Complete the matriculation process
Matriculation is the process by which you officially enrol at the University. Every student needs to complete the steps, with additional steps if you are coming from outside the UK, the EU, or the EEA.
Matriculation is the process by which you officially enrol at the University before you start your studies. Without fully matriculating, you will be cancelled off the programme you have applied to study and you will be unable to access any of the University’s services and/or facilities.
You complete matriculation online and your School will tell you how to complete your matriculation by confirming your attendance. If you have any questions about how to complete matriculation, please contact your School.
You may have been asked for additional criteria in your offer communication, such as evidence of English language proficiency, or completion of a Disclosure Scotland application, etc. You will need to follow all instructions provided in your offer holder email to complete this first step.
If you were not asked to provide anything additional as part of your offer, you do not need to do anything. Transferring your medical records
There is no direct transfer of your medical records between general practices. You will need to register with a practice in Edinburgh, and they will arrange to transfer your records from your previous GP.
It is important to note that this can take some considerable time at present so if you do have an ongoing health condition please bring a summary of your condition with you and provide this to your new GP.
Annual Registration is open to any student with an unconditional offer approximately four to six weeks prior to your programme start date. You must complete registration online ahead of your start date in order to begin your studies.
You will receive an email to your University email address with details on how to complete this step, including the deadline for completing your registration. You will start receiving these emails by mid-August.
• You will continue to receive reminder emails to complete registration.
• You will be able to access the annual registration link via the email that is sent to you. Alternatively, you will need to login into MyEd and access your student record by clicking onto the following tabs on the MyEd homepage: Accounts> Progression > My student record
• You will be required to input personal information.
• You will be able to update information anytime and use any device to complete your registration.
Learn more about the requirements for Annual Registration
There is no direct transfer of your medical records between general practices. You will need to register with a practice in Edinburgh, and they will arrange to transfer your records from your previous GP.
It is important to note that this can take some considerable time at present so if you do have an ongoing health condition please bring a summary of your condition with you and provide this to your new GP.
The final step to complete the matriculation process is for your School to confirm that you have started your studies.
The process for confirming your attendance varies between School, types of study, and Programme. It will most likely take place at your first induction meeting, but your School or programme will contact you around the start of your programme to explain the next steps on how they will confirm that you have started your studies. If you have any questions, please contact your School or Programme directly.
You should also set up your University email on Office365 as soon as possible, as this is how your school will begin to communicate with you.
Set up your University email on Office 365
There is no direct transfer of your medical records between general practices. You will need to register with a practice in Edinburgh, and they will arrange to transfer your records from your previous GP.
It is important to note that this can take some considerable time at present so if you do have an ongoing health condition please bring a summary of your condition with you and provide this to your new GP.
Paying your fees is part of the matriculation process. Tuition fees and related charges are due in full, in advance or during the first few weeks of semester. See Task 4 (Pay your fees) ffor more information about payment/planning the payment of your tuition fees.
The University of Edinburgh has a legal obligation to make sure that all non-UK/Irish passport holders have suitable immigration permission to study in the UK.
Once you arrive in the UK you will need to provide evidence of your immigration permission.
The type of evidence and the process for sharing will depend on what type of permission you hold.
More information about types of permissions
From the beginning of September, you will be able to make an appointment to have your immigration documents checked on campus (now taking place in Old College).
Cick here to book your international check-in appointment from 1st September
If you have any questions, please get in touch with the Student Immigration team.
Contact the Student Immigration team
For further information about International Check-In, please read the information available below:
Next steps for international Check-In
There is no direct transfer of your medical records between general practices. You will need to register with a practice in Edinburgh, and they will arrange to transfer your records from your previous GP.
It is important to note that this can take some considerable time at present so if you do have an ongoing health condition please bring a summary of your condition with you and provide this to your new GP.
When you get to the UK, you will need to either collect your BRP from the Post Office, or it will be posted to your UK address. This will depend on what you wrote in your visa application.
Important Information about your BRP
Contact the Student Immigration team
There is no direct transfer of your medical records between general practices. You will need to register with a practice in Edinburgh, and they will arrange to transfer your records from your previous GP.
It is important to note that this can take some considerable time at present so if you do have an ongoing health condition please bring a summary of your condition with you and provide this to your new GP.
How to complete the matriculation process video
This video provides the step by step instructions outlining matriculation and more information about how to complete the matriculation process.
- Video: How-to complete the matriculation process
- Video taking students through a step by step guide of the matriculation process
Step by step matriculation guide
A step-by-step guide to completing each of these steps can be found on the University Student Systems website:
Matriculation Explained (Student Systems website)
Complete your essential top 6 tasks
Register your University Login and log in to MyEd
Pay your fees and prepare your finances