Matriculation

Matriculation is the process of registering as a student with the University and is compulsory for all students.

If your matriculation is not fully complete by Friday of Week 1 of teaching, you will begin to receive warnings under the failure to matriculate policy.

Advising

Advising meetings for undergraduate students joining the University in September 2025 will take place in person Monday 8 to Wednesday 10 September 2025.

Returning undergraduate students must check the advising meetings web pages for details of the arrangements for their advising.

Undergraduate students studying Medicine do not need to take part in advising.

Taught postgraduate students should check the arrangements with their Schools.

Research students (with the exception of MPhil and MFA students during their taught period) do not need to take part in Advising as part of their matriculation. MPhil and MFA students in their taught period should check the arrangements with their Schools.

Matriculation event

The matriculation event takes place in the Gateway building during orientation week.

The matriculation event for 2025-2026 will take place from Monday 8 September 2025. 

  • If you are a new student, or a returning international student (not UK or EU with settled/pre-settled status), you must attend an in-person ID check.
  • If you are a returning UK student or EU student with pre-settled or settled status you do not need to attend an ID check, but must still complete all other elements of online matriculation.

All students should bring their passport for identification verification. Students from the UK may bring their UK birth certificate and proof of their national insurance number, if they do not have a passport.

International students must also bring their eVisa or supply their digital share code.

Documents

International students

You must present the following documents at the document check:

  • Passport
  • Digital eVisa or digital share code

You can upload your share code when Online Matriculation opens, and your eVisa will be verified during your in-person ID check.

Your online immigration status can be obtained from the view and prove your immigration status website before attending your document check.

EU students (with pre-settled or settled status)

You must present your passport and Digital eVisa or share code at your ID check.

UK students

You must present the documents used when completing the ID check element of online matriculation at your ID check. This can be one of the following:

  • passport
  • ID card
  • birth certificate and proof of national insurance number (for example, letter from UK Government or pay slip)

Short-term study

Electronic Travel Authorisations (ETAs) have now been introduced worldwide for visitors to the UK who do not currently need a visa for short stays, or who do not already have a UK immigration status (e.g. Student route visa) prior to travelling.

You can check whether you are required to apply for an ETA on the UK Government website

If you are studying a programme which is less than 6 months long and have entered as a standard visitor then you must provide evidence of your arrival date in the UK, for example a boarding pass. If you are a visa national then you must apply for your standard visitor visa before arriving in the UK.

Core student training

As part of becoming a matriculated student, you need to complete some mandatory online modules which form your core student training.

The modules reflect topics that are important to the University community and relate to the core values of our University strategy. They include training in:

  • good academic practice
  • consent and bystander intervention
  • environmental sustainability action
  • equality, diversity and inclusion
  • research integrity and ethics (postgraduate researchers only)

The modules vary in length, and each requires that you successfully complete an assessment quiz at the end to demonstrate learning and understanding. The quizzes can be completed multiple times until the requisite pass mark has been reached.

If you have any difficulties accessing or completing the modules, you can email itservicedesk@st-andrews.ac.uk. If you have any concerns with any of the concepts associated with the consent and bystander intervention module, you can email orient@st-andrews.ac.uk.

You will access the core student training modules through the online matriculation process.