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On-campus Offer Holder Days
On-campus Offer Holder Days
Join us on our bustling creative campus, where you'll be able to see what it's like to study at Arts University Bournemouth.
At our on-campus Offer Holder Days, you'll meet your prospective course teams and take part in group activities, whether that's making, creating, styling or discussing ideas. The event will be active, hands-on and fun. You'll be alongside your potential future classmates and have an opportunity to get to know each other before starting your course in the autumn.
Please note: These events are bookable for offer holders only.
Offer Holder Day dates
Our 2025 Offer Holder Days will take place on the following dates:
- Friday 14 March
- Friday 4 April
- Friday 11 April
Your schedule
We want you to experience all that AUB and our creative community has to offer. To get the most our of your Offer Holder Day experience, we recommend planning your travel so you can be available for the event in its entirety.
You can register at any time between 08.30-09.45. During this time our campus tours will be running and on campus halls will open from 09.00 for viewing. Please see below for the full timetable.
Some of our talks are repeated to best accommodate demand – these talks have limited capacity in each venue and entry is subject to availability on the day. If you can't get into a talk at a preferred time, there are other activities for you to join.
What you can expect to see
Offer Holder Day FAQs
Yes, you need to book onto a slot to attend, bookings can be made using the link in your email invitation.
These events will be different to Open Days as you'll be alongside other offer holders and experience an in-depth course related activity. You'll come away with a clearer idea of what it's like to be an AUB student.
We strongly encourage you to attend but it is not compulsory.
For the on-campus events, registration starts at 08.30 and the course sessions commence at 11.00. Please check further details in your invite. The course taster session will last for two hours maximum and the opportunity to have lunch and view campus halls will follow. You're welcome to explore the campus after your session.
Online events, such as the events to be held on 23 April and 30 April 2025, will take place from 12.00 until 13.00.
You can go online and cancel/amend your booking using the confirmation email
If you can't attend, please do cancel your place so we can offer it to someone else.
Yes, guests are welcome to come with you. The course taster session is intended for students only and will give you the opportunity to meet fellow course mates. If you have a support need that requires your guest to stay with you, please let us know in advance via email at opendays@aub.ac.uk. Otherwise, during this time, guests can explore our campus, visit our hospitality outlets or have any questions answered in the Information Hub.
Absolutely! We have a range of student ambassadors representing various courses that will be pleased to have a chat with you on the day and share their experiences as an AUB student.
We have limited car parking facilities on campus. Please always arrive at the main AUB entrance, as our security team will be on hand to help direct you on arrival.
Please email opendays@aub.ac.uk and we will be pleased to reserve a parking space on campus for you
Please email opendays@aub.ac.uk and we'll put you in touch with Student Support, who'll be sure to listen to your requirements and what we can do to help you.
Yes there'll be set times when our campus accommodation can be accessed for free flow tours.
Of course, we have several refreshment outlets that will be open including Costa Coffee, Bad Hand Coffee and our Refectory.
We'll send an information email with all the information about the day approximately 7-10 days prior to arrival.
Please check your junk/spam folder and if it can’t be found please contact us on opendays@aub.ac.uk and we'll be pleased to re-send this to you.
You'll receive a specific email prior to the event with your QR code – if you can have this handy, either printed or on your phone, it'll help us to scan you on arrival and speed up the registration process!