If you are an international student attending the University of South Wales for the first time, or you have studied with us previously and are progressing to a new course, before you will be able to enrol online you must:

Collect your Biometric Residence Permit (BRP) / Biometric Identity Document (BID) card from Immigration and International Student Advice (IISA)
If you are a student being sponsored under the Tier 4 Points Based System (PBS) you will need to collect your BID / BRP before you are able to enrol. If your BID / BRP will not available before you are due to enrol, please contact the IISA team who will advise you further. For further information and contact details for the IISA team, please see the information on BID collection.

Attend your induction session.
You will need to attend the correct campus for your induction session. Please visit the following link for full details of the timetable of the induction session.

Complete personalised enrolment checks at Pontypridd Campus
At your personal enrolment check session, you will be expected to provide originals of the following documentation, which will be copied and scanned and kept on your student record:

• Valid Passport
• Valid Vignette Visa and BID / BRP card
• Valid ATAS (Academic Technology Approval Scheme) Certificate (if required)
• CAS Statement

If you are unable to provide an original passport or original valid visa you will be referred to the Immigration and International Student Advice team who will assist you and provide advice for your individual situation.

If you are an international non-EU student, studying on a Tier 4 visa at one of our South Wales campuses, you must have a commutable term time address in the South Wales/South West area in order to attend the University. Therefore, you will also be expected to provide contact details including:

• your overseas ‘home’ address
• your UK ‘term-time’ address
• a UK telephone number

Once you have completed online enrolment, you will be issued with your Student ID card. The University of South Wales Student SMART ID card is multi-purpose and acts as your University identification, Library card, Door Entry card and allows you access to University services and facilities. 

International Welcome Programme
If you are attending the University of South Wales for the first time, you are encouraged to attend the International Welcome Programme (IWP).The International Welcome Programme is an important social orientation programme that runs each September and February. It includes events, activities and information sessions to help acclimatise new international students to living and learning in the UK during the main University arrival period. Feedback from attendees showed that 100% of students recommend that new students should take part in the IWP. For more details, please follow this link.

Immigration and International Student Advice Team
The Immigration & International Student Advice team’s main area of expertise is in the immigration law and rules and offer specialised advice and information for international students and their dependants. They also offer a dedicated advice service for non-academic, welfare-related matters and endeavour to provide opportunities that improve the international student experience and promote internationalisation both on and off campus. For advice and guidance on immigration matters, Arrival Services and the International Welcome Programme please visit their Essential pre-departure information.

If you are an international student, or a student who is subject to immigration control, returning to enrol on the next year of your course at the University of South Wales, or you are required to repeat elements of your course, before you will be able to enrol online you must:

Pay 50% of your course fees. Please see the information on the Payment Hub on how to pay or contact Revenue on 01443 483340. If you are a sponsored student, please bring confirmation of payment of fees or evidence of who is paying your fees i.e. a letter from your sponsor.

Attend your campus induction session.
You will need to attend the correct campus for your induction session. Please visit the following link for full details of the timetable of the induction sessions.

Complete personalised enrolment checks at Pontypridd Campus
At your personal enrolment check session, you will be expected to provide originals of the following documentation, which will be copied and scanned and kept on your student record:

• Valid Passport
• Valid Vignette Visa and BID / BRP card
• Valid ATAS (Academic Technology Approval Scheme) Certificate (if required)
• CAS Statement

If you are unable to provide an original passport or original valid visa you will be referred to the Immigration and International Student Advice team who will assist you and provide advice for your individual situation.

If you are an international non-EU student, studying on a Tier 4 visa at one of our South Wales campuses, you must have a commutable term time address in the South Wales/South West area in order to attend the University. Therefore, you will also be expected to provide contact details including:

• your overseas ‘home’ address
• your UK ‘term-time’ address
• a UK telephone number

Student ID cards

The Student ID card issued to you when you first enrolled at the University will be valid for the duration of your studies, and we will not issue a new one each year. 

In order to fulfil our Tier 4 sponsorship duties, the University of South Wales must undertake specific processes and procedures when enrolling international non-EU students. In order to keep all of our students safe, it is our primary objective to ensure that everything is done to protect our Tier 4 Sponsor Licence and thus the immigration status of our international non-EU students. Visit our Attendance Monitoring page for more information on Tier 4 students' attendance monitoring responsibilities.