Your open day at Park Campus
Saturday 17 October, 10am – 3pm
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We’re excited to meet you at our open day. Find out everything you need to know beforehand, like how to find us and what to expect from your day.
If you still have questions about your day, take a look at our FAQs.
Your schedule
View your schedule below, including various talks and opportunities to explore our campus.
Tip: you can open each section for more information on each, including course talk times.
Check in at the Elwes building main reception and grab a printed programme with course talk times and locations.
We recommend you go to the talk listed for your subject to reduce the risk of overcrowding.
10.30 – 11.15am
Courses: Animation, Art & Design, Journalism, Music & Sound, Photography
Location: TC014
11.45am – 12.30pm
Courses: Computing and Cyber Security, Game Technologies, Film & TV Production, Communications & Media (L6)
Location: TC014
Find out when your course talk and taster session is taking place. We’ll let you know where to head for this when you check in on the day. Each session will last approximately 1 hour 15 minutes. Please note – if you’re visiting to find out more about integrated foundation degrees, you should attend the course talk for the full degree.
Discover practical tips and advice on budgeting, managing your finances, and maintaining a healthy work and study balance while making the most of your university experience.
Screening of Film and TV Production student work.
Choose your own adventure. For Graphic Design, Interior Design, Animation, Computer Games Design and Computer Games Programming, Fine Art, and Photography programmes.
Tours and important extras – available all day
These teams will be available all day in the open day hub to answer any questions you have.
Academics will be available throughout the day when they’re not presenting course talks, and will be happy to answer any questions you have about your course. Please come and say hello to find out more.
Our campus and accommodation tours run every 15 minutes from the Campus Tours stand located in the hub. They’re led by our student ambassadors and you can ask them anything about the campus or student life at UoG.
Make your own way over to our off-campus accommodation at Pittville Student Village, where our ambassadors will be waiting to show you round from 12pm. The postcode is GL52 3JG and it’s a short drive from Park.
Pittville has around 800 rooms, a regular bus service, 24/7 security, a gym, studio, laundry facilities, refectory, study-suite and social spaces.
Getting here
The campus address is: Park Campus, The Park, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, GL50 2RH
Free parking is available onsite.
When you arrive, our friendly student ambassadors will direct you to check in.
Park Campus is also easy to reach using public transport.
Travel bursaries and discounts
Got concerns over how you’ll pay for travel to UoG? We recognise that the cost of travelling to university events can be a barrier. To support as many people as possible to attend, we’re offering a range of travel bursaries and discounts, listed below.
University of Gloucestershire is offering a travel bursary of up to £75 to eligible applicants to help cover transport costs for our open days.
To apply, please fill out this form and we’ll be in touch to confirm your eligibility.
Eligibility criteria
- Eligibility criteria is based on our Access and Participation Plan .
- Travel support must be requested in advance.
- Contributions towards travel will be reimbursed after the event, unless other arrangements have been made with the organisers.
Getting around
Use the digital map (or the PDF version) to navigate around Park Campus, locate the rooms you need to visit for talks, and get a feel for the buildings, facilities, spaces and layout.
Visit the campuses page to find out about the other UoG campuses and more about Pittville Student Village.
FuturePark
On a campus tour, you’ll get the chance to see our exciting new learning space, FuturePark.
It’s been designed as a collaborative space for our Cyber Security, Computing, and Computer Games Design and Programming courses and is equipped with all the latest technology including a Cyber Control Centre, Virtual Reality Facility, digital lounge and chill out space.
Frequently asked questions
Don’t worry, we’ve got you covered with our common open days frequently asked questions.
If you still have a question about your booking please email [email protected]
Explore your new home on campus
Park Campus is surrounded by picturesque parkland and only a short walk from Cheltenham town centre. Originally designed to be Zoological and Botanical gardens, it’s no wonder that it’s popular with students.
Most importantly, Park Campus today is a technological and creative hub where students from technology, media and design create and collaborate using the latest industry equipment.
Close to Park Campus, next to GCHQ, is the Golden Valley development including the Cyber Innovation Centre – a future hub for tech sectors such as cybersecurity, AI and more.
It sees Cheltenham establishing itself as a centre for technology innovation. Part of the university’s connection with the cyber and tech community is the new FuturePark on campus, which has been developed in consultation with CyNam, Hub8 and Plexal.
Explore Cheltenham
If you have time to spare, why not make your way into the centre of Cheltenham and get a feel for this vibrant festival town that you’ll call home.
It’s a 15-minute walk or short drive from Park Campus and has some great options for shopping on the promenade, and plenty of places to eat and drink in the Brewery Quarter.