Discover Politics and International Studies at Loughborough University

Attending one of our applicant visit days is the perfect opportunity to get a feel for life and study at Loughborough University - and find out what makes Politics and International Studies special from the people who know best: our staff and students!

About the days

Our applicant visit days are exclusive events for offer holders and you will receive your personal invitation to attend by email. Different to a University Open Day, the visit day is focused on the Subject Area and gives you the chance to find out more about the course you have applied for, while getting a sense of what it's like to be a Loughborough student.

An overall amazing day, tour guide was knowledgeable and seemed very confident. Accomodation was suitable to my needs and the whole experience has made me more determined to come to Loughborough.

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2020 Visit Days

Our Visit Days represent a good opportunity for you to experience POLIS life and to get to know current students and staff better.

During the day, you will be introduced to the School of Social Science and Humanities, as well as Politics and International Studies subject group, to see how you and your studies fit in.

The main focus of the day, however, is on our degrees and your classroom experience. We will run sample lectures and seminars for the PPE, Politics and IR, and History degrees allowing you to gain first-hand experience of what our first year teaching feels like.

We will send you a seminar worksheet one week before the Visit Day to give you a sneak preview  of the seminar and to allow you to do some preparatory work.

Throughout the day, teaching staff will be there to answer any questions you might have about our range of degree programmes; and our current students will also be available for you to chat to about their own student experience. The Visit Day will end with an informal time for you to ask any questions you may have.

Itineraries for upcoming Visit Days are below. You will also receive an email reminder including a link to the itinerary.

We look forward to seeing you soon!

Visit Day Itineraries

Choose your visit day date below:

As the Visit Day will involve tours of our School facilities and the University campus, we recommend you wear comfortable clothes and shoes. At our School of Social Sciences and Humanities visit days we will be providing a lunch, giving you the opportunity to sample the high quality food available to our students, as well as tea and coffee at the start and finish of the day. Should you require anything else there are various food and drink outlets on campus, including our Students' Union shop.

Hopefully you will find the information on this page sufficient to help you arrive at the right place on time! There will be signage around campus to direct you to the correct venue and staff and students will be happy to direct you if you get lost.

You can also view our campus map online.

Rail travellers - will arrive at Loughborough Central Station, approximately 3 miles from the campus.

Taxi fares will be charged on a metered basis (approx £6-£7).

From the station you can also catch the University/Town/Station Kinchbus service ("Sprint").  This service operates every 15 mins. The fare is £2.00.

For those attending our Visit Days in the James France building (see below) please alight at the Computer Studies stop and follow the signs for James France. For those attending our Visit Days at the West Park Teaching Hub, please alight at the Holywell Park stop. In both instances the venue is a short five minute walk from the stop.

Coach travellers - will arrive at Loughborough in The Rushes or Baxter Gate in the centre of town.

From The Rushes stop you can catch the Kinchbus Sprint service to the University. See above for the relevant bus stops on campus.

Car travellers - are advised to take one of the following routes

(if you are using a SatNav, the post code is LE11 3AJ):

M1: Junction 23 on to the A512 to Loughborough, approx 2 miles to 1st roundabout, turn right, at the next roundabout go straight-over into Holywell Park for car parking.

A6 from North and South: follow signs for Loughborough, then University and/or Nanpantan.

A60 from Nottingham, or A511 from Leicester or Burton: follow signs for Loughborough, then University and/or Nanpantan.

Please note: car parking is limited on campus.

In the first instance please report to the Gatehouse at HOLYWELL PARK, where you will be given instructions regarding parking.

On a particularly busy visit day, you may be directed to alternative parking. The Gatehouse at Holywell Park will give you further instructions if this is necessary.

For Saturday events, where parking is more widely available, please tell the marshals which venue you are going to and they can direct you to appropriate parking.

There will be a large team of student ambassadors working at the events. They will have a range of roles on the day including directions and parking, welcoming, tours, registration etc. If you need assistance on the day, School staff and members of the Events Team can be identified by their purple "Team Loughborough" t-shirts. The Student Ambassadors from Politics and International Studies will be wearing green polo t-shirts.