Offer Holder Day at Roehampton Vale campus – Saturday 8 March 2025

We look forward to welcoming you to your Offer Holder Day. On this page you'll find all the information you need to help plan your day.

Programme

Your Offer Holder Day gives you the opportunity to attend:

  • Course experience sessions: please check your course below for timing
  • Kingston: our Future Skills approach: 9.30–10.15am.
    Get an overview of the unique Kingston experience and the next steps in your offer holder journey. You'll also hear from our students about how our Future Skills approach is helping them develop the skills that major business have told us they value most.
  • Parents and Supporters Q&A: 10.30–11.30am
  • Support Services Exhibition: 9am–2.30pm
    Find out about a wide range of additional support and activities available at Kingston University, including student funding, accommodation, disability support and careers. Experienced staff will be on hand to answer any questions you have. Further information stands are available at our Kingston Hill Campus.
  • Lunch: 1pm–2pm. join our academics for a free sandwich lunch following the course experience session.

You can take our free uni bus to our Kingston Hill campus to also attend:

  • Accommodation tours: 10am–2.30pm (the last tour will depart at 2pm).
    Check out our accommodation on one of our student-led tours.

Course experience sessions and registration times

You'll be able to meet academics during the interactive session and get a taste of what it's like to study at Kingston. Whilst these sessions are only for our offer holders, guests are welcome to go on an accommodation tour, visit the Support Services Exhibition and attend our Parents and Supporters Q&A.

Find your course

To find out about the specific timings for your course experience session, please look up your course in the list below. Contact us at srteam@kingston.ac.uk if you have any questions, would like to attend more than one experience session, or if any of the times offered do not work for you.

Aerospace Engineering (Space Technology) MEng/BEng (Hons)

  • Registration: 9am
  • Course experience session: 10.30am–1.30pm

Course experience – Come fly with me

Have you ever questioned how aircraft stay in the sky? Discover the dynamics that allow airplanes and rockets to fly. You'll also get to take off with your very own Kingston University lab coat.

What do you need to bring with you?

Please wear closed toe shoes as you'll visit our labs.

Aerospace Engineering MEng/BEng (Hons)

  • Registration: 9am
  • Course experience session: 10.30am–1.30pm


Course experience – Come fly with me

Have you ever questioned how aircraft stay in the sky? Discover the dynamics that allow airplanes and rockets to fly. You'll also get to take off with your very own Kingston University lab coat.

What do you need to bring with you?

Please wear closed toe shoes as you'll visit our labs.

Aircraft Engineering BEng (Hons)

  • Registration: 9am
  • Course experience session: 10.30am–1.30pm

Course experience – Come fly with me

Have you ever questioned how aircraft stay in the sky? Discover the dynamics that allow airplanes and rockets to fly. You'll also get to take off with your very own Kingston University lab coat.

What do you need to bring with you?

Please wear closed toe shoes as you'll visit our labs.

Aircraft Engineering BEng (Hons) top-up

  • Registration: 9am
  • Course experience session: 10.30am–1.30pm

Course experience – Come fly with me

Have you ever questioned how aircraft stay in the sky? Discover the dynamics that allow airplanes and rockets to fly. You'll also get to take off with your very own Kingston University lab coat.

What do you need to bring with you?

Please wear closed toe shoes as you'll visit our labs.

Aviation Engineering BEng (Hons)

  • Registration: 9am
  • Course experience session: 10.30am–1.30pm

Course experience – Come fly with me

Have you ever questioned how aircraft stay in the sky? Discover the dynamics that allow airplanes and rockets to fly. You'll also get to take off with your very own Kingston University lab coat.

What do you need to bring with you?

Please wear closed toe shoes as you'll visit our labs.

Aviation Operations with Commercial Pilot Training BSc (Hons)

  • Registration: 9am
  • Course experience session: 10.30am–1.30pm

Course experience – Come fly with me

Have you ever questioned how aircraft stay in the sky? Discover the dynamics that allow airplanes and rockets to fly. You'll also get to take off with your very own Kingston University lab coat.

What do you need to bring with you?

Please wear closed toe shoes as you'll visit our labs.

Electrical and Electronic Engineering MEng/BEng (Hons)

  • Registration: 9am
  • Course experience session: 10.30am–1pm

Course experience – Let's get musical

Create your own music using circuit programming and demo our new robots in our new electronics lab.

What do you need to bring with you?

Please wear closed toe shoes as you'll visit our labs.

Electronic Products Engineering MEng/BEng (Hons)

  • Registration: 9am
  • Course experience session: 10.30am–1pm

Course experience – Let's get musical

Create your own music using circuit programming and demo our new robots in our new electronics lab.

What do you need to bring with you?

Please wear closed toe shoes as you'll visit our labs.

Mechanical Engineering (Automotive Engineering) MEng/BEng (Hons)

  • Registration: 9am
  • Course experience session: 10.30am–1pm

Course experience – Build your own robot

Build and code your own robot in our specialist labs! You'll also get to take home your very own Kingston University lab coat.

What do you need to bring with you?

Please wear closed toe shoes as you'll visit our labs.

Mechanical Engineering MEng/BEng (Hons)

  • Registration: 9am
  • Course experience session: 10.30am–1pm

Course experience – Build your own robot

Build and code your own robot in our specialist labs! You'll also get to take home your very own Kingston University lab coat.

What do you need to bring with you?

Please wear closed toe shoes as you'll visit our labs.

Robotic Engineering and Artificial Intelligence MEng/BEng (Hons)

  • Registration: 9am
  • Course experience session: 10.30am–1pm

Course experience – Build your own robot

Build and code your own robot in our specialist labs! You'll also get to take home your very own Kingston University lab coat.

What do you need to bring with you?

Please wear closed toe shoes as you'll visit our labs.

Support Services Exhibition

The Support Services Exhibition is where you can pick up information about the University's main support services. This will include accommodation, careers, employability and placements, disability and mental health, student funding and more.

You'll have the chance to speak to experienced staff at these stands and find out more about the University. It's a good idea to plan ahead and perhaps write down your questions in advance so you don't forget something important on the day.

Parents and Supporters Q&A

Parents, carers, and supporters are welcome to attend our Offer Holder Day. However, please note that the course experience sessions are only for our offer holders. Whilst they're busy test driving their degree and making friends, join us at our Parents and Supporters Q&A where you can meet Faculty representatives.

Plan your journey to Roehampton Vale campus

Friars Avenue, London SW15 3DW

Roehampton Vale campus is located just three miles from Kingston town centre, with easy access by public transport.

Kingston University is within the Ultra Low Emission Zone (ULEZ). For more information, please see the Royal Borough of Kingston upon Thames website.

Bus

The 85 and K3 buses stop outside the campus. For further information, visit the Transport for London website.

London buses do not accept cash, but you can pay using an Oyster travelcard or with a contactless credit card. More information on fares and payments can be found on the TfL buses website.

We also run a free intersite bus service for students, staff and visitors. The KU1 connects this campus with Kingston and Surbiton mainline train stations and Kingston town centre.

Train

Trains run regularly from London Waterloo to Kingston station (midweek four trains per hour, journey times 28–33 minutes). Kingston station is in Travelcard Zone 6. For further information and timetables, visit the National Rail Enquiries website.

From Kingston station

  • Take the train to Kingston
  • Leave the railway station via the main exit
  • Cross the lights to the left onto Cromwell Road (for the bus station)
  • Take the 85 or K3 bus
  • Get off at the 'Roehampton Vale Asda' stop
  • Cross the road (Stag Lane)
  • The Roehampton Vale campus is immediately opposite, down Friars Avenue

Car

On-site parking facilities are very limited and will only be open until 2pm at the Roehampton Vale campus.

We strongly recommend Open Day visitors use the excellent public transport links instead of driving.

Free car parking is available on all sites for blue badge holders.

All car park users agree to the University car parking terms and conditions.

Cycle

There is a network of cycle routes adjacent to most university sites. Cycle parking facilities are available on all sites, including halls of residence.

View information on cycle routes around the University.

Plane

Heathrow and Gatwick international airports are the closest to Kingston, with coaches, buses and trains linking the airports with the town.

Free campus shuttle bus

A free University shuttle bus will run throughout the Open Day every 20 minutes. Look out for our friendly student ambassadors in the brightly coloured tops who can help direct you.

The shuttle buses call at the following campuses and stops:

  • Roehampton Vale campus – Bus stop, just outside the campus by the main road (A3). The bus returns to Kingston Hill, before continuing its circuit back into Kingston.
  • Penrhyn Road campus – Closest bus stop to Knights Park campus. Bus stop outside the campus.
  • Kingston town centre, on route to Penrhyn Road - Fairfield bus station (KT2 2PG). Stop B2 (near Kingston train station)
  • Kingston town centre, on route to Kingston Hill - Cromwell Road bus station (KT2 6RD). Stop A2 (around the corner from Kingston train station)

Roehampton Vale location

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Any questions?

Please email srteam@kingston.ac.uk if you have any queries about the Offer Holder Day and we'll be happy to help.