Open Days
We hold three undergraduate Open Days, and one postgraduate Open Day, each year. These events take place across the University of Edinburgh and are a great opportunity to meet staff and students, take a tour of our facilities, and attend a range of talks on study options and services such as Admissions, Student Finance and Accommodation.
The next undergraduate Open Days will be:
- Friday 9th June 2017
- Saturday 23rd September 2017
- Saturday 7th October 2017
Booking is advised and is now open for our Open Day on Friday 9th June 2017.
Find out more about undergraduate Open Days and book your place
The next postgraduate Open Day will be:
- Wednesday 15th November 2017
To be notified when booking opens for this Open Day, and to find out about other events for prospective postgraduate students, including international events, you can join the University of Edinburgh mailing list.
Join the University of Edinburgh mailing list for postgraduate student events
Student-led tours
We are pleased to offer student-led tours of our Art, Design, Music, Architecture and Landscape Architecture facilities throughout the year.
The tours usually take place monthly, start at 11am, and last for around one hour.
Please note that we are unable to include the Film and TV facilities in our Art and Design tours. If you are interested in this area, we strongly recommend that you attend one of the undergraduate Open Days, where you will be able to view the facilities and meet with members of staff.
Visitors who wish to see the wider University of Edinburgh central campus, which takes in the Students’ Union buildings and Main Library, can also sign up to the George Square campus tour.
Sign up for a student-led George Square campus tour
School visits
If you would like to organise a visit to ECA for a school group, please contact us directly by emailing cara.samuels@ed.ac.uk with your preferred date and group size, and we will seek to accommodate you, where possible.
Your school may also be eligible to work with ACES (Access to Creative Education in Scotland). This project provides encouragement and advice for students from certain, targeted, schools who may be under-represented in universities and who are considering applying to art and design based courses.
Edinburgh College of Art co-ordinates the ACES programme for Edinburgh and the Lothians, working closely with LEAPS (Lothians Equal Access Programme for Schools).
Find out more about ACES, including if your school is eligible to apply
Virtual tours and off-campus events
If you can’t join us for an Open Day, student-led tour or school visit, there are public events throughout the year, such as Degree Show, that will enable you to see selected parts of our campus.
However, we don’t want to disappoint you by being unable to show you our facilities during teaching time, when unscheduled visits can disrupt our students’ learning experience and pose a security risk, so please don’t book travel outside of our scheduled events.
We regularly participate in off-campus events, including Create Your Future in London and Manchester, where you can find out more about our programmes and what it’s like to study here.
If you would like to view our facilities virtually, you can explore the studios, libraries and performance spaces across the campus online.
Explore some of our facilities with the ECA Virtual Tour
Post Offer Visit Days
Post Offer Visit Days are an opportunity for successful applicants to learn more about their subject areas and life as a student at the University of Edinburgh.
These events include School-wide welcome talks, subject information sessions, an information fair, and tours of facilities, including the Main Library and Centre for Sport and Exercise.
You will also have the opportunity to see examples of undergraduate student accommodation at Pollock Halls.
If you have successfully applied to study at ECA, you will receive an invitation to your Post Offer Visit Day from our admissions team.
