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Hey, does anyone know when term starts (including freshers)? As in, the day we can start turning up to our accommodation? It's a six hour drive each way for me so my parents are nagging me to find out because they'll need to book the time off work :P

Hey, does anyone know when term starts (including freshers)? As in, the day we can start turning up to our accommodation? It's a six hour drive each way for me so my parents are nagging me to find out because they'll need to book the time off work :P

You can normally start moving into halls from around 4pm onwards on the Friday before Freshers' Week. At least that is how it worked last year. As mentioned, Freshers' Week starts on Monday 10 September this year. You will be given the chance to book a slot online by the accommodation office closer to the time. As there are slots available over the weekend too, there may actually be no need for them to take time off at work.

Hope this helps, enjoy Glasgow!

Just quickly glanced at this forum as I was in the same position as you guys last year, how time flies haha!

Noticed your post as it was one of the more recent ones For life sciences, you don't get accepted to a specific degree, just to the school so basically you can chose to do any life science degree. I applied to do anatomy but I think I may change to Immunology or Pharmacology, can't decide. At Glasgow you don't need to decide your final degree to 2nd year (sometimes 3rd depending on what area).

In your first year you will do generalised biology courses, you won't do anything Neuroscience specific. You also have to either do Chemistry or Science Fundamentals if you haven't done chemistry before/not comfortable with it. Your 3rd subject can be whatever you like. I took Spanish beginners

I'm not sure how you enrol actually, can't remember, I think you may get an email and then that's when you go on and pick your classes and sort out your timetable, it's all done online.

Hopefully this helps, any questions just ask

hey is there a facebook group for all of us starting at glasgow uni this september? link? if not, would anybody be interested in making it happen/ joining? personally i would love to get to know all of you, and fb is better than tsr for casual chatting.. who's with me?

Do you mind if I ask a quick question?
I'm just wondering how many hours lectures/labs etc you had per week in first year?
From what I've managed to gather from the website it looks like quite a lot.
(I know the third subject will depend what I choose, but if you know for Bio and Chem?)

For Bio and Chem it was near enough lectures every day Mon-Fri and a lab for each which lasts 3 hours every week.
My 3rd subject, I only had 3 classes but for others they had lectures every day so it just depends

Can anybody tell me when you receive your welcome packs from the uni? Apart from the letter with my offer on it i havent had any further communication with the uni despite firming the offer over 4 months ago.

Can anybody tell me when you receive your welcome packs from the uni? Apart from the letter with my offer on it i havent had any further communication with the uni despite firming the offer over 4 months ago.

I emailed the Uni last month and they said the Welcome Packs will be sent out "sometime in July".

Why is this an issue? You need 3 months to assimilate an information pack?

Why is this an issue? You need 3 months to assimilate an information pack?

I'm sorry that my curiosity offends you.

Also implementing natural deduction on a forum is unnecessary; and you might insult someone you don't really know.

I also firmed Glasgow for Environmental Science. The degree takes place at Dumfries Campus so is there anyone else who is going to go to Dumfries in September?

Hi All,

How long does it take to receive a decision from Glasgow University? (MSc application)

Best,
Noyan