Applicant Day Guide January 2026 by University of Chester

Applicant Day Guide

Saturday 24th January 2026

Information Fair

Get your questions answered by our experts in our drop-in Information Fair (running from 12:30-17:30). The following support departments will be represented today:

• Academic Skills

• Accommodation

• Admissions

• Careers and Employability

• Centre for Foundation Studies

• Evening Language Classes

• Finance and Funding

• Sport and Active Lifestyle

• Student Services

• Study Abroad

Support Talks

If you have questions about accommodation, student life or managing your finances at university, visit one of our talks below:

Making the Most of University as a Mature Student

Foundation Year Overview

Parents and Supporters: Guiding Your Applicant Through the University Process

Seaborne Library, Room 013 16:30-17:00

Binks Building, Room CBK106/2 15:30-16:00

Seaborne Library, Room 013 13:15-13:45 15:15-15:45

Accommodation To View

We have the following residences available to view throughout the day. Student Ambassadors will be located at each of our University-owned accommodations until 17:30.

Off-Campus Accommodation

Sumner House

Self-catered, en-suite –£149 per week

Fully-catered, en-suite –£205 per week

Open for viewings: 12:00-17:30

John Milton Hall

Self-catered, en-suite

From £143 per week

Open for viewings: 12:00-17:30

Powys Court

Self-catered standard

£128 per week

Open for viewings: 12:00-17:30

To view Powys Court please head to the entrance of Sumner House, tours will depart from there.

On-Campus Accommodation

Please

Grosvenor House

£179 per week

Self-catered, en-suite

Open for viewings: 12:00-17:30

Astbury House / Fisher House

£200 per week

Fully-catered, en-suite

Open for viewings: 12:00-17:30

Church College Close

£115 per week

Self-catered standard.

Open for viewings: 12:00-17:30

Partnership Accommodation

Tudor Place

From £175.10 per week

Self-catered, en-suite

The Towpath

From £189 per week

Self-catered, en-suite

Tramways

From £175 per week

Self-catered, en-suite

Granary Studios

From £189.52 per week

Self-catered studios, en-suite

City Centre Map

Creative

Kingsway (CH2 2LB)

Exton Park (CH1 4BJ) Gateway House (CH1 2HT) Queen’s Park (CH4 7AD)

(CH1 1SL)

Tudor Place (CH2 1AA)

Towpath (CH1 4GX)

(CH1 3DA)

(CH1 2AR)

Exton Park Map

Academic Buildings (open to view throughout the day until 17:30)

Downes Building (Sports Hall)

Westminster Building

Chritchley Building

Best Building

NoWFOOD Centre

School of Education

Seaborne Library

Binks Building

Longfield House (Chaplaincy)

Hall

Cloisters

Price Tower

Chester Students’ Union

The Bar

Dining Hall

Old College

Senate House and Chapel

The Vicarage

Costcutter

University Accommodation (open to view throughout the day until 17:30)

Grosvenor House

John Milton Hall (CH2 1AE)

Astbury House / Fisher House

Sumner House (CH1 4DS)

Church College Close

Powys Court (CH1 2BF, please refer to p.3 for viewing details)

Food will be available to purchase throughout the day, and you are welcome to eat your own food in any of our outlets.

A540

Single Honours based at Exton Park

Please see below for the timetable and locations for today’s subject sessions.

Refreshments 12:30-13:00

Subject Session 13:00-14:00/15:00

Accommodation and Campus Tours 12:00-17:30

Support Talks and Information Fair 12:30-17:30

Rooms for Subject Sessions Subject

Animal Behaviour Dining Hall

Animal Welfare Science Dining Hall

Archaeology

Thomas Building, Foyer

Binks Building, Ground Floor Binks Building, Room CBK106/2

Biology Dining Hall

Thomas Building, Foyer

Biomedical Science Dining Hall Old College, Room COCB01

Bioveterinary Science Dining Hall

Chemical Engineering

Chemistry

Computer Science

Computer Science and Electronic Engineering

Computer Science with Artificial Intelligence

Thomas Building, Foyer

Westminster Building, Café NoWFOOD Centre, Room CNF107

Westminster Building, Café NoWFOOD Centre, Room CNF101

Westminster Building, Café Chritchley Building, Room CCR132

Subject

Criminology

Cybersecurity

Cybersecurity with Artificial Intelligence

Data Science

Early Childhood and Primary Education

Early Years Primary Education

Forensic Biology

Forensic Psychology

Games Design

Games Development

Geography

Global Affair, Politics and International Relations

Global Affair, Politics and International Relations with Economics

History

Marine Biology

Mathematics

Westminster Building, Foyer

Westminster Building, Room CWE019

Westminster Building, Café Chritchley Building, Room CCR132

Binks Building, Ground Floor School of Education, Room CML103

Binks Building, Ground Floor School of Education, Room CML015

Dining Hall Thomas Building, Foyer

Best Building, First Floor Landing

Best Building, Room CBB115

Westminster Building, Café Chritchley Building, Room CCR132

Best Building, First Floor Landing

Westminster Building, Foyer

Binks Building, Ground Floor

Best Building, Room CBB017

Westminster Building, Room CWE126/1

Binks Building, Room CBK107

Dining Hall Thomas Building, Foyer

Westminster Building, Café Chritchley Building, Room CCR130

Subject

Mathematics with Finance

Modern Languages

Modern Languages –French and Spanish

Modern Languages –Chinese and Spanish

Modern Languages –Chinese and French

Modern Languages –Spanish and Latin American Studies

Philosophy, Ethics and Religion

Westminster Building, Café Chritchley Building, Room CCR130

Binks Building, Ground Floor

PE and Sports Coaching Dining Hall

Primary Education

Psychology

Sociology

Software Engineering

Binks Building, Room CBK104

Hollybank Building, Room CHB002

Tower Building, Room CTW204

Binks Building, Ground Floor School of Education, Room CML015

Best Building, First Floor Landing

Westminster Building, Foyer

Best Building, Room CBB115

Westminster Building, Room CWE125/2

Westminster Building, Café Chritchley Building, Room CCR132

Sport and Exercise Sciences Dining Hall

Theology and Religious Studies

Zoology

Tower Building, Room CTW203

Binks Building, Ground Floor Hollybank Building, Room CHB002

Dining Hall

Thomas Building, Foyer

Combined Honours based at Exton Park

Combined Honours

Refreshments 12:30-13:00

Subject Session 1 13:00-14:00

Subject Session 2 14:00-14:30/15:00

Accommodation and Campus Tours 12:00-17:30

Support Talks and Information Fair 12:30-17:30

Rooms for Subject Sessions

Archaeology and Forensic Biology Dining Hall

Criminology and Forensic Biology Dining Hall

Global Affairs, Politics and International Relations with Chinese

Global Affairs, Politics and International Relations with Economics

Global Affairs, Politics and International Relations with Geography

Westminster Building, Foyer

Forensic Biology

Thomas Building, Foyer

Forensic Biology

Global Affairs, Politics and International Relations

Archaeology

Thomas Building, Foyer Criminology

Westminster Building, Room CWE126/1

Anna Sutton Annexe, Archaeology Labs

Westminster Building, Room CWE019

Chinese Binks Building, Room CBK104

Economics

Geography

Westminster Building, Room CWE126/1

Best Building, Room CBB017

Subject

Global Affairs, Politics and International Relations with History Westminster Building, Foyer

Global Affairs, Politics and International Relations with Spanish Westminster Building, Foyer

Global Affairs, Politics and International Relations

History and Archaeology Binks Building, Ground Floor History

History and French Binks Building, Ground Floor History

History and Spanish Binks Building, Ground Floor History

Sociology with Criminology

Sociology with Global Affairs, Politics and International Relations

Westminster Building, Foyer Sociology

Westminster Building, Foyer

Spanish with Sport and Exercise Sciences Dining Hall

Global Affairs, Politics and International Relations

Sport and Exercise Sciences

Westminster Building, Room CWE126/1

Binks Building, Room CBK107

History Binks Building, Room CBK107

Spanish Binks Building, Room CBK104

Archaeology

Anna Sutton Annexe, Archaeology Labs

French Binks Building, Room CBK104

Spanish Binks Building, Room CBK104

Westminster Building, Room CWE125/2 Criminology

Westminster Building, Room CWE126/1 Sociology

Tower Building, Room CTW203

Westminster Building, Room CWE019

Westminster Building, Room CWE125/2

Spanish Binks Building, Room CBK104

Combined Hons with Psychology

Refreshments 12:30-13:00

Subject Session 1 13:00-14:30

Subject Session 2 14:30-15:00/15:30

Accommodation and Campus Tours 12:00-17:30

Support Talks and Information Fair 12:30-17:30

Rooms for Subject Sessions

Subject Refreshments Location

Psychology with Forensic Biology

Psychology and Sociology

Psychology with Spanish

Psychology with Sport and Exercise Sciences

Criminology and Psychology

Counselling Skills and Psychology

Best Building, First Floor Landing Psychology

Best Building, Room CBB115

Forensic Biology Thomas Building, Foyer

Best Building, Room CBB115 Sociology

Westminster Building, Room CWE125/2

Best Building, Room CBB115 Spanish Binks Building, Room CBK104

Best Building, Room CBB115 Sport and Exercise Sciences Tower Building, Room CTW203

Best Building, Room CBB115 Criminology

Best Building, Room CBB115

Counselling Skills

Westminster Building, Room CWE019

Westminster Building, Room CWE007

Counselling Skills and Sociology/Criminology with Counselling Skills

Refreshments

12:30-13:00

Subject Session 1 13:00-14:00

Subject Session 2 14:00-14:30

Accommodation and Campus Tours 12:00-17:30

Support Talks and Information Fair 12:30-17:30

Rooms for Subject Sessions Subject

Counselling Skills and Sociology

Criminology with Counselling Skills

Westminster Building, Foyer Sociology

Westminster Building, Foyer Criminology

Westminster Building, Room CWE125/2

Westminster Building, Room CWE019

Counselling Skills

Westminster Building, Room CWE007

Chester Business School

Subject Sessions based across two sites

Refreshments 12:30-13:00

Subject Session 13:00-15:00

Optional Tour of Queen's Park* 15:30-16:30

Accommodation and Campus Tours 12:00-17:30

Support Talks and Information Fair 12:30-17:30

Rooms for Subject Sessions

Subject

Accounting and Finance

Business and International Tourism Management

Business Management and Marketing

Digital Marketing

Events Management

Business Management

Events Management and Marketing

Events Management with Business

Finance with Banking

International Tourism and Events Management

Westminster Building, Café Westminster Building, Café

Subject

International Tourism Management

International Tourism Management and Marketing

Marketing

Sport Business Management

Westminster Building, Café Westminster Building, Café

Chester Business School with a Language

Refreshments 12:30-13:00

Subject Session 13:00-15:00

Language Drop in (Binks Building, Room CBK104) 15:00-15:30

Optional Tour of Queen's Park* 15:30-16:30

Accommodation and Campus Tours 12:00-17:30

Support Talks and Information Fair 12:30-17:30

Rooms for Subject Sessions Subject

Business Management and French

Business Management and Spanish

Westminster Building, Café Westminster Building, Café

*A coach will be available from outside of the NoWFood Centre to take you to and from our sites (map ref5).

Criminology with Policing

Refreshments (Westminster Building, Foyer) 12:30-13:00

Criminology (Westminster Building, CWE019) 13:00-14:00

Travel to Wheeler* 14:00-14:15

Policing (Wheeler Building) 14:15-15:00

Travel Back to Exton Park 15:00-15:30

Accommodation and Campus Tours 12:00-17:30

Support Talks and Information Fair 12:30-17:30

*A coach will be available from outside of the NoWFood Centre to take you to and from our sites (map ref5).

Courses without Subject Sessions

As the following courses hold interviews, auditions or selection days, there are no subject sessions at today's Applicant Day. You will still be able to visit the Information Fair, tour our Exton Park site and view accommodation.

Acting

Adult and Children's Nursing

Adult and Mental Health Nursing

Adult Nursing

Children's and Mental Health Nursing

Children's Nursing

Commercial Music

Drama

Learning Disability and Children's Nursing

Learning Disability and Mental Health Nursing

Learning Disability Nursing

Mental Health and Children's Nursing

Mental Health Nursing

Midwifery

Music Journalism

Music Production

Performing Arts

Popular Music Performance

Professional Dance

Timetable Gateway House

Single Honours based at Gateway House

Please see below for the timetable and locations for today’s subject sessions.

Refreshments

12:30-12:45

Subject Session 12:45-14:45

Accommodation and Campus Tours 12:00-17:30

Support Talks and Information Fair 12:30-17:30

Rooms for Subject Sessions

Subject

English Gateway House, Room CGW107/8

English Language

English Literature

Creative Writing

Journalism/Sports Journalism/ Creative and Professional Writing

Gateway House, Room CGW203

Gateway House, Room CGW107/8

Gateway House, Room CGW204

Gateway House, Room CGW101

Timetable Wheeler

Single Honours based at Wheeler

Please see below for the timetable and locations for today’s subject sessions.

Refreshments 12:30-12:45

Subject Session 12:45-14:45

Accommodation and Campus Tours 12:00-17:30

Support Talks and Information Fair 12:30-17:30

Rooms for Subject Sessions

Timetable Kingsway Creative Campus

Single Honours based at Kingsway Creative Campus

Please see below for the timetable and locations for today’s subject sessions.

Refreshments 12:30-12:45

Subject Session 12:45-14:45

Accommodation and Campus Tours 12:00-17:30

Support Talks and Information Fair 12:30-17:30

Rooms for Subject Sessions

Subject Subject Session Location

Film and Media Studies

Media and TV Production

Kingsway, Room CKW058

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Useful Numbers

Chester Central InfoPoint – 01244 511550

Admissions – 01244 511000 admissions@chester.ac.uk

Event Queries – 01244 512800 visitus@chester.ac.uk