However you plan to arrive in Nottingham, we have guidance to help you plan your journey.Plan your travel to campus

If you have booked University-owned accommodation, you will be able to arrive on campus as early as 15 December 2020 so that you can complete any required quarantine period before engaging with your studies in person. Make sure you book your quarantine period with us so that we can support you. 

If you have booked third-party accommodation, you will need to contact your provider directly. If you have arranged accommodation through a private landlord you will also need to contact them directly.  

If you have not yet arranged accommodation, please visit our accommodation pages.

If you are travelling from outside the UK, you may need to self-isolate for 10 days on arrival into the UK. This may be reduced to five days subject to a private negative Covid-19 test. Read about test to release here.

This will apply to you if you are travelling from (or have visited) any countries not included on the UK government’s exemptions list. Check the list regularly, as it is subject to change. If you do need to isolate on arrival in the UK, please try to make sure you arrive in time to complete your isolation period prior to the beginning of your studies. 

Apply for your University card

If you are a new student, you will need a University card, which is an essential part of studying with us. It’s your student identification, library card, building access card, bus card (on selected services) and sports centre card. You can also use it to access printing and photocopying services.

To apply for yours, you will need your University username and password, and a digital passport sized photo saved as a .jpg.

Apply for your card

We are committed to keeping you safe on campus. An important part of this is ensuring that you have the information you need to take responsibility for your safety and the safety of others by following our social distancing guidance.

You will need to apply for your University card before you can sign the pledge.

Check if your course has additional equipment that you need to purchase before studying in person (for example lab coats etc.). Look for the 'Before you arrive' section on your school or department page.

Now more than ever, it’s important that you look after your health and ensure that you have a local general practice (GP) surgery to go to, should you need medical advice or assistance.

You can choose your own surgery to register with, but we you to register with the University of Nottingham Health Service (UNHS) or the Orchard Surgery (for students on Sutton Bonington Campus), as these practices specialise in looking after students, staff and their families and dependants.

How to register

Find your nearest GP surgery (in most cases, this will be UNHS or Orchard Surgery). You will need a local Nottingham address and postcode for this. If you are moving into University halls, you can find your address and postcode here.

The health and safety of our community is our top priority and we are all making adjustments to help keep each other safe.

Our UK campuses reopened in September as planned. The current number of active cases of COVID-19 among our student community is continuing to reduce and is now at low levels.

We have put measures in place to minimise the spread of COVID-19, including:

• face coverings, hygiene procedures and social distancing
• our own in-house testing service, helping to identify cases earlier and faster than the national system (alongside national testing centres based on our campuses)
• increased support and dedicated outdoor areas for students who need to isolate