Applicants

Visit us

We're really excited to welcome you to Canterbury! There are a number of ways that you can visit our stunning campus, from Open Days and Applicant Days, to campus tours and self-guided tours.  

2024 Open Days and Campus Visit days

Choosing a university is a big decision. Our Open Days and Campus Visit Days are an opportunity for you to chat to our academic staff, take a tour of the campus and find out more about our degrees. You can choose to meet us on campus or at a virtual event.    

Book an event or campus tour now!

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2024 Applicant Days - what to expect

Take a look around our facilities

We are based in the award-winning Sibson building. It houses well-equipped lecture and seminar spaces, as well as high-performance computing facilities and breakout spaces for group work.

All of our degrees can be studied with or without an industrial placement after your second year. From international organisations to local companies, our students are supported to find the placement that is right for them.

In addition to Kent's Student Support and Wellbeing Service, you can access a range of tailored support.

Student Support Team

The Student Support Team provides advice and support on any pastoral or academic issues, and can also help you access other forms of support available at Kent. You can visit them at their offices in Cornwallis South, or you can call 

You can contact them before you arrive at Kent at CEMSSupport@kent.ac.uk

Academic Advisers

Each student at Kent is assigned an Academic Adviser. Your Academic Adviser stays the same throughout your undergraduate studies, and can provide personalised 1:1 academic advice and guidance throughout your studies. They may or may not teach you directly but will have specialist knowledge of your programme of study. Your Academic Adviser will also contact you to arrange meetings with you. During the meetings you’ll cover important topics such as how you are managing university life, details relating to your course, your module choices and to how best support you going forward.

Academic Advisers can also signpost you to the wide variety of student support services aimed at improving your academic performance or more specialist support services for welfare advice.

Employability and Placements Team

The Employability and Placements Team can guide you through all the work-based opportunities available to you as a student, including skills workshops and inspirational speakers. They also provide advice and support on your Year in Industry, including CV workshops, mock interviews, help finding a placement, and application guidance. We also visit you during your placement year to see how you're getting on!

Student Success and Attainment Team

This team covers a broad spectrum of different activities including looking after our student reps and societies, planning student events, answering general student enquiries, collecting student feedback (for example via our student voice forums) and planning activities to help you to make connections and to promote equality, diversity and inclusivity.

If you have any queries about our programmes, the School, or your application, please email us at information@kent.ac.uk and we will get back to you as soon as possible.