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Once You've Received an Offer

What now?

Once you have received your offer to study at Cardiff University there will be many questions going through your mind. You will now be sent further information about your accommodation, your course and details of what to expect once you arrive in Cardiff. From receipt of your offer letter to your eventual arrival in Cardiff there are a number of important steps you must take to ensure that your place to study, and accommodation, are guaranteed.

The two most important things you need to do are:

  • Decide whether to accept your offer or not
  • Let the university know. 

Your Offer

On your offer letter it will say whether your offer is:

  • Unconditional: This means that you do not have to send us any more information about your exam results etc. or:
  • Conditional: The conditions of your offer will be stated in the offer letter. As soon as you receive your exam results please send copies of them in to either the Undergraduate or Postgraduate Registry accordingly. If you narrowly fail to meet the necessary requirements please send in your results anyway, and contact us as your offer may be reconsidered. If you meet the conditions then your offer becomes 'Unconditional.'

Accepting your Offer

If you change your address at any time after you have applied it is essential to let us know so that we can get information to you about your offer, accommodation, coach collection service etc. The most common reason that people do not receive information is that they didn't let us know of an address change.
Please click here to fill out our change of address form.

Undergraduates
You must now consider the variety of offers you have received from different universities and inform UCAS of your choice. UCAS then informs us. There are three options for responding to offers:

  • Firm Acceptance - This means that the university selected is your firm choice and you are prepared to take this place.
  • Insurance Acceptance - If you accept a place as insurance it means that if you don't meet the entry requirements of your firm choice and you do meet the conditions of your insurance place you will take this place instead.
  • Reject - You do not want to accept the place offered to you. Please note that it is very important that UCAS receives your choice by the date stated on your offer letter from UCAS. If you feel that you need further information before you are able to make a decision then please contact The International Office at any time.

Postgraduates
You will receive a reply slip with your offer letter. Please sign the form and  return it to the Postgraduate Registry with your decision marked on it. You will also receive your offer by e-mail and you can reply to this e-mail with your acceptance. If you mislay the reply slip or are concerned about time, you can e-mail the International Office with your decision (interoffer@cf.ac.uk) and we will pass it on to your department - when doing this please make sure to state your name, student number and course. If you feel that you need further information before you can make a decision please contact The International Office at any time.

Accommodation

You will be receiving a Residences Brochure with an Accommodation Request form (usually from March onwards). You can apply for accommodation as soon as you have decided that you will be accepting our offer. All accommodation contracts will be posted out in August and September, so don't worry if you don't hear anything before that. Returning your Accommodation Request form as soon as possible means you have a greater chance of being offered one of your first choices for accommodation.

Undergraduates
All single undergraduate students are guaranteed a place in University-owned accommodation, providing they apply through the normal admissions cycle and complete the residences forms as instructed. All you need to do to is to fill in the Accommodation Request form that will arrive with the Residences Brochure. If you do this as soon as possible after accepting your offer, this will give you access to the greatest range of our accommodation and the highest priority in the allocation process.

Postgraduates
Should you intend to accept our offer you can apply for University accommodation immediately upon receiving the Residences Brochure. To guarantee accommodation you need to return your Accommodation Request form with a £200 deposit (for exceptions please see the Residences Brochure). Accommodation will not be allocated to you until you have: firmly accepted your offer; met any conditions of your offer; and returned your Accommodation Request form with deposit. We don't want you to worry about your accommodation so please make sure that you let us know if you have any questions.

Accommodation Questions

If you have any questions regarding your accommodation please contact the Residences Office on: Residences@cf.ac.uk

Coming to Cardiff

Once you have met any conditions of your offer and the time of your arrival in Cardiff approaches, you will receive the following:

  • The Guide for International Students: This publication is designed to answer all your questions about living and studying in Cardiff. Hopefully it will help you plan your departure and ease your worries about moving to a different country. This will be sent to you once you have accepted your offer.
  • Enrolment Information: For students starting courses in September the Academic Registry will send out Joining Instructions. These will be posted from July to new students. If you do not receive your pack please don't worry, all the instructions will be available on the website.
  • Offer of Accommodation and Information Pack: The Residences Office will notify you in late August or early September where you have been allocated accommodation. Please do not worry if you do not hear anything before this time, this is quite normal. You will need to sign your contract and return it as soon as you receive it. Please make careful note of the date you are expected to pick up your keys; if you are unable to make this date please let the Residences Office know to ensure that your accommodation is kept for you. You can email the Residences Office on: residences@cf.ac.uk
  • Induction Programme Information: You will receive information that will allow you to book onto our coach collection service from Heathrow & Cardiff. This can also do this by completing our online form
  • Change of Address forms: It is vital you inform us of any changes of address so that you can receive correspondence. If you do not receive correspondence it may seriously affect your ability to take up your place in Cardiff, reserve accommodation and gain a visa. You will be sent forms so that you can keep us informed of address changes or e-mail us at: international@cf.ac.uk

Any Questions?

It is important to us that you are sure of what you should be doing in order to avoid last-minute problems, so please let the International Office know if you have any questions or worries about these procedures and we will be very happy to help you.