Your open day at City Campus
Saturday 13 June, 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, including course talk times.
Check in at reception and grab a programme with course talk times and locations.
An introduction to life at UoG.
Location: GC106
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.
Our student ambassadors will share their experience, hints and tips of how to budget, maintain a good work/study balance and provide an overview of a typical weekly planner.
Location: GC106
Get top tips and advice from our experts to help you make your interview a success.
Location: GC129
Get top tips and advice from our experts to help you make your interview a success.
Location: GC135
Find out what the UoG experience is like for mature students.
Location: GC134
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.
Our academics will be available all day in the open day hub to answer any questions you have about your course. Please do come and say hello.
Our campus 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.
Take a short 8-minute walk and view our off-site accommodation Blackfriars halls, where you will have a guided accommodation tour with a student ambassador.
You’ll also be able to view the Upper Quay halls of residence, just a 5-minute walk from Blackfriars.
Accommodation tours will be running throughout the day until from 12 – 5pm
Getting here
The campus address is: City Campus, Kings Square, Gloucester, GL1 1AW
If you’re visiting City Campus, we recommend parking at:
- Kings Walk Car Park, Gloucester, GL1 1EA,
- Hare Lane South Car Park, Gloucester, GL1 2DA
- Eastgate Shopping Centre Car Park, 2-9 Bell Ln, Gloucester, GL1 1TH.
On-site parking at City Campus is limited to accessible spaces for blue badge holders only. There is also an accessible drop-off point available on St Aldate Street.
City Campus is also easy to reach via 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.
GWR (Great Western Railway) is offering a 20% discount on advance purchase rail tickets to our open day on Sunday 23 November 2025.
Advance tickets must be booked using this webpage by 6pm the day before travel. Use code GLOSOPENDAY26 at checkout to apply the discount (subject to availability).
Fixed-date tickets are non-changeable and non-refundable.
Need help booking your ticket? Call GWR on 0345 700 0125 (option 3, then option 1).
Terms and conditions
- This offer is only available for travel on GWR services. If you are travelling from or within a region of the country that is not part of this network, then you will need to purchase a separate ticket.
- The destination must be relevant to University of Gloucestershire. For example, Gloucester Station and Cheltenham Spa Station.
- Origin of the journey must be within the GWR network, but please note that Advance Purchase tickets are not available for short-distance journeys.
- The scheme is only available for use with Advance Purchase tickets. These set times and dates of travel are non-exchangeable and non-refundable.
- The Open Days GWR travel offer is available for the dates provided by University of Gloucestershire and the week that the event takes place, running from Saturday to the next Sunday. So, stay for more than a day to get a feel for the local scene.
- Discount can be used with the Railway Card 16-25. Tick the box on the page next to it and select from the drop-down menu
National Express is offering a 20% discount on travel to our open day on Saturday 13 June 2026. Use promo code UOG20.
Terms and conditions
- Discount only valid for students travelling to offer holder/open days at University of Gloucestershire.
- Redeemable from any location to Cheltenham Royal Wells Bus Station or Gloucester Transport Hub.
- Only valid for travel to offer holder/open days on the following dates: 20-22 March, 28-30 April, 12-14 June, 16- 18 October and 21-23 November 2026.
- Valid for 1 person per booking.
- Tickets must be booked 3 days in advance of travel date. The return journey (if applicable) must be booked at the time of the outward journey.
- Offer cannot be used in conjunction with concessionary fares, discount Coachcards, Restricted fares, or in conjunction with any other promotional offer.
- Offer cannot be used on third-party services. Read the full National Express terms and conditions.
- All tickets are issued and all passengers are carried subject to National Express’ General Conditions of Carriage.
Getting around
Use the City Campus map to navigate around the campus, locate the rooms you need to visit for talks, and get a feel for the building, facilities, spaces and layout.
Visit the campuses page to find out about the other UoG campuses and Pittville Student Village.
Clubs and societies
Make sure you chat to clubs and societies to find out more about what they offer and how you can get involved. They’ll be available in the hub throughout the day.
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
City Campus is in the heart of Gloucester city centre, home to Gloucester Rugby, the Cathedral where Harry Potter scenes were filmed and Gloucester Quays.
Based in the iconic former Debenhams building on Kings Square, the building has been completely renovated to create a modern and vibrant centre for teaching, learning and community partnerships.
Home to the University’s Education courses, City Campus also welcomes students and staff from Psychological Sciences and Social Work, and from September 2027, it will be home to the Three Counties Dental School.
Explore cutting-edge facilities including mock classroom simulation spaces, multi-purpose teaching and group work areas, an immersive Virtual Reality room, an EEG lab, study spaces and the City Library.
These spaces have been designed to help you learn by doing, giving you access to realistic environments, specialist equipment and flexible areas for independent and collaborative study.
Step outside and you’re right in the centre of Gloucester, with shops, cafés and places to eat within easy reach. Gloucester’s historic docks and Gloucester Quays are around a 15-minute walk away, offering outlet shopping, bars, restaurants and cafés.
City Campus is easy to reach too, with Gloucester railway station just a 6-minute walk away and Gloucester Transport Hub only 3 minutes away.
Explore Gloucester
If you have time to spare, why not make your way into the centre of Gloucester and get a feel for this historic, vibrant city that you’ll call home.
It’s a 20 minute walk or short drive from Oxstalls and has some great options for shopping at the Quays and plenty of places to eat and drink in Gloucester Docks.