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Undergraduate Offer Holder Experience Days

Our Offer Holder Experience Days are exclusively for students who have received an offer to study with us at undergraduate level.

Visit our Academic Experience page for information about the 2024-25 academic year.

What is an Offer Holder Experience Day?

Our Offer Holder Experience Days are your chance to:

  • explore our campus
  • learn about our facilities and student services
  • delve deeper into your chosen subject.

You'll have the opportunity to meet current students and chat to academics from your course. Find out more below about what to expect.

How to get involved

In 2025, we are holding 3 Offer Holder Experience Days between March and May.

The events are invite-only. You'll receive your email invite shortly after receiving your UCAS offer to study here at Newcastle.

Different subjects will be taking part on different dates; you only need to attend once. Click below to find out which date your subject will be taking place on. 

Saturday 15 March

Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences

Faculty of Medical Sciences

Faculty of Science, Agriculture & Engineering

Saturday 29 March

We are expecting transport delays on Saturday 29 March due to Newcastle United's Carabao Cup Trophy Celebration. 

Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences

Faculty of Medical Sciences

Faculty of Science, Agriculture & Engineering

Saturday 10 May

Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences

Faculty of Medical Sciences

Faculty of Science, Agriculture & Engineering

What to expect

From 9.00 to 16.00, you can take part in our central activitiy including our student services & welcome fair, talks and tours. Find out more below!

Throughout the day you will discover more about your chosen subject. You should receive details of this separately, including a full timetable for the day.

Campus tours

Between 9.30 and 16.00 you can take an express campus tour to give you a feel for our city-centre campus. Tours are led by our current students, so they are a great way to learn more about university life too.

Tours will take about 30 minutes. The last tours will depart around 15:30.

Accommodation viewings

Throughout the day we will have a minimum of three of our accommodation sites available for you to view:

Make your own way to any of the sites, where there will be staff and Student Ambassadors to welcome you. The last tour is at 15:30.

Please note that viewing our accommodation is always popular, therefore there may be a short queue when you arrive. We will manage the flow of visitors entering the show flats and will have staff on hand to answer any queries while you wait.

Student Services fair

Make sure to visit to the Boiler House (number 10 on the campus map). Here, you'll find representatives from various Student Services waiting to answer your queries.

Services include:

  • Accommodation
  • Careers Service
  • Student Finance
  • Health and Wellbeing
  • Sport
  • Global Opportunities
  • NUSU (Students' Union)

We'll also have our PARTNERS team on hand to chat about next steps, the PARTNERS Assessed Summer School and much more.

Student Life Talks

We will have a variety of interactive talks on different elements of student life throughout the day, there will also be plenty of opportunity for you to ask any questions you may have.

9:30 – 10:00 

Welcome to Newcastle 

10:15 – 10:45 

Home Away From Home: Accommodation insights from staff & graduates 

11:00 – 11:30 

Student Q+A panel: Hear from our Student Ambassadors 

11:45 – 12:15 

Student Finance - What is it? And how do you apply? 

 

 

13:30 - 14:00

Welcome to Newcastle

14:10 - 14:40 

Home Away From Home: Accommodation insights from staff & graduates

14:50 - 15:20 

Student Q+A panel: Hear from our Student Ambassadors 

15:30 - 16:00

Student Finance – What is it? And how do you apply? 

All central talks are held in the Agriculture Building Clement Stephenson Lecture Theatre – AGRB.CSLT. (number 16 on the campus map)

Sports Centre and library

In addition to the above, why not drop in to our Sports Centre for a tour of facilities, or our Philip Robinson library for an idea of our library and study spaces, both are open 9:00 - 16:00. You'll be met by our friendly ambassadors who'll show you round.

Chill Out Space

Want to take a break and relax? Head to our chill out area in the lower ground floor of the Henry Daysh Building. 

Language Resource Centre

Based at the Old Library Building, the LRC is a fantastic place to visit on campus and offers free language learning facilities to all members of the University.

Subject-specific content

Throughout the day you will learn all about your chosen subject. Offer holders will receive an email invite to book onto the subject activity for the degree programme/s you have applied for.

Once booked, you will receive a subject-specific timetable with details on what to expect.

This can include:

  • talks and seminars
  • facility tours
  • the chance to meet current students studying your subject
  • the opportunity to speak to academics from your course

Planning your day

Arriving in Newcastle

Whether you are a local student or travelling from further afield, you can get to Newcastle by bus, Metro, train, plane or car. View our travel information.

There is extensive parking available across the city. Take a look at our handy parking map.

You can also find out more about city-centre parking on the Newcastle Council website.

Unfortunately we cannot offer any luggage storage on campus, the nearest is Newcastle Central Station.

Where to eat

Fancy some tasty food or a barista-made coffee whilst on campus, why not visit one of our on-campus outlets? The following locations will be open on all three dates:

  • The Grand: 8:30-14:30
  • Bites: 11:00-14:30 
  • USB Café 8:30-13:30
  • Sports Centre: 9:00-21:00
  • Philip Robinson Library: 9:00-18:00

Travel bursaries

If you live in a certain postcode, then you may be eligible for money towards the cost of your travel. This is open to offer holders only and does not include costs related to guests.

If you have experienced time in care or are estranged, you are automatically eligible for our Visit Bursary.

How we will confirm your eligibility

After you submit your application for reimbursement, we will review your UCAS application. We will confirm that you meet one of the eligibility criteria listed above.

To find out if you’re eligible, you can enter your postcode below:

You must be living in a postcode that is assigned TUNDRA LSOA Quintile 1. Find out more about the TUNDRA data.

If you qualify, you can collect a travel bursary form from our helpdesk at the Student Service Fair in The Boiler House.

You can claim a maximum of £50 per offer holder on receipt of costs incurred. For example, you must provide us with a copy of your train ticket receipt. We reserve the right to withhold payment without satisfactory proof of purchase.

If you don’t meet the postcode criteria but have extenuating circumstances that make it difficult to afford travel to an offer holder experience day, please contact us.

Invite information

These events are open only to Newcastle University Offer Holders.

If you receive an offer to study at Newcastle University, you will receive your invite via email, to the same address you applied via UCAS.

 

If you have a question relating to your invitation, or subject specific sessions, please contact the following directly. 

 

Faculty of Medical Sciences:

study.medicalsciences@ncl.ac.uk 

 

Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences (excluding Newcastle University Business School):
hassmarketing@ncl.ac.uk

 

Newcastle University Business School:

nubs.recruitment@ncl.ac.uk

 

Faculty of Science and Engineering:

School of Engineering 

 soe.admissions@newcastle.ac.uk

School of Maths and Physics 

 maths.physics@ncl.ac.uk

School of Computer Science 

 computing.admissions@newcastle.ac.uk

School of Natural and Environmental Sciences 

 snes.admissions@newcastle.ac.uk

 

Get in touch via offerholders@ncl.ac.uk