You are about to join a community of international, exchange and study abroad students from over 140 countries. Find out the essential information you need to know for when you leave home, arrive on campus, and settle into university life.
If you require a visa for your studies at Surrey, please take a look at the information below.
Check your CAS carefully and ensure that you apply for your visa in good time.
Successful Student Visa applicants from outside the EU/EEA will be issued with a 30- or 90-day entry clearance vignette in their passport. You must travel to the UK within the dates specified on your entry clearance vignette and before the last date of registration as shown on your CAS.
If you are an EU/EEA national you will not receive an entry clearance vignette. Instead your immigration permission will be entirely digital and you should follow instructions in your visa decision letter about how to prove your immigration status.
If you need to apply for a visa before travelling, please check your CAS (Student visas) or visa support letter (Standard Visitor visas) carefully and ensure that you apply for it in good time. If for any reason, you do not receive your visa in time to join the Orientation or begin your studies in-person, please update your online University registration form and contact ieo.incoming@surrey.ac.uk to let us know.
Please note:
The University of Surrey is providing an airport pick up service for new international students arriving into Heathrow on Saturday 14th and Sunday 15th September. Coaches will be departing from Terminal 3 at 9.30am, 11.30am, and 2pm on both days to the University of Surrey. Tickets are £17.50 per seat.
Bookings are now closed.
As an international student coming to study at the University of Surrey, there are a number of things you must do before you travel to the UK.
Be prepared for your arrival in the UK and travelling to the campus.
Information, guidance and support for your first few weeks at Surrey.
