Welcome Week

Southend Campus

Students meeting the SU during Welcome Week on our Southend Campus

Get ready to join us at Southend-on-Sea

Ready to start with us? Ready to join the Essex Community? We can't wait to welcome you too. 

Getting here

Our Southend Campus can be found in the heart of the city, near lots of car parks and the local train station. Information on how to get to Southend and where to find the campus can be found on our visit us web pages.

Students meeting the SU at Southend during Welcome Week
Make friends and meet new people

We have a range of different events and activities taking place on campus and online during Welcome Week. The perfect chance for you to make friends, meet like-minded people and orientate yourself around the campus and where you'll call home for the next few years.

Southend Welcome Freshers' Fair
Welcome week activities and your Freshers' Fair

See what's in store for you during your first few weeks of Uni life. This is your chance to have fun, make friends and get ready for the next few years with us. The highlight of everyone's Welcome week is the Freshers' Fair, your chance to join societies, meet local businesses, and University services and of course get to know the Essex Students' Union.

Find out more about the week
Students hugging outside the Forum during Southend Welcome Week
Students hugging outside the Forum during Southend Welcome Week
Welcome week at our Southend Campus outside The Forum
Welcome week at our Southend Campus