Campus tours

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.

Our 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. 

During these months and on days when we do not run tours, we recommend our self-guided tour options.

Self-guided tours

Our tours will give you an overview of the University of Edinburgh from someone who knows it best: one of our current students. They will lead you, as part of a group, around George Square and Bristo Square, referred to as our Central 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.

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.

Climate Conscious Travel

We 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.

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