There are a number of opportunities for prospective students to visit the University of Edinburgh throughout the year. Virtual Visit Take our virtual tour and explore what it's like to study and live in Edinburgh: Virtual Visits As an undergraduate student you will be mostly based in the School of Informatics with lectures, tutorials and classes held in Appleton Tower. The building is located in the University's Central Area and provides purpose-built facilities, computer laboratories and dedicated learning and teaching spaces. You will also attend classes in the Nucleus building at the King’s Buildings campus. The King’s Buildings campus is around 15 minutes by bus from the Central Campus. The Nucleus building is a new shared learning, teaching and social hub; built with a sustainable and environmentally efficient design The Informatics Forum is used for postgraduate research only. Campus Tours Our student-led campus tours take place regularly throughout our academic semesters: Campus Tours Self-guided Tours Follow our self-guided audio walking tours for a flavour of the University, the city and student life: Self-guided Tours Open Days Should you wish to speak to staff and students before you apply, you can do so by attending one of our pre-application visit days. For more information about the University of Edinburgh's Open Days please see: Undergraduate Open Days Postgraduate Open Days Visits to Informatics Buildings If you are unable to come to one of the planned University visit days, we may be able to show you around the Informatics teaching facilities. Please complete the below webform with at least 3 days notice and we will respond to you. Please note: staff are currently working in a hybrid mode so we cannot accommodate unplanned visits and would appreciate if you could give as much notice as possible. Informatics Visit Request Offer Holder Events Once you have applied and received an offer you can attend one of our virtual or in person offer holder events. Email invites to the Offer Holder events are sent from Spring. Online Events Our regular 'Introduction to the University of Edinburgh' sessions provide an overview of what it's like to study with us, and events specific to a particular subject area, or aspect of student life, run at various points throughout the year: Online Events Chat to our Students Chat to current School of Informatics students about their student experience: Chat to our Students Appleton Tower Video Tour Our undergraduate students are mostly based in the School of Informatics with lectures, tutorials and classes held in Appleton Tower. The building is located in the University's Central Area and provides purpose-built facilities, computer laboratories and dedicated learning and teaching spaces. This article was published on 2024-03-18
