FAQs

Please refrain from booking any tickets and making travel arrangements until you receive your final booking confirmation for your chosen course. We will contact you to provide your final booking confirmation in late May / early June.

Yes, students from all over the world, including the rest of the UK are welcome to apply and join summer school at the University of Edinburgh.

Please note, if any local students attend summer school, there is no need to book separate accommodation.

Please do not book any private accommodation until you receive your final booking confirmation for your chosen credit course. We will contact you to provide your final booking confirmation in late May / early June.  

Pre-university students must reside in University of Edinburgh accommodation. No exceptions can be made.  

Students are responsible for ensuring they obtain a valid visa to study in the UK. The Summer School team are unable to advise you about visas but if you wish to find out more information please visit the following websites:

UK Government Visas and Immigration

The University of Edinburgh Student Immigration Advice

The Centre for Open Learning is keen to ensure that all students are supported appropriately during the Summer School. Students will be asked to disclose their support needs once they have been offered a place on their chosen course. Please be assured that any information you provide is confidential. Only staff who need to know about a disclosed condition or support needs are informed.

Orientation will take place on the day your course commences.  

No, we regret that check-in and check-out dates cannot be changed. Accommodation bookings will begin the Saturday prior to the course start date, and finish the Saturday following the course end date.

All Pre-University students will be staying in the same building. Students have individual rooms and these are not shared. Students will share the communal area and the bathrooms. 

No, unfortunately this option is not available to Pre-University students. Pre-University students will all be staying within the same building in catered standard accommodation where bathrooms are shared.

All of our Summer School courses are scheduled to be delivered in person and there are no online options available this year.

No, unfortunately, Summer School is unable to offer any scholarship or aid with funding.

Yes! Our Summer School courses are delivered at an undergraduate level, but all students (Master's degree students, PhD students) are welcome to apply, as long as they meet the entry requirements. ​