Before you arrive

Sign up for our pre-arrival workshop programme Stirling Essentials.

It covers all the key aspects of what its like to study at university.

Complete our pre-arrival online modules.

After your place at Stirling is confirmed, your details will be moved from our Applicant Portal to the Student Portal. This transfer happens between mid to late August. Once you’ve been moved to the Student Portal, you’ll get an email from us called "Enrolment information". You can then complete the next steps to create your timetable.

• From 18 August you can view the University teaching timetable. At this stage your timetable will only display the times of all your full class activities such as lectures for your compulsory modules. Once you complete enrolment and sign up for group sessions such as seminars, you will then see your full timetable.

• From 25 August online enrolment opens for undergraduate students. Make sure to complete this as soon as you can. Once you have completed enrolment, your timetable will be populated with details of lectures and other full class activities for those modules. Group sessions such as seminars will not appear on your timetable until you've completed group sign up - this opens one week before the semester starts.

Make sure your vaccinations are up-to-date.

NHS Scotland advises all students to ensure they have received vaccines for:

• Measles, mumps and rubella (MMR)
• Meningitis ACWY (MenACWY)
• Human papillomavirus (HPV)

Anyone with a weakened immune system or certain eligible health conditions may be offered the coronavirus vaccine.

Phone your GP to check if you've had all the recommended doses you're eligible for. Your GP will check your records and advise if it's clinically appropriate for you to receive any vaccines or further doses.

For more information, visit the NHS Inform website.

Get set with the right tech and skills

To stay on top of your studies, you’ll need a laptop or computer - it’s essential for all our courses. A phone, tablet, or Chromebook won't be suitable as they can’t run all the software you might need. Not sure if your current laptop is good enough? Check out what specs you need or what to buy.

There’s free Wi-Fi across campus, and you get access to Microsoft 365 (Outlook, Teams, Word, Excel, PowerPoint and more) to install on your own devices.

At uni, you’ll use different digital skills than you did at school. Want to see how ready you are? Head over to our Digital Skills Hub to check your current skills and learn what you’ll need to succeed.

Need help with tech stuff? We’ve got support for that too. See our IT guidance for new students.

Arrange your accommodation.

If you haven’t already sorted out accommodation, then check out your on- and off-campus options now.

Plan your travel to campus.

Don’t leave it to the last minute to work out how you’re getting here.

Follow us on social media.

Find out what’s happening around campus by following us on Instagram, TikTok, Facebook or X.

Students from China can also follow us on Weibo and WeChat.

Plan your finances.

Managing your money at university can be a challenge if you are away from home for the first time, managing SAAS or Student Finance payments (without spending the whole lot), or changing your employment to fit around your studies. It is therefore essential to familiarise yourself with the living costs of being a student and plan ahead financially.