Student-led tours are ideal for visitors to the city who want to find out more about student life and our campuses. We provide tours for both the Central Campus and King’s Buildings Campus. Our campus tours offer potential undergraduate and postgraduate students from anywhere in the world an opportunity to visit us and learn about the experience of our students while studying at the University of Edinburgh.The campus tour is free to attend, but you must book your space in advance. Family and friends are also welcome, however, we kindly request only one additional guest accompanies you on the tour. This is to ensure maximum availability for prospective students.These group tours do not offer detailed subject-specific information, meetings with subject areas or potential supervisors. When do tours take place? Our final tours in July 2026 have now taken place. We will next be running tours in October 2026. You can sign up to our campus tour mailing list to get an email as soon as tours are made available to book. If you are visitng before we restart you may wish to make use of our self-guided tours.Self-guided toursOur campus tours run from October to the first week of December and mid-January to July each year.In January, we aim to start running tours in line with the beginning of the semester which tends to be around the third week of January. Sign up to hear when more tours are availble to book Our next student-led tours will take place in October 2026. If you would like to be among the first to know when we advertise these tours you can sign up to our mailing list and we will email you as soon as these tours are available to book. Sign up to hear when more tours are advertised Central Campus - George Square King's Buildings Campus - Nucleus Building Central Campus tourOur Central Campus tours usually run on Mondays and Fridays. During busier times of year we may run tours on additional weekdays, most likely Wednesdays. When tours are available to book the upcoming days can be seen in the booking form. Our first tour will normally begin at 12:00. Each tour will take between 45 minutes and 1 hour. Dates and times will be available once booking is live.If you wish to tour King's Buildings as well as Central we recommend you finish your Central Campus tour with at least 45 minutes to allow you to self-transfer between campuses. Where to meet?You should check-in at the University Visitor Centre at 2 Charles Street (EH8 9AD) around 10 minutes prior to your campus visit start time.Find Visitor Centre on campus mapsIf you use what3words for navigation, the University Visitor Centre is:///audio.exit.bucket King's Buildings campus tourOur King's Buildings campus tours usually run on Mondays and Fridays. During busier times of year we may run tours on additional weekdays, most likely Wednesdays. When tours are available to book the upcoming days can be seen in the booking form. Our first tour will normally begin at 14:15. Each tour will take between 45 minutes and 1 hour. Dates and times will be available once booking is live.We recommend you leave at least 45 minutes from the end of a Central Campus Tour to the start of your King's Buildings Campus Tour to allow you to self-transfer between the two campuses.Where to meet?Please check-in outside the Nucleus Building around 10 minutes prior to your campus visit start timeFind the Nucleus Building on campus mapsIf you use what3words for navigation, the Nucleus Building is: ///metals.shape.mouse What to expect from our campus tours Our tours will give you an overview of the University of Edinburgh from someone who knows it best: one of our current students. One of our paid Student Ambassadors will lead you, as part of a group, around the campus. The tour will give you an insight into what life is like as a student here. The tour does not include visits to specific Schools, departmental buildings or student accommodation, however, your guide will share their experience of studying and living in Edinburgh. Our Central Campus tour offers the best general introduction to the University as most of our students will interact with this campus in some way, either academically or socially.King's Buildings is ideal for those interested in subjects taught on that campus, most of those in our College of Science and Engineering.Our tour booking form will recommend tours to you based on the subjects you select when booking. Cancellations We will explore all options to avoid cancelling our tours, however there may be rare occasions where tours are cancelled at the last minute due to unforeseen circumstances. We are unable to accept liability for any costs incurred by visitors (e.g. travel, accommodation). You might want to consider travel insurance or flexible tickets. Travel options to Edinburgh Climate Conscious TravelWe highly encourage climate-conscious travel for our staff, students and visitors and would ask that you consider low-carbon travel options where possible. Our Travelling to the University web pages provide specific details about how to travel to the city of Edinburgh and our campuses.Travelling to the University School / group bookings For bookings of more than 5 people please email us: futurestudents@ed.ac.uk In Edinburgh but unable to attend a Campus Tour? Outside of our scheduled tours we welcome you to explore the University at your own pace using our self-guided tours. Download our self-guided tours now, and have them ready for your visit:Self-guided tours Other opportunities to visit Open DaysThe University hosts undergraduate Open Days every year which will include an opportunity to find out more about specific subjects, to speak to academic, admissions and support service staff; and to visit university accommodation.Undergraduate Open DaysPostgraduatePostgraduate specific events continue to be hosted virtually. If you will be travelling to Edinburgh and wish to visit your potential supervisor or programme team please email them directly to ask if this can be arranged.Postgraduate enquiries Virtual alternatives You can also find out more about the University and what being a student here is like from the comfort of your own home, anywhere in the world.Chat to our studentsUnibuddy gives you the opportunity to text chat to our current students about their experience. You will be able to choose to connect with a range of students, from different countries, studying across different subject areas and levels of study.Chat to our students with UnibuddyOnline information sessions and eventsJoin a live online information session to ask questions and find out about studying with us.UndergraduatePostgraduate Privacy statement In order to facilitate online bookings for our events we use GeckoEngage, a third party service which are not operated by the University of Edinburgh. GeckoEngage Privacy PolicyFor more information about how we use your personal data, please view our privacy statements:Student Recruitment & Admissions Privacy statementPrivacy statement: registering for an event This article was published on Tuesday 12 November 2024
