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If you are a UK/EU applicant for an undergraduate degree at Essex, you will be invited to attend an Applicant Day. The information on these pages are for applicants who have been invited to an Applicant Day.

Our Applicant Days focus on the course and Department you have applied to. They are an opportunity to meet relevant subject academic staff, chat to current students and get all your questions answered before you make your final choices via UCAS.

Some of our courses require a compulsory interview as part of the recruitment process so it is important you attend. If this is the case it will be clearly stated on your myEssex portal once you have received your invitation. For other courses, the interview is not compulsory. The following tables outline the subjects for in which it’s compulsory to attend an Applicant Day and interview, and those where it is optional.

Your Applicant Day invitation will be sent via email - so keep an eye out for it!

If you are an international applicant, please email us if you would like to attend an Applicant Day.

Compulsory and optional interviews

Compulsory interviews

French Law
Adult and Mental Health Nursing (Colchester campus)
Occupational Therapy
Physiotherapy
Speech and Language Therapy

The following courses are based at our Southend Campus so if you have applied for either of these courses please follow the information in your Applicant Day Programme only.

Adult and Mental Health Nursing (Southend campus)
Oral Health Science
Social Work

Optional interviews

Accounting, Finance and Banking
American Studies
Art History
Computer Science and Electronic Engineering
Creative Writing
Drama
Economics
Edge Hotel School - Hospitality and Events Management
English Language and Linguistics
European Studies
Film Studies
Global Studies
History
Journalism
Latin American Studies
Law and Human Rights
Liberal Arts
Life Sciences
Literature
Management and Marketing
Mathematical Sciences
Modern Languages
Philosophy
Politics and International Relations
Psychoanalytic Studies
Psychology
Sociology and Criminology
Sports and Exercise Science
Sports Performance and Coaching
Sports Therapy

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Chat to our current students to find out what life at Essex is really like

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Meet fellow applicants and students

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Applicant Day Programme

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Applicant Day FAQs

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Applicant Day Getting Here