Pre-Departure & Arrival at Edge Hill University
Preparing to move to a new country can be one of the most exciting and scariest things to do. The Centre for International Education has produced a pre-arrival brochure to help guide you through those few weeks prior to departing your home country and moving to the UK.
Download a printable version of the Pre-arrival Brochure [PDF 28MB]
The British Council has also written a pre-arrival guide for International Students coming to the UK to study, to view an electronic version please download: http://www.britishcouncil.org/first_steps_2011-12.pdf
Pre-Departure
When booking your flight, you should ensure that you enter the UK through one of the recognised immigration points, for example, Liverpool or Manchester airports. You should ensure that you do not book flights through the Republic of Ireland, this is not part of the United Kingdom and you will not get the requisite visa stamp in your passport.
Similarly, we recommend that students do not enter the UK through the Channel Islands and the Isle of Man to prevent any potential problems in obtaining the correct visa stamp.
Should you not enter through a recognised immigration point you will likely have to take action to rectify the situation and this could mean leaving the UK temporarily at a cost to yourself. Edge Hill University does not accept responsibility for any loss incurred by students who do not arrive in the country at a recognised immigration point.
Meet & Greet
Students arriving into Liverpool or Manchester airport are offered the meet & greet service by the Centre for International Education. This service can be booked by students who have confirmed their acceptance at EHU and paid their deposit. A representative from the Centre for International Education will meet you in the arrivals hall of the airport and show you to the taxi/coach which will bring you to the Ormskirk campus of EHU. This service is free to International & Study Abroad students arriving on Thursday 20th September 2012 or Friday 21st September 2012. Should you wish to book a place please complete the Arrival Information Form (doc) and return it to international@edgehill.ac.uk before Monday 17th September 2012 to guarantee your place.
Should you be arriving on another date or from another location in the North West of England, such as Manchester Piccadilly train station or Liverpool Lime Street train station and would like a taxi arranging at a standard £40 charge, please also complete the arrival information form and return it to us. We shall then notify you of the transfer arrangements for you to Edge Hill.
Should you be making your own way to Edge Hill University & you have reserved a room on campus, please inform us of your arrival date/time so we can ensure your room is ready and the keys are available for collection.
Enrolment
New students starting courses in September should enrol on Monday 24th September 2012. This is for all full degree seeking students and study abroad students. If you are taking a pre-sessional course please check back here for enrolment dates to be confirmed. Please contact the Centre for International Education for details of the location. Please ensure you bring your passport and/or Biometric Residence Permit, failure to do so will mean that you can not enrol.
At the time of enrolment students should bring with them their passport & visa showing eligibility to study at Edge Hill University. For further information on how to apply for a visa please see our how to apply for a UK visa page. All international students who are on a Tier 4 visa are expected to sign the Tier 4 agreement of understanding at the time of enrolment. International students who are not on a tier 4 visa are expected to sign an agreement of understanding for International students. Should you have any questions regarding this agreement or do not wish to sign this document please contact the Student Support Officer in the Centre for International Education.
Before enrolment please check the Identification policy and information regarding enrolment on academic registry enrolment pages. Should you have any questions prior to enrolment please contact international@edgehill.ac.uk.
Late Enrolment
Should you not be able to attend for the enrolment session, there are several late enrolment sessions available. Should you not be able to attend a late enrolment session you will need to arrange an individual appointment with the Student Support Officer in the Centre for International Education.
Orientation
The Orientation programme is designed to help students to settle into life in the UK and studying in a new country. It is expected that all international students will attend the orientation programme and failure to do so could mean important information is not passed on or cause difficulties for you to settle in.
As well as the orientation programme arranged by the Centre for International Education, your department will carry out induction sessions, information about this can be found on the main Edge Hill website. As well as this Edge Hill’s Students Union has a programme of events for welcome week (24th- 28th September 2012) to help you settle into the social life of Edge Hill and to meet many new people, some of whom will become your friends for life.
For details of the orientation session please see the PDF documents below: