Arrival Information

This page provides a checklist of things that need to be done once you have received your visa to travel to the UK and you know your arrival date. Please print this page and ensure that you check all the relevant items in this list and keep this page with you when you travel to the UK.

1. Inform your coordinator Suresh Manandhar  regarding your arrival dates.

2. Complete the electronic registration procedure. Follow the instructions given at:

        http://www.york.ac.uk/newstudent

     Once you complete your electronic registration, you should receive your student number.  For legal reasons, please do not ask others (or your coordinator) to complete this process.

     a. Make a printout of the registration page and keep it safe.

     b. You may want to show this to the immigration officer on entry to th UK.

     c. You will need the student number to enroll in our modules.

3. There is lot of information at the newstudent website (http://www.york.ac.uk/newstudent). Please spend some time going through this.

4. Before you board the flight to the UK, make sure that you have the letter from the accomodation office that clearly states your room number. York University is divided into colleges. The letter will tell you the college your room belongs to.

a. Once you arrive here, please go straight to the college porters lodge to collect your room key.

b. You can take No 4.  bus from York train station ( - this is a long high tech looking purple  bus that looks like a train). The bus takes you direct to the University.

5. Arrangement for collection of your stipend has been made. You should receive an email telling you the method for collecting your stipend. Please take your passport and your student registration papers with you to collect your stipend. You will be able to collect your stipend in a monthly basis.

You will need to pay your room rent from your stipend.

6. The easiest route to reach York from Asia is via Manchester Airport. There is a direct train from Manchester Airport to York. The train takes roughly 2 hrs and 30 minutes.

If you are coming from Heathrow/Gatwick London then the simplest (but not the quickest) method is to take the National Express bus from the airport directly to York. I would strongly recommend this. You do not need to purchase the bus ticket in advance. You can pay in the bus. The journey takes about 7-8 hours. You may need to change in London Victoria and/or Leeds but at least you will not need to carry your luggage through the London underground system. The bus will drop you at the York train station. Bus timetable is available from the National Express website  (http://www.nationalexpress.co.uk).

If you are unable to take the bus then you will need to take the London underground to London Kings Cross station and and then take a train York. You should able to purchase the ticket for York from London Heathrow/Gatwick which may be cheaper. Please ask for the cheapest single ticket to York and ask the sales agent to print the departure times from Kings Cross.