* Please note, on Saturday 29 March, Newcastle city centre will be extremely busy due to Newcastle United’s Carabao Cup celebrations taking place in the afternoon.
If you are travelling to the Experience Day, we recommend that you allow plenty of time to get here for the sessions and tours you want to attend on the day. The programmes for City Campus and Coach Lane Campus are in the drop-downs below to help you plan your visit.
Our car parks are open and available for visitors to the event, however they will be very busy. Car parks and their postcodes are in the Parking drop-down below.
On the day, we are also offering a free Park and Ride scheme between our Coach Lane and City Campuses for visitors to the Experience Day, should you wish to avoid driving into the city centre. This will run a return service from 8am from Coach Lane to City Campus running every 20 minutes, with the last bus back from City Campus to Coach Lane at 3.30pm. More details are in the Parking drop-down below.
More details about the celebrations and road closures can be found here and here.
For more information, including itineraries for your chosen course, how to register, and other FAQs, please see below.
Our City Campus Saturday events run from 9am with the General Sessions and Tours in the morning (9am-1pm), but if you only wish to attend the Subject Sessions in the afternoon then we recommend that you arrive by 12pm to allow time to check in, collect your Personal Programme and get to your session.
Registration at City Campus takes place in our Business and Law Building, City Campus East 1 (CCE1), NE1 2SU, and you are welcome to bring up to 2 guests on the day.
Our Coach Lane Campus events run from 9am with the General Sessions and Tours 9am-11.30am, but if you only wish to attend the Subject Sessions then we recommend that you arrive by 11am to allow time to check in, collect your Personal Programme and get to your session. There will also be time to look at some of our accommodation after your subject session.
Upon arrival at the event, you will receive your own personal event programme which outlines the location and timings of the different sessions available. You will have the opportunity to explore:
And most importantly you will be given the chance to ask any questions or receive any advice you need to help you make your decision.
Yes, our Northumbria University Experience Days are exclusively for offer holders and are a more in-depth experience compared to an Open Day. Now that you have narrowed down your search for where you would like to study it’s time to get some hands-on knowledge of what it is like to be a student at Northumbria. We do this through hosting engaging course sessions that give you an insight into the modules, facilities and teaching staff. In addition to this you will be in good company with like-minded students interested in the same course as you.
Our on-campus Northumbria University Experience Days, provide a great opportunity for you to take a better look around the campus and get used to where you will be spending the majority of your time here at Northumbria.
You will get the chance to have conversations with current students and your teaching staff. There will be personalised subject specific talks designed for offer holders, allowing you to collaborate with other students who are applying for the same course. This allows you to meet new people ahead of starting your degree, ensuring you get the most out of your time at Northumbria and setting you up for the best possible route to your future career.
Find out more about the day from the Programme above, and book your place today via your personalised email invitation!
* Please be aware that the city will be very busy on the 29 March and there may be restrictions and road closures in some areas of the city. We will therefore be offering a Park and Ride scheme between our Coach Lane and City Campuses for visitors – see below.
City Campus – on Saturdays we have access to the University car parks free of charge, the main one being City Campus East Car Park – postcode NE1 2SU / what3words: builds.beyond.either
We also have a number of spaces available in our smaller car parks free of charge:
Camden Street – NE2 1XE / what3words: double.brands.jolly
Day Street – NE1 8SU / what3words: ally.fields.leave
Sport Central – NE1 8QD / what3words: mass.visits.people
There are also a number of alternative pay and display city centre car parks, including:
John Dobson Street – NE1 8HL
MEA House – NE1 8SX
College Street – NE1 8JG – possible restrictions on 29 March
Civic Centre – NE2 1DF – possible restrictions on 29 March
Manors – NE1 2LA
Coach Lane Campus – on Saturdays we have access to the University car park at Coach Lane Campus East free of charge. The nearest post code is NE7 7TR (this will guide you to a nearby housing estate, so as you get close please follow the signs to the University) / what3words: fine.truly.healers
Alternative Coach Lane parking is at Four Lane Ends Metro, postcode NE7 7TG, where there is a large car park that is approx. 10-minutes’ walk to the Campus.
Park and Ride on Saturday 29 March
Due to how busy the city centre will be on this day, we will have a free Park and Ride scheme for visitors to the Experience Day, running between our Coach Lane Campus and City Campus. This will run from 8am from Coach Lane to City Campus, and return, every 20 minutes with the last bus back from City Campus to Coach Lane at 3.30pm.
At Coach Lane Campus the buses will leave from Coach Lane Campus East, next to the large car park, running every 20 minutes taking you to City Campus East, next to the central exhibition for the Experience Day at City Campus.
The nearest post code for the Coach Lane car park is NE7 7TR - this will guide you to a nearby housing estate, so as you get close please follow the signs to the University or use what3words: fine.truly.healers
If you have applied by UCAS you will only be able to accept or decline your offer once you have received all of your decisions from all of your choices. Once you have all of your decisions back, you will see a date in your UCAS Hub that you need to respond to your offers by. If you do not reply by the date specified your offer will be declined automatically for you by UCAS. It is important that you do not allow this to happen, as it may not be possible to reinstate any offers later if the course becomes full.
You will need to respond to your offer on your Dfe Apply portal.
If you have applied directly to the University (either online on our website, via a representative or regional office or via your Student Portal if you are a current student) you will need to accept your offer on our applicant portal.
To do this, you should use the ‘Respond to Offer’ button on your applicant portal, choose the course you wish to respond to and then accept or decline your offer.
If you have applied for more than one course at Northumbria, you should accept the course you wish to study and then decline any other applications. You can only hold one firm offer with Northumbria.
If you have previously accepted your Conditional Offer and are now Unconditional you will still need to accept your Unconditional Offer if you have applied directly.
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