Applicant Days

If you have applied to one of our degrees which requires an interview, you will receive an email inviting you to an interview via Zoom.

Subjects which require interviews are:

• Adult and Mental Health Nursing

• Occupational Therapy

• Physiotherapy

• Speech and Language Therapy

• Social Work

• Oral Health Science
  
  

Please see the section below 'Compulsory Interviews' for more information about the interview process.

You can contact the Applicant Day Team at applicantdays@essex.ac.uk.

Applicants applying to a degree which requires a compulsory interview will receive an invite to a Zoom interview via email. 

You will need to accept the Zoom interview and select a time via your myEssex portal to confirm your attendance. You will find instructions for how to do this in your invitation email. If you wish to reschedule or cancel your interview place, you can also do this on your myEssex portal. 

Please note, as the interview is a compulsory element of the application process for the courses listed above, if you decline or do no attend this will result in an unsuccessful application.

You will also be a sent a link to your Interview Guide which will explain things to prepare before your interview, what to expect on the day and what will happen afterwards.

On the day of your interview, at your allotted time, you will be able to use the link from the invite email to join the interview.

If you have any questions regarding your Virtual Applicant Interview, please contact the Applicant Day Team: applicantdays@essex.ac.uk.

If you are a UK undergraduate student who has received an offer to study with us in October 2022, you will receive an invitation to attend an on-campus Applicant Day. If you are an EU or Overseas offer-holder, you will be invited to attend a Virtual Applicant Day. However, if you would like to attend an on-campus Applicant Day, we’d love to meet you so please contact the Applicant Day Team to book your visit: applicantdays@essex.ac.uk.

What to expect

Our Colchester Campus Applicant Days run from December – May on various Wednesdays and provide the opportunity to meet your department, tour our campus and accommodation and chat to current students.

The event will run from 10.30am – 4.00pm. From 10.45am – 12.45pm we run an optional session called ‘Experience Essex’ which features general talks and tours of our campus and accommodation. This is aimed at students who have not visited the Colchester Campus before (on an Open Day for example) or those who would like a second look!

If you do not wish to attend this session, you are welcome to arrive just before 1pm in time for the Welcome Talk.

 Applicant Day Programme

 Applicant Day 2021/22 dates

2021

• 8 December

2022

• 19 & 26 January
• 9, 16 & 23 February
• 9 & 23 March
• 13 & 27 April
• 18 May

Head to your myEssex portal to view which dates your department will feature on and select your date.

If you are a UK applicant, following your offer from the University of Essex, you will receive an invite to attend an on-campus Applicant Day. You will then need to head to your myEssex Applicant Portal to view details of the event, including the dates your subject area are hosting, a programme for the day, and book your place. Following this, you will receive a confirmation email containing all the information you need ahead of your visit.

 Please feel free to bring parents, guardians, and guests along with you.

To make the most of your day, please arrive at 10.30am. If you don’t want to tour our campus or attend our general talks as part of our Experience Essex session, you can arrive for our 1pm Welcome Talk. Head to our Ivor Crewe Lecture Hall on arrival where our staff will be on hand to register your arrival.

By Car

If you are travelling to the campus by car, please use the University’s address below and park in ‘Valley Car Park’ just off of Boundary Road. There will be additional signage to direct you in the correct parking area on the day, and our Traffic Officers will be on hand to guide you to the parking bays which have been allocated for Applicant Day visitors. 

Please note, parking is free for Applicant Day visitors, but you will need to email travel@essex.ac.uk in advance of your visit with your name, car make, model and registration number. Please ensure you email at least 72 hours in advance of your visit. 

The address for our Colchester Campus is:

University of Essex

Wivenhoe Park

Colchester

CO4 3SQ (for SatNav purposes please use CO7 9HT, which will take you to the main Wivenhoe Entrance to access Valley Car Park via Boundary Road).

By Train

If you have travelled by train, the following bus routes will take you to our Campus:

From Colchester North Station: 61, 62, 62B. You can view the route map here.

The buses run every 15 to 20 minutes from Colchester North Station, taking you through Colchester Town Centre, our closest town to campus.

61 bus route times 
North Station 0907 0922 0933 0948 1003 1018 1033 1048 1103 1118
South Courts 0943 0958 1008 1023 1038 1053 1108 1123 1138 1153


62 bus route times
North Station 0920 0940 1000 1020 1040 1100 1120 1140
South Courts 0946 1006 1026 1046 1106 1126 1146 1206


62B bus route times
North Station 0950
South Courts 1017

Please note, the above timings are subject to change.

At the end of the Applicant Day, we will be running a free coach service to Colchester North Station which will depart from our Colchester Campus at 4.00pm. You can reserve your place on the free coach when booking your Applicant Day via your myEssex portal. 

It's been a tough year for us all, so to make things a little easier, we'd like to offer you a bursary to cover the costs of your travel to the event (up to £100). You can view our terms and conditions here and download the reimbursement form to here.

We will email all offer-holders when these dates are confirmed.

We will email our undergraduate EU and Overseas offer-holders with further details shortly.