Your AberArrival – Arrival and Induction Checklist - Shortened Version
Starting at university is an exciting time and we want to ensure that you are settled as soon as you arrive. There are new friends to be made, new places to discover and the chance to develop many new interests within the first few days.
Before completing these tasks make sure you complete the ‘AberAnticipation – Pre Arrival’ checklist.
Follow this shortened step by step guide to ensure that you’re aware of what you need to do when you arrive, and click on the link below to get more detailed information for each step of the journey.
For your information the boxes coloured in RED are deemed essential tasks and those in BLUE are deemed recommended tasks.
Remember your AberArrival Dates…
Remember the key dates for your AberArrival and that University Accommodation will be available for you to move in from the start of your Accommodation Occupation Contract.
Dates of Term
Getting to Aber from your Home
If you’re living in on-campus accommodation, follow your arrival instructions from our Accommodation Team. Whether it’s by car, train or other means, view your options on getting to Aber.
Travelling to Aberystwyth
Moving into your Accommodation
Find out further information about collecting your key and your Aber Card from the detailed checklist. Remember to also pick up your AberWelcome Guide to Welcome Week during check-in.
Moving In
Connect to campus Wi-Fi
When you arrive on campus ensure you connect to the university’s main wireless network, called eduroam. You can then stay connected wherever you are on campus.
International Student?
Please ensure you access the more detailed checklist here for further steps in relation to letting your family know you’ve arrived!
Connecting to the Wi-Fi
Visit the Welcome Zone
This is your dedicated place for help and support on campus during the main arrivals weekend. Speak to our friendly advisers or peer supporters.
- Thursday 18 September – Saturday 20 September 2025 (9am-5.30pm) : Hugh Owen Library
- Sunday 21 September 2025 (12pm – 6.30pm): Aberystwyth Arts Centre
International Student?
Please ensure you access the more detailed checklist here for further steps in relation to the International Students Welcome Breakfast
Welcome Zone – Location
Attend the AberWelcome Sunday Sessions
The AberWelcome Sunday Sessions are interactive in-person talks designed to answer all your burning questions as you arrive at Aber.
- Sunday 21 September 2025 (12pm – 6.30pm): Aberystwyth Arts Centre
Access the more detailed checklist here for timings for these talks.
Sunday Sessions - Location
International Student?
Check and/or collect your visa documentation
Please ensure you access the more detailed checklist here for further steps in relation to Check and/or collect your visa documentation
Get involved in Welcome Week Events and Activities
Welcome Week is a week of events and activities organised by various teams across the University for new students to get involved in! It's all aimed at welcoming you to campus, getting you settled, making friends and connections, feeling at home and familiarising with the campus.
More events will be added in the lead up to Welcome Week so be sure to keep checking back.
International Student?
Attend International Orientation Events during Welcome Week!
There will be a programme of events for new international students throughout Welcome Week and beyond. Access the more detailed checklist here for more information.
Welcome Week Events
Meet your department!
Your Academic Department's Induction is an important introduction to your course and subject before the work begins. This will be held over several days during your Welcome Week. Your department will have a range of activities planned over the week and beyond.
For information about all the events at your department visit this page and select your course.
Academic Department Activities
Complete your Course Registration
Remember before you can be known as a full-time or part-time student at Aberystwyth you will need to complete registration. If you find you need help to complete the Online Registration task or have other queries, you can go to the Registration Zone during Welcome Week:
- Monday 22 September – Wednesday 24 September 2025: Hugh Owen Library
International Student?
Please ensure you access the more detailed checklist here for further steps in relation to completing your course enrolment.
Registration Zone – Location
Visit the Freshers Fair
The Freshers Fair organised by Undeb Aberystwyth (Students’ Union) is a showcase of everything student life has to offer. Each day there will be a mix of different businesses, sports clubs, societies and local organisations present. This is an unmissable part of your Aber welcome.
- Tuesday 23 September – Thursday 25 September 2025: Aberystwyth Arts Centre
Freshers Fair Details
Complete AberWelcome : The Campus Quest
Take part in our fun interactive, and self-guided digital campus quest where you can get to know the campus and your new friends a bit better by doing it as a group even! To get the most out of the tour do so with others, in the daylight and if raining take an umbrella!
This tour uses an app called Actionbound. To get started, download the app for iOS -Link or Android - Link and then visit the tour page below.
The Campus Quest
Engage with the AberWelcome Department Peer Guides (if applicable)
Most academic departments will have a team of departmental peer guides who are currently studying in their second or third year or postgraduate level. Dependent on the department that you are studying with, you may be automatically contacted by a peer guide before you arrive, or contacted by your department to ask if you wish to sign up for a peer guide or not. During the Welcome period there will be opportunities for you to ask questions and receive information that will be of help.
Note: This doesn’t apply with some academic departments.
Aber Welcome : Peer Support
Take our online consent training
Aberystwyth is a safe, equitable and inclusive university. We are committed to continually making our campus a safer place, with a zero tolerance to harassment, any hate crime, abuse and bystander behaviours. By learning more about consent and completing the training, help us keep Aberystwyth safe.
Consent Training
International Student?
Open a UK Bank Account
As an international student you generally cannot open a UK bank account until you are in the UK and have registered on a programme of full-time study. You can set up a UK bank account online or in person in one of the local banks in Aberystwyth.
Register with a doctor
When you arrive at Aberystwyth we recommend that you register with a GP (family doctor) locally. We want to ensure that there is support and advice available to help you register with a GP and you can find further information here.
Register online
Remember if you ever need help during your Aber Arrival…
The A-Team and staff will be about throughout the first few days of the main arrival weekend. However staff will be on hand throughout all of the arrival periods and we have a list of key contacts in our detailed checklist.
Key Contact Details
Information for arrivals outside Welcome Week
We strongly encourage you to arrive in Aber in time for your AberArrival key dates to make the most of the activities that are planned to help you settle into life at the university. However we understand that there are various reasons why this may not be possible.
Please ensure you access the more detailed checklist here for further steps in relation to arriving outside Welcome Week.
Arriving Outside Welcome Week