Undergraduate campus tours

Explore our Cathays Park Campus on a student-led tour, or at your own pace with our app or guidebook.

Student-led Cathays Park Campus Tours

Bookings are now open for our student-led tours of our Cathays Park Campus* on the following dates:

• 15 January 2025
• 22 January 2025
• 11-14 February 2025
• 18-21 February 2025

Additional dates may be added later. Please check back for further information.

What to expect

If you have been unable to attend an Open Day and would like the opportunity to be shown around our Cathays Park Campus by a student guide, who can also answer your questions, our student-led campus tours are for you.  Whilst they do not offer the same experience as an Open Day, they aim to provide a flavour of life on campus.

In addition, the session will include a presentation on student life and a Q&A session with current Cardiff University students.

Whilst we welcome everyone, our student-led campus tours are aimed at pre-applicants. If you have already applied to us and received an offer to study at Cardiff, your academic school will be in touch to invite you to a separate offer-holder event, which will be an opportunity to see your academic school first-hand.

The student-led campus tour sessions include:

• a presentation on life at Cardiff University
• a Q&A session with current students
• approximately a 45-minute walking tour around Cathays Park Campus with a student guide (please note that this is an external tour of the campus, and not subject-specific)

Additional academic schools

The Schools of Engineering, Physics and Astronomy, Optometry and Vision Sciences and the School of Journalism, Media and Culture are not included in the campus tour. If you would like to arrange an add-on (external) tour to one of these schools (up to one hour extra), please email us at openday@cardiff.ac.uk once you have booked your campus tour session, and in advance of your visit, so we can make suitable arrangements.

*We are unable to conduct tours of our Heath Park Campus, where the Schools of Dentistry, Medicine and Healthcare Sciences are based. However, students studying Dentistry (BDS), Medicine and Medical Pharmacology all spend some time on our Cathays Park Campus in their first year.

Book your place

We advise you to book as soon as possible to avoid disappointment.

To give as many prospective students as possible the opportunity to view our campus, a maximum of two guests per booking will be able join the tour. If you plan on bringing anyone with you, please make sure to add the correct number of guests to your booking form.

We look forward to meeting you soon.

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Self-guided tours

Explore the Cathays Parks Campus at your own pace, using our mobile app or guidebook to help you plan your visit and find your way around.

Visit Cardiff University app

Use the Visit Cardiff University app maps to navigate around our campuses and discover our teaching spaces, libraries, food and study areas.

Download the app to start planning your day.

Cathays Park Campus guidebook

Our self-guided tour lasts approximately one hour, but you can also take several optional detours, depending on what you'd like to visit.

Visiting from abroad

If you’re an international student visiting from outside of the UK, we can show you around the university campus and may be able to visit your intended academic school. Please contact our International Office for more information.

Contact

If you have any questions, please contact our undergraduate teams.