Our next Undergraduate Open Day is on
Saturday 22 April
Ahead of this and any other events you’ve registered for, feel free to explore:
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Campus-based Open Days
Saturday 22 April
The majority of our courses will be represented at our Talbot Campus. The following Health & Social Care courses will be represented at our Lansdowne Campus (Bournemouth Gateway Building):
- Adult Nursing
- Children's & Young People's Nursing
- Criminology
- Criminology with Law
- Criminology with Psychology
- Operating Department Practice
- Mental Health Nursing
- Midwifery
- Occupational Therapy
- Paramedic Science
- Physiotherapy
- Social Work
- Sociology
- Sociology & Social Anthropology
- Sociology & Criminology
- Sports Therapy.
Travel between campuses is quick and easy – approximately 15 minutes on our free shuttle bus route.
Talbot Campus parking
Please note that we have limited free parking on our Talbot Campus (BH12 5BB). Where possible, we recommend you use our free Park & Ride service at Chapel Gate (BH23 6BL) - only 15 minutes from campus with shuttle buses throughout the day. On arrival at Talbot Campus, please follow the on-campus signage to check-in.
Lansdowne Campus parking
We have limited free parking at the Bournemouth Gateway Building (BH8 8GP), and Studland House (BH1 3NA). Please access Studland House parking via Cotlands Road. There are also nearby Pay and Display car parks if needed - the closest being Cotlands Road Car Park (BH1 3BG).
Arriving by train, coach or bus
If you are travelling by train or coach, you can use our free shuttle bus service from the Bournemouth Travel Interchange, which runs every 15 minutes and stops at our Talbot and Lansdowne campuses. Shuttle buses depart from 09:00.
Open Day Covid safety measures:
- While our current recommendation is that face coverings are worn in indoor spaces on campus, we recognise that this is a personal choice and we ask that you respect each other's choices.
- In some specific areas, where close contact is needed, a face covering may still be mandatory unless you have an exemption e.g. in some lab settings where close contact is required. This will be made clear to you at the beginning of the session.
- You should not attend if you have symptoms of Covid-19, or test positive.
- You'll find hand sanitising stations across our campuses.
- Finally, we may need to prioritise prospective students over guests in talks, activities and during tours due to high demand.
If you have registered for one of our on-campus event on Saturday 17 June and our Design & Engineering Open Day on Saturday 24 June, we will update this page with arrival instructions and the programme nearer the time.
Midwifery Open Afternoons at Portsmouth Campus
You can check in from 12:30, the course talk will begin at 13:00. Here's the full schedule:
| 12:30 | Arrival and check-in |
| 13:00 | Course talk |
| 14:00 | Workshop |
| 15:00 | Campus Tour |
| 15:30 | Funding your studies talk |
| 16:00 | Close |
Our Midwifery Education department at St. Mary's Community Health Campus is located on the 4th floor, in the main building. You can use any of the Pay & Display car parks.
The postcode is PO3 6AD.
Adult Nursing Open Afternoons at Yeovil Campus
You can check in from 12:30, the course talk will begin at 13:00. Here's the full schedule:
| 12:30 | Arrival and check-in |
| 13:00 | Course talk |
| 14:00 | Workshop |
| 15:00 | Campus Tour |
| 15:30 | Funding your studies talk |
| 16:00 | Close |
Address: 91 Preston Road, Yeovil, Somerset BA20 2DN.
Parking
Car parking is available at the rear of the building.
Virtual Open Days
If you've registered for a virtual event, we’ll email you a link to access the content, including our live stream and chatroom, as well as welcome and subject talks. Meanwhile, there’s a sample of on-demand content below so you can discover more of BU.
Explore our accommodation options
You can see just some of the accommodation you could be living in through our film, ‘At home with BU’. We’ve also got a range of student-led tours to give you an inside-take on what it’s like to live in student accommodation with us.
Campus and local area tours
We’re not just located in a beautiful part of the world – our campuses and facilities are pretty special too. This includes the brand new Poole Gateway Building (opened in 2020 and home to facilities including TV studios, music production and computing spaces), and the Bournemouth Gateway Building (the new, state-of-the-art home of the Faculty of Health & Social Sciences). You can see some of these spaces below and find out more about living and studying in Bournemouth from our students.
