We know you’re going to have a brilliant time here. There’s a lot to think about before starting university so we have put together some information you will find useful before you arrive and for your first few weeks at uni, to get your student life off to the best possible start.

• Learn – find out about your course and subject area

• Life – student life at the University of Brighton

• Work – employability built into your studies

• IT requirements for your course

Before you start

Information you need before starting

Complete your checklist  everything you need to do before starting on your course

Log into My Brighton  find out about reading lists, course handbooks, LinkedIn learning resources and your pre-entry academic activities.

Explore your subject

Browse your subject area on this Art Design Architecture Media blog.

Visit the School of Architecture and Design blog for information from architecture, interiors and product design courses.

Visit the Summer Shows 2021

Our brilliant graduating students normally show their work in our gallery spaces, on catwalks and in London design shows. Unfortunately, the COVID-19 pandemic means that this won’t be happening in 2021. Instead students will be showing their work digitally – check out the Brighton Exhibitions website.

Take a 360 tour of the campus and some of our facilities

Our art, design, media production, photography, film, sound, humanities and history of art courses are based on our Grand Parade, Brighton campus.

• Grand Parade tour
  See the reception, ceramics workshop, gallery, cafe, restaurant, metal workshop, postgraduate study area, Sallis Benney theatre, weave workshop and wood workshop.
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• Edward Street building
  View the foyer, atrium with computer facilities, gallery area, shared workspaces, photographic studios and photography workshop.
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• Mithras House
  See the foyer, restaurant and one of our lecture theatres
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Subject-specific facilities

• Architecture
  View our architecture workshops, laser cutting room, photography studio and reprographics facilities
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• 3D design and craft facilities
  Tour our many workshops and studio spaces
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• Digital music and sound arts
  See our studios, sound booth, computer suite, sound diffusion lab and performance studio
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• Fine art
  Tour our fine art studio and workshop
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• Graphic design
  See the book arts and letterpress rooms
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• Media production
  See our photo studio, TV studio control room, TV studio, audio suite and edit suite
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• Product design
  See our product design studios, workshops and the creativity suite
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• Journalism – new facilities coming soon!

If you have any questions you can always chat to staff and students before you arrive visit www.brighton.ac.uk/chat

After results day

Look out for our emails telling you about enrolment. Follow our instructions and once you’ve enrolled online you’ll  have access to:

• our online learning environment and be able to download the MyBrighton app.
• reading lists, course handbooks, LinkedIn learning resources and your pre-entry academic activities.

Stay in touch

• Make sure you look out for our emails, attend our ‘get ready for uni’ online events and subscribe to this blog.
• Got any questions before you start? You can also chat to a current student online.

Visit our ‘starting at uni’ pages on our website to find out more about what to expect and what you need to do before you get here.