Book your COVID-19 tests

To help control the spread of COVID-19 and to ensure the safety of everyone on our campuses we are offering regular COVID-19 testing to all students and staff. Both home test kits and on-site tests are available.

The university’s testing service is designed to work alongside the many community testing options also on offer.

Book your test at City campus

Book your tests

We are pausing most of our in-person covid-19 test centres during the holiday period and moving to support a home testing approach.

You can arrange to have a test kit delivered to your home address by visiting the government website. You can also obtain the kits from pharmacies and community test sites.

Home test kits are also available from Eastbourne Hillbrow gym, Falmer gym and Cockcroft Caretakers’ desk.

On-site and click and collect testing is still available at our City campus test site. If you choose to, you can now book up to two tests per week.

Book your tests below:

City campus

You will receive a confirmation email from southcoastevents@brighton.ac.uk which will contain a link that will allow you to access the details of your booking.

Who are the tests for?

The tests are for students and colleagues who are not showing any symptoms. They are designed to identify people who are potentially infectious but are asymptomatic. It’s possible to be positive with COVID-19 but not be aware of it.

Getting your tests

These tests are known as Lateral Flow Tests and can be self-administered at our City campus test centre or at home. They don’t need to be sent to a lab and you’ll get your results the same day.

Please watch the videos to hear from one of our students, Gemma, who took an on-site test. And to learn more about the test itself (noting that there will be some differences when taking a test at home).

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What will happen

The university currently offers either on-site or click and collect home tests. The guidance below relates to on-site testing only.
You can now book up to two tests a week.
In advance of your tests, please download the NHS test and trace app and don’t forget to take your Student ID.
Travel to the test site and register on arrival – remember to practise social distancing, wear a face covering if you’re able to and avoid public transport.
You’ll be given a test kit with a barcode, and instructions on how to take the test.
Once your test is complete, leave the test site, taking your barcode with you – remember to practise social distancing, wear a face covering if able to and avoid public transport.
Wait for your results to be sent to you by text or email.

If your test is positive

If you test positive on any of your tests, you and your housemates will need to self-isolate from the date of your first positive notification for 10 days.
You will then need to book a confirmatory PCR test (selecting the option to attend and test at a test site in person) on the same day as your positive university test, or as soon as possible afterwards. If your confirmatory test returns a negative result, both you and your housemates may stop your self-isolation.
If you don’t take a confirmatory PCR test within two days of your university test, both you and everyone in your household will need to self-isolate for the full 10 day isolation period.
After the self-isolation period it will be possible to return to campus.
If you do need to self-isolate, we’re here to support you.

FAQs for Brighton students

If your test is negative

If you test negative, you don’t need to take any further action but please continue to observe national restrictions on social gathering and good practice including social distancing, hand washing, and wearing of masks.

Visit our COVID-19 pages for more general information about our approach.