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.
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 2024, we are holding 6 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. If you haven't received your invite, get in touch.
Events will take place on the following:
- Saturday 9 March 2024
- Wednesday 20 March 2024
- Saturday 23 March 2024
- Wednesday 24 April 2024
- Saturday 27 April 2024
- Saturday 11 May 2024
Different subjects will be taking part on different dates; you only need to attend once. You'll find out which date your subject is taking place when you receive your email invite.
What to expect
From 9.00 to 13.00, you'll learn about our Student Services and get a better feel for campus by taking a tour.
In the afternoon, you will discover more about your chosen subject. You should receive details of this separately, including a full timetable for the day.
Campus tours
Throughout the morning, 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 run from 9.00 and take about 45 minutes. The last tours will depart around 12.15 to allow you time to return to central campus for your subject-related content in the afternoon.
Accommodation viewings
During the morning, we will have three of our accommodation sites available for you to view:
Make your own way to any of the sites, or alternatively join a campus tour that leads you to Park View and Marris House.
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
Start your day with a visit to the Hadrian Building. 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 Service talk
Join us for a short talk to give you a summary of each of our Student Service areas. You can then revisit the fair to ask representatives from each area any questions you may have.
The same talk is repeated three times throughout the morning in the Bamburgh room (9.30/10.30/11.30), so you only need to attend one.
Student Finance talk
Interested in receiving an overview of Student Finance, incudling what is it and how to apply? Attend our talk at 11:00 in the Bamburgh room to learn more.
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 9.00-13.00. You'll be met by our friendly ambassadors who'll show you round.
Saturday 23 March: please note the library does not open until 10:00 on this date.
Subject-specific content
In the afternoon, the content is all about your chosen subject. Offer holders will receive an email invite to book onto the afternoon 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.
Once you arrive, we recommend coming straight to the Hadrian Building (building number 4 on the campus map) to get started with your day. View our Campus map
Subject interviews
Some subject areas may conduct informal interviews or one-to-one chats with an academic member of staff as part of an Offer Holder Day.
Find out more about application decisions, including information about subject interviews.
Where to eat
Fancy some tasty food or a barista-made coffee whilst on campus, why not visit one of our on-campus outlets?
On Saturday 23 March you can visit:
- The Grand (number 8 on the Campus map), 8.30-13.30
- Bites at the Medical School (number 60 on the Campus map), 11.00-15.00
The catering outlets that will be open on the remaining Saturdays will be announced ahead of each event.
If you are visiting on a Wednesday, all of our on-campus outlets are open during your visit.
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.
To find out if you’re eligible, you can enter your postcode below:
You must be living in a postcode that is assigned POLAR4 Quintile 1. Find out more about the POLAR4 data.
If you qualify, you can collect a travel bursary form from our helpdesk at the Student Service Fair in Lindisfarne Room, Hadrian Building.
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.
Invite & contact 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 any queries about the Offer Holder Experience Days after you apply, including if you can't find your invite, contact us via the following link: