to bring any photos.

A: All new students who are covering costs with a student loan need to be fully registered; all registration tasks need to have been completed including collecting your smartcard. Your attendance can then be confirmed and the loan will then be released within 3 working days.

***Please note that returning students need to scan their smartcards to confirm their attendance for loan release when they arrive back on campus for the new academic year. Cards can be scanned at the following locations:

• King’s Gate Student Services - (located just inside the doors of Level 2 Helpdesk)
• Walton Library (located by the photocopiers)
• Level 2 Philip Robinson Library Cluster Room    
• Old Library Building Cluster (OLUA)
• Medical School Undergraduate Office
• Dental School Office

For more information about tuition fees please see our Tuition pages for undergraduate and postgraduate students, or contact the Tuition Fees Team directly at tuition-fees@ncl.ac.uk if you have any issues with the release of your loan.

A: Our Welcome and Induction page is updated to show induction information for the different schools within the univeristy, however some schools perfer to send induction information directly to students via post in welcome packs or via e-mail. If you aren't able to access any induction information by the first day of your induction week then please contact your school directly.

A: If there has been a delay in receiving your registration e-mail but you have accepted your offer then please do attend your welcome week induction events. There is still time to complete the online part of the registration and collect your smartcard from either the registration venue or, if the registration event has ended, from the Philip Robinson Library (home/EU students) or Student Services on Level 2 of King's gate (international students) during the first week of term before teaching starts. 

A: You can access your personal timetable 24 hours after completing your registration as all core compulsory modules are booked automatically. You may be required to complete registration for optional modules open to you during University induction week before your personal timetable is complete; these extra modules can be viewed on your timetable the day after they are booked. You can subscribe to your personal timetable on a range of calendaring apps for Android, Windows and iOS.  

For further information on using your timetable, please see the guide on the Student Timetables website. For information and queries regarding your modules it is recommended to speak to your school directly.