New student enrolment
Before you begin your studies, you will need to enrol onto your chosen course.
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If you are due to enrol on a new programme for the 2023-24 academic year, you will receive an email invitation during September 2023.
Your invite email will contain the link you need to enrol. Look out for it and check your spam filter if you are worried you've missed it.
Here is how it will work.
Step 1 - Invite email
Once we've set you up to enrol you'll receive an invite with a link to My Goldsmiths, which you'll use throughout your time at Goldsmiths to manage your student record.
We enable enrolment for students in batches, depending on what they are studying and when they applied.
If you are a postgraduate student you may have used My Goldsmiths to apply. A link to enrol will become available when your account is enabled for enrolment.
Don't worry if you don't have a My Goldsmiths account. You'll receive details on how to register when your enrolment starts.
Step 2 - Confirm your details
Your student record holds various details about yourself and your studies these include:
- Your name*, address, phone, email and date of birth
- Emergency contact
- Your fees status and how you will be paying
- Equality information (which is optional)
- Qualifications
- Career aspirations
You'll be asked to provide a copy of your ID and may need to provide an original copy of your qualifications, during enrolment. You will also have to accept the terms and conditions of the student contract you were sent with your offer email.
This should take around 10-15 minutes and is best done on a desktop computer. If you don't have all the information you can save each section and come back to it.
Once you have filled in each section you will be able to complete enrolment.
Your Goldsmiths IT account and @gold.ac.uk email will be activated within a few days of completion.
It is Goldsmiths policy to record students with their legal name, as given on any formal document (passport, driving licence or national ID) provided at enrolment.
This means the name we have on our enrolment system must match the name on your ID. If your ID has a different name, please contact admissions (@gold.ac.uk) before enrolling online.
Step 3 – Upload your documents
We need to see proof of your identity and may need proof of your qualifications.
You will be asked to upload a copy to My Goldsmiths after you complete enrolment.
The maximum file size is 20MB. The file name cannot contain any spaces or special characters. Supported file types are: doc; docx; pdf; jpg; jpeg; tiff; bmp; odt; png
If these are not provided you will be unenrolled from your course.
You must provide proof of identity – either your passport, driving license photocard or birth certificate.
Please note: if your driving licence states that your place of birth was outside the UK or Ireland, you will need to provide your passport.
You may also be required to provide proof of academic qualifications – original certificates, a transcript of results or a confirmation of award letter, stamped and signed by the institution (if the original documents have not been checked on application).
Please note that all documents must be in English. Where documents are not in English, certified translations must be provided.
You must upload a copy of your valid passport and a valid visa (see below for more on visas).
You must also:
- Pay tuition fees or show proof of private sponsorship – if you are not in receipt of government funding, i.e. student loans, student finance or federal loans
- Provide proof of any qualifications we request – original certificates, a transcript of results or a confirmation of award letter, stamped and signed by the institution (if the original documents have not been checked on application)
Please note that all documents must be in English. Where documents are not in English, certified translations must be provided.
Student visa
If you have applied for a student visa to study with us, then you should have used a visa delivery code to make sure your Biometric Residence Permit (BRP) card is delivered to our Immigration Advisory Service.
Check the letter you received from the embassy in your home country to confirm where your visa is going to be delivered to – if you are unsure please email immigration (@gold.ac.uk) for advice.
Another type of visa
You must provide evidence that you have a valid visa, residence permit, settled status or immigration document that permits study at Goldsmiths.
Your visa should cover the full length of your course of study. If your visa will expire before your course finishes, please email immigration (@gold.ac.uk) to check whether you can enrol with your current visa.
Step 4 - Module selection
If your programme has optional modules in your first year you will be asked to select them from 4 September. This will be available until 17 September.
You can find details of your programme's modules in My Goldsmiths on our pre-module selection information pages.
Next steps
Check your Welcome to do list for the other things you need to get ready to join Goldsmiths.