Applicant Days

Virtual Applicant Days

If you have been made an offer to study at Essex, you will receive an email from us inviting you to a Virtual Applicant Day - we would still like to meet you even though we can't run on-campus events at the moment!

Our Virtual Applicant Days will be running on the following dates for all subjects:

Wednesday 5 May
Wednesday 2 June

The event will begin at 4pm when you will join your departments' Zoom sessions for an hour. The following two hours you will be able to explore our online platform at your own pace, and attend other live talks (see timetable below).

To book, head to your myEssex portal and book onto your preferred date. If you haven't set up your portal yet, click here and select 'register'. Once you’ve booked, you will receive an email confirming the date of your Virtual Applicant Day, and a Zoom link for you to join in the first hour. There will also be a link to the Virtual Applicant Day platform which you will be able to access any time, but remember to head there after your Zoom meeting for some live general talks and the opportunity to ask staff questions.

This is an informal event, so feel free for your parents/guardians or friends to join too.

If you are a joint degree applicant or have applied for multiple courses and want to attend a different departmental applicant day, or if you have any issues booking your place, please contact the Applicant Day Team and we'll get back to you as soon as possible. Please also get in touch if you can't make any of the upcoming dates and we'll let you know other ways you can get involved.

Live Talk Timetable

Downloading Zoom

You’ll need to download Zoom to your phone, tablet or PC before your Virtual Applicant Day session, there is some more information on how to do this here.

On the date and time specified in your email, you’ll just need to click the Zoom link to join the meeting. If you have any questions, just drop us an email at applicantdays@essex.ac.uk.

Please make sure you use your full name as your display name on Zoom so our staff and students know who you are.

Compulsory Interviews

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 or decline the Zoom interview via your myEssex portal and instructions for this will be in your email. Once you have accepted the interview, you will need to download the Zoom app on your phone, tablet or PC if you do not already have it, there is some more information on how to do this here.

You will also be a sent a link to your Interview Guide which will explain how to confirm your attendance, 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.