Pre-arrival checklist

Join our Mature Students Chat on Facebook  so that you can meet other mature students, get advice and keep up to date with upcoming events.

Mature students starting at York have the opportunity to sign up for a Student Buddy. A Buddy is a second or third year student who will help you settle into university life and support you through your first year here.

Sign up for the University's Step Ahead induction event, in order to meet other mature students and prepare for studying at York. 

The interactive campus map allows you to input the room code of the room your classes will be in.

There is also a map of food and drink facilities and showers which can be useful for local and commuting students to use.

IT and online services offers information on how to use the IT systems that students at the University of York are expected to use.

Once your place at York is confirmed you will receive a 'joining instructions' email to your personal university email account. This details what to do next including how to set up your university email account. It is important you do this as soon as possible because lots of information about studying at York and about what is happening for mature students will be emailed to you. Make sure that you are regularly checking your emails so that you don’t miss any of this.

When you have enrolled and made your module choices, you will be sent information about accessing your university timetable. You can view your timetable via the student homepage. It is also available to view on Google Calendar which will allow you link your university calendar to your mobile phone. The IT services webpage has advice on how to do this.

The Student Skills Hub helps students improve their key writing, maths, language, IT and other academic skills.

Full-time students are often eligible for council tax exemption.

Students with children can be eligible for extra benefits.

There are also a number of bursaries and scholarships which students may be eligible for.

Check the dates and times for paying your rent on the accommodation web pages.

• Find more information on how to pay the rent.

Check the date and price for your first tuition fee instalment. Find out more about paying the university.

If you will be living locally, or commuting, to the University and NOT living on campus there are a few additional tasks you will need to do. The local and commuting students webpages have more information.

If you are a mature student who is commuting, then you might be eligible to apply for a parking permit so that you can park your car on campus.

Did you know that as a student you are eligible for discounts in a lot of shops? You can sign up for student discounts with either Student Beans or UNiDAYS.

If you have just moved to York and are looking for a doctors surgery, then you can join Unity Health, the surgery located on Campus East.

Check what is happening during Welcome Week. Look at which events the Students’ Union is holding and look at your college’s website to see which events are being held by the college. Any mature student events will be advertised via email and on the University's Mature Students' Facebook group.

The getting ready section of the website has some useful information on what you need to do before starting studying at York.