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Whether or not you need to apply for a visa before entering the UK depends on your nationality.
If you need a visa (are a visa national), then you must apply for the Standard visitor visa before entering the UK.
If you do not need a visa (are a non-visa national), you will need to apply for an ETA in order to travel to the UK.
ETAs are digitally linked to your passport and ensure more robust security checks are carried out before you begin your journey to the UK. An ETA costs £10 and permits multiple journeys to the UK for stays of up to 6 months at a time over 2 years or until your passport expires – whichever is sooner.
Please visit the ETA government website for full and further details on making an application for an ETA.
Please check your status by visiting www.gov.uk/check-uk-visa
If you do need to apply for a visa, please refer to UCL’s guidance on the Standard visitor visa.
Arriving at the UK border
If you are a national of an EU country, Australia, Canada, Iceland, Japan, Liechtenstein, New Zealand, Norway, Singapore, South Korea, Switzerland or the USA, you can enter the UK using the eGates and keep your boarding pass or train ticket.
All other non-visa nationals will need to get their passport stamped by a border officer.
If you have any further queries please contact the Student Immigration Advice team.
Making your visa application
We recommend including your programme confirmation letter when applying for a visa. We will email this to you upon full payment of your tuition fees.
We advise you apply for your visa at least one month before your departure date, but you should always check timescales with your local visa office as well.
When applying for your visa for the UCL Summer School, in the What qualification will you get? field, write Undergraduate credits.
Please note, you will not require an ATAS certificate or CAS letter for the UCL Summer School.
Students already studying in the UK
If you are an overseas student already in the UK and you have a Student visa, you can enrol on the Summer School as long as your visa is valid for the duration of the programme. You are permitted to enrol on the Summer School as supplementary study.
Please note that you can take supplementary study at any time during the period of leave granted for your main programme of study, however you must make sure that studying on the Summer School does not in any way hinder your progress on your main programme of study.
If you have settled or pre-settled status under the EU Settlement Scheme, you can enrol on the Summer School.