Travelling to the UK

What to do when you arrive at the airport in the UK

UK border control

When arriving in the UK, you will have to go through the UK border control before you can enter the UK. This may take some time and you are likely to have to wait in more than one queue throughout the process.

You may also be questioned by UK immigration officers about your time in the UK, make sure you have all the relevant paperwork in your hand luggage so you can produce it when requested.

If you have any problems at immigration and need to contact the University of Brighton, please call us on 01273 642888.

International (non-EU) students

If you are a non-EU student, you will be given a landing card on your flight for you to complete before landing in the UK. Please make sure to have the address of where you will be staying in Brighton so you can include this information on your landing card.

When you go through UK passport control, the immigration officer will request to see the following documents:

• Your passport (containing your student visa) and ID card if applicable.
• Your acceptance letter from the University of Brighton.
• Your CAS statement email.
• Evidence of your funding.

Registering with the UK police

After arriving, students from some countries are required to register with the police within seven days of arrival. If you need to register, this should be written on your visa or Biometric Residence Permit as ‘Police Registration’ or ‘Pol Registration’. In some cases it may only written on the decision letter you received from the Home Office when the supporting documents from your visa application were returned to you, so please do check this as well.

We arrange group police registration sessions for new students. To book a place on a session email visas@brighton.ac.uk with your name and student number.

Visit the Sussex Police website for all information on police registration.

EU and EEA nationals

If you're a student from the EU (or EEA) you will need to travel with a valid passport or a national identity card. You may be asked questions about your stay in the UK, but your passport will not be stamped.

Getting to the University of Brighton

The University of Brighton is based in two cities - make sure you have checked whether your course is based in Brighton or Eastbourne before you leave your home country so that you know which you need to travel to once you arrive in the UK. If you're not sure, you can check with your academic school.

Brighton

Three of our campuses are in the city of Brighton.

• Falmer
• Grand Parade
• Moulsecoomb

Here is a map of our Brighton campuses.

Eastbourne

The Eastbourne campus is based at two places in the town.

Here is a map of our Eastbourne campus.

If you're not attending the international orientation programme and free airport pick up on Tuesday 17 September, then you should make your own arrangements to travel to the University of Brighton. You can get to Brighton and Eastbourne by train or coach from the airport.

Check the departure times for transport from your airport:

• Train – National Rail
• Coach – National Express

Once you've made it to Brighton or Eastbourne, you'll need to consider your onward travel to your accommodation. Check which train or bus stop your accommodation is nearest to, alternatively if you have a lot of luggage with you, it might be easiest to take a taxi to your accommodation.

Arrival at your accommodation

If you have a place in University of Brighton halls of residence or managed accommodation, our accommodation team will have sent you information about what to do when you arrive at your accommodation.

If you have any questions about your accommodation please contact accommodation@brighton.ac.uk.

Contacting home

Once you have arrived at your new home, you might like to call your friends and family to let them know you have arrived safely.

Now that you're in the UK you will need to use the international dialling code for the country you are calling in order to get through.

Find out the international dialling code for your country.

If you do not wish to use your mobile phone to call, our halls of residence have pay phones on site that you can use.

Find out more about living in the UK before you get here.

Stage-two: in-person enrolment

You will have already completed stage-one: online enrolment via studentcentral. If you haven't find out how to complete stage one: online enrolment now.

The second part of your enrolment into the University of Brighton will take place during welcome week.

You can check times and dates of in-person enrolment by clicking the 'get ready for enrolment and welcome week' link on studentcentral.

• Attendance at your in-person enrolment session is essential. If you can't attend your enrolment session, please contact your campus Academic Services office as soon as possible.
• Bring your invitation to enrol letter and any certificates or documents you have been asked to provide. All documents should be originals unless you have been told otherwise.
• If you have queries or concerns regarding in-person enrolment please contact Academic Services enrolment helpline 01273 644777 or log on to the 'get ready for welcome week' section of studentcentral.

If you would like to talk to someone about your enrolment, email studentadministration@brighton.ac.uk.