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New Students

Welcome to Northumbria University. As a Post Graduate Research (PGR) student, there are a few things that new students need to do before they arrive and on arrival. New students should refer to their enrolment welcome email letter that they will have received. This included the student number and log-in details. The information on that letter and the information found below should be used to prepare for arrival.

New Students

Click here to find out about enrolment. 

If you have any questions relating to your Visa, contact Student Life and Wellbeing

In order to access and set up your Northumbria email account follow these steps:

  • Visit the Student Portal
  • Select Student Email link on the right
  • Log-in with your Northumbria username and password
  • You may be shown an Outlook Web App screen to select your vision, language and time requirements. Please note that if you are studying in the UK your timezone should be set up to (UTC) Dublin, Edinburgh, Lisbon, London. Then click OK.
  • Your messages should be displayed – double click on each message to fully open it.
  • The first message in your inbox will contain your Northumbria email name

Click here to find out all about your Student Smartcard and how to get one.

If you have any questions before you arrive, please contact the Graduate School faculty aligned address (your faculty is indicated on your Offer Letter):

 

Arts, Design and Social Sciences - ad.graduateschool@northumbria.ac.uk

Business and Law - bl.graduateschool@northumbria.ac.uk

Engineering and Environment - ee.graduateschool@northumbria.ac.uk

Health and Life Sciences - hl.graduateschool@northumbria.ac.uk

Accommodation & Arrival

Accommodation

Contact Accommodation

Meet and Greet Service

 

Campus Maps & Number 1 Shuttle-Bus Link

City Campus

Coach Lane Campus

Bus to Coach Lane

 

Library & Facilities Around Campus

Library

General Facilities

IT Services

 

Health & Wellbeing

Support for Students 

Student Safety and Wellbeing

Chaplaincy and Faith

Accessibility Information

 

Student Life

Student Union

Clubs and Societies

Sport

Student Discounts

Being a student means that you have access to local/national/internet student discounts in some shops, facilities, travel and transport. You can apply for an NUS card too.

 

Self-Development & Careers

Academic Language Skills Programmes (ALS)

Careers Online Employability Hub (you need to be registered/logged in as a student to access this)

Vitae

 

Letters & Payment of Fees

Self-service Letters

Payment of Any Fees

 


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