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New students starting in January 2024

22 November 2023

This January, we’ll be welcoming around 1,000 new students to UCL. This includes Affiliate students, Postgraduate students and those on Degree Apprenticeships.

a UCL student ambassador stands in front of Portico building wearing a 'Welcome' UCL-branded t-shirt and smiling

The Student Welcome and Induction team will be on campus Friday 5 January and Monday 8 January to host events, campus tours, helpdesks and ID card collection service, so please promote this to your January starters.  

The invitation to these events is extended to those returning from interruption and to any returning student who wishes to continue their induction.  

Key dates for January starters:

  • Invitations to pre-enrol will be sent to new students from Wednesday 29 November 
  • Welcome to UCL emails will be sent to new students on Tuesday 5 December, Tuesday 19 December and Tuesday 2 January 
  • Invitations to select modules (if applicable) will be sent to new students from Wednesday 13 December 
  • International and Affiliate student events hosted on Friday 5 January  
  • Postgraduate events hosted on Monday 8 January 
  • Walk-in service for new student ID cards on Friday 5 January and Monday 8 January 
  • Deadline for module selection is Friday 19 January 
  • Doctoral School induction and networking events to be hosted in early February 

All events, service times and locations can be found on the New Students’ website.  

Please note, we will be sending a welcome back email to those returning from interruption. We’ll be inviting them to the activities listed above.  

For the full details on communications and events, and to keep up-to-date on all student welcome and induction activities, please join our Student Welcome and Induction Teams Group and check out our staff SharePoint (which you can access once a Teams Group member).  

Staff Survey – feedback on welcome and induction 

If you are located in an academic department, division or faculty and you helped with the induction of your new students this September (either with communication or activities), please get your voice heard and complete the staff survey today. 

We need your constructive feedback to learn about your staff experience of delivering welcome and induction activity locally and coordinating with centrally run activity.  

Your insights will feed into our annual report and will form the priorities for improvement next year. 

Complete the 10-minute survey

For more information, please get in touch with the Welcome and Induction team at welcome@ucl.ac.uk.