Student Charter

What you Need to Know about Admissions

Aberystwyth has a policy of responsible recruitment: while we are aware of the competition for the best students, we consider the educational and social needs of our students to be paramount, and want our applicants to make a well informed choice.  For this reason, we encourage applicants and their families to visit the University, and, throughout the year, applicants who receive offers from us are invited to attend special Applicant Visiting Days.  For the general public and individuals who are thinking about making an application in the future, three Open days are held annually in July and October. In cases where an Interview Is a prerequisite for admission, the University will reimburse 100% of UK mainland travelling costs, if the journey is made by rail, and 50% of the costs, if another means of transport is used. The same financial assistance is available to help successful applicants attend Applicant Visiting Days. (Please note that financial assistance cannot be offered to help attend an Open Day).

Sources of Information About Courses

  • The University Prospectus, is available free of charge, both in Welsh and in English, from the Admissions and Recruitment Office, Student Welcome Centre, Aberystwyth Univesity, Penglais, Aberystwyth, SY23 3FB Telephone 01970 622021, e-mail – ug-admissions@aber.ac.uk, on-line www.aber.ac.uk/en/pub/ug. The Prospectus lists all degree and HND schemes available up to the time of publication, and includes an indication of entry requirements for each scheme.  
  • The University Website www.aber.ac.uk   The information on the website reflects that in the Prospectus , and includes most changes made since publication of the Prospectus.

  • Information on Welsh Medium provision is available on www.aber.ac.uk/en/cgg/learning-teaching/

  • The UCAS Directory and UCAS Big Guide. These two publications list all degree and HND schemes available up to the time of publication.

  • The UCAS Website www.ucas.com  - the online 'Course search' facility. This reflects the details In the afore-mentioned books and includes all changes made since their publication. UCAS 'Course Search' provides the most up-to-date and definitive register of degree and HND schemes offered by the University.  

Additional Costs associated with your study

Depending on your choice of course, there may be additional costs associated with field trips and outside visits.  Details of these additional costs are published on http://www.aber.ac.uk/en/student-finance/undergraduate-uk/additionalfeescharges/ and will appear in the Prospectus from 2013/14.

Information on Our Performance

Aberystwyth is committed to the maintenance of high academic standards in teaching and research.

The Quality Assurance Agency regularly audits the quality assurance systems of each University.

The Unistats website (www.unistats.com) contains useful information on admissions, student progression and employment, together with the results of the National Student Survey.

Looking for Somewhere to Live

Information about accommodation is available on the Accommodation Office website.

We guarantee a place in University managed accommodation to our new students provided that accommodation applications are made by the appropriate date and that students respond to the deadlines contained in the offer of accommodation. In fact around 48% of our full-time campus-based students stay in our own accommodation.

The University welcomes accommodation applications from students with special requirements and has a number of adapted rooms available in University Residences, we will endeavour to allocate the most suitable accommodation according to individual requirements during each year of study at the University provided that accommodation applications are received within the published Accommodation Office deadlines.

Our Accommodation Office maintains a register of private sector accommodation which normally includes vacancies for student families/couples and vacancies for single students in shared houses, flats and bedsits. The Accommodation Office staff will be happy to advise you on any aspect of accommodation in Aberystwyth

Student Wellbeing

We believe your time at University should be both happy and successful, and should prepare you for your responsibilities and career in the wider world. At Aberystwyth University we offer "whole person development". Apart from intellectual development, we want all our students to engage in the many opportunities for personal, emotional, social and physical growth. The new Student Support Centre offers a one-stop shop for anyone who encounters barriers to their health and happiness. This includes a Student Health Centre, Learner Support (Study Skills, Language proficiency, disabilities), financial advice, International Students, and general wellbeing. It is also a referral point for counselling, advice and the wider network of support in the community.

If you live in halls, you will have your own resident Tutor, who is responsible for your settling in and helping you to adjust to student life. But all students have their own Personal Tutor, who is a first point of contact about your academic progress and course options. Aberystwyth is consistently rated top in Wales, and within the top 10 in the UK, for Student Satisfaction. We will do all we can to make your University life happy and profitable.

Childcare

The University has two Nurseries, a baby unit and an after-school playgroup. Priority is given to student parents. Further information is available at http://www.aber.ac.uk/en/childcare/