Leaving for the UK

Applying for your visa

You will need to apply for your visa when you receive your Confirmation of Acceptance for Studies (CAS), and within six months of the course start date mentioned on your CAS. This will ensure that you arrive at the University of Huddersfield in time for the start of the enrolment period for your course. 

Further detail about the Student visa, as well as making a visa application in your country and getting visa documentation ready, is available on our Student visa webpage. Alternatively, you can contact our immigration team at one of their regular drop-in sessions. 

Received your visa

• When your Student visa is granted, you will be issued with a vignette (a sticker inside your passport) which is valid for 30 days. It is very important that you travel to the UK within this 30-day period, or you will be required to re-apply. Your actual visa, in the form of a Biometric Residence Permit (BRP) card, will need to be collected on arrival in the UK. See our BRP webpage for further details.
• You will need to nominate a local UK Post Office to collect your BRP. If your UK accommodation will be in Huddersfield, please nominate Huddersfield Post Office as your collection point on your application.
• If you are coming to study a course with less than six months’ duration, for example Pre-Sessional English Programme, you will be issued with the vignette (a sticker inside your passport) showing the full-length of your visa – a BRP card will not be required in this case.

Stage 1 - Pre-enrolment/Pay 50% fees

6 December 2022 onwards

Once you have received your unconditional offer from the University, you will also receive a ‘Stage 1’ email with instructions from international.updates@hud.ac.uk to inform you that pre-enrolment is open. Log back into MyHud to start your pre-enrolment. You will be asked to update your personal details and upload a photo which will be used on your student campus ID card. This is Step 1 of pre-enrolment. If you do not have an unconditional offer you cannot pre-enrol. 

For Step 2 'My details' of pre-enrolment, you will be asked for a ‘term-time address’ and UK mobile number. If you do not have these yet, please use your current home address and remember to update these when you arrive in the UK. Make sure you answer all questions and fields on every page.

Step 3: This is where you can make your tuition fee payments so, please read carefully including future payment deadlines.

Not received a link to do pre-enrolment?

If you have an unconditional offer and have not received a link to pre-enrolment, please check the email address you provided to us was correct. Please also check your junk/spam folder. If you still can't find the link please check with your agent or regional officer at the University, as they may have received the email on your behalf. 

Having problems logging in to pre-enrol?

Please refer to this checklist of common problems: 

• Please retry after 24-hours have passed to allow our system to update.
• Check you are using the same username and password for MyHud as you did with your offer letters.
• If you have been locked out, please contact IT support. 
• If you are progressing from another course at Huddersfield (International Year One, International Foundation Year, Pre-Masters or Pre-sessional English), you will need to sign-in to MyHud and begin your pre-enrolment again.  

Stage 2 - ID Card collection and Immigration checks

Within 24-hours of completing Stage 1, you will receive another email from international.updates@hud.ac.uk.

This will again ask you to make sure you have paid a minimum of 50% of our tuition fees to avoid any hold up at enrolment on campus. It will also inform you what to do next and where to go for ID card collection including what you need to bring with you.

It will be expected that your pre-booked accommodation is no more than one-hour public transport commute from the campus, so we encourage you to find accommodation within Huddersfield ideally.

Your International Student Experience team will be available daily between 10:00 a.m. and 11:00 a.m. (UK time) on MS Teams for questions about your enrolment and arrival.

Direct train from Manchester International Airport 

Huddersfield is well connected with excellent rail and bus links. We’re here to help and support you with your arrival to Huddersfield. 

There are frequent train services from Manchester International Airport to Huddersfield train station.  A standard class single ticket costs approximately £25.00 anytime and takes around one hour.  
 
Once you arrive at Huddersfield Railway station, you then need to make your way to your pre-booked accommodation.  There is a taxi stop outside the front of the station. Use the first taxi at the front of the line of taxis. Make sure you have money to pay for the journey, usually £5.00 - £10.00.  Cash machines are available at the train station.   
 
Please be advised that if your flight lands into the UK late at night or in the early hours of the morning, the University approved taxi driver service is more suitable as you may have to wait for a number of hours at the airport for the next available train to Huddersfield. 
 
We wish you a safe and pleasant journey and look forward to welcoming you to Huddersfield! 

Taxi service 

If you book our university-approved taxi service, this ensures that no matter what time you arrive (day or night) there will be a university approved driver at the airport to meet you and take you to your accommodation in Huddersfield.  This service is open to all international students arriving at the below airports. 

The University’s approved taxi company is called Edgerton Private Hire.

The cost of this service is payable direct to the driver. Please make sure you have some British currency with you on arrival into the UK for the taxi fare. 
 
For bookings with more than one passenger, a larger taxi or multiple taxis are required. The costs for are as follows: 

Pick up destination	1 person	2 people	3-4 people
Leeds/Wakefield railway station	£40	£45	£80
Leeds Bradford airport	£75	£85	£120
Manchester airport	£75	£90	£130
Liverpool airport	£95	£110	£150
East Midlands airport	£150	£170	£230
Birmingham airport	£200	£220	£280
Heathrow airport (London)	£300	£320	£400

All prices are per single journey/single pickup or drop off and based on Huddersfield Local areas as the start/finish point and booked before 31st December 2023. Drop off and pickup at storthes hall have a £5.00 surcharge

**Prices may vary depending on Fuel prices. Each booking will be quoted a price.

Arrivals from airports outside of Leeds Bradford and Manchester, we would recommend using public transport as this is the cheapest and fastest way to travel. A taxi from Manchester or Leeds airport should take between 50 minutes to an hour. Arrival from Liverpool airport will take about 1 hour and 10 minutes.  

Important information 

This service is the only official University of Huddersfield partnership taxi service, and it has been negotiated at a discounted price especially for our students. We cannot take responsibility for any other service arranged by a student. 
 
If you book this service but do not arrive or do not use the service, you will be invoiced and charged for the taxi. If you wish to cancel your booking, please email edgertonprivatehire@gmail.com with at least 48 hours' notice and no charges will be made. 

The cost of this service is subject to change.