What to bring with you

Documents for Registration

• Passport (you cannot register without it, even if you have previously registered as a Brunel student – if you don’t have one, please see the Passport Information page for advice)
• Your Brunel offer email or another document containing your seven-digit Student Number (usually starting 11)
• Your Provisional Registration Document (you can print this once you have completed the online Registration task)
• Original academic certificates (you do not need to bring these if you are an A-level student who sat all your A-levels this summer and applied through UCAS, or if you have already presented them to the Admissions Office)
• English language certificates (please bring these if you are an international student or if your offer was conditional on achieving an English language qualification – unless we have already seen them. Please note that if they are in a foreign language you must also bring a certified translation)
• Sponsorship letters (applicable only to students receiving external sponsorship)
• Documents to complete Criminal Records Bureau (CRB) check (Physiotherapy, Occupational Therapy, Education and Social Work students only - you will have been sent details of what to bring if the check is not yet complete)

General documents

• National Insurance number card (in case you want to get a job)
• NHS medical card (this contains your NHS number and your current GP's details, and will make it easier to register at the campus Medical Centre)
• Two recent passport-sized photos of yourself
• Driving licence (if you have one)
• Cheque book
• Railcard and/or Oyster card

Documents to access your room on campus

• Key release form (you can print this after completing the Residences eInduction)
• A copy of your Tenancy Agreement
• A form of photo ID to confirm your residency
• One recent passport-sized photograph of yourself which will be kept on your records in your Hall

Items for your Halls of Residence

• Kitchen - crockery, cutlery, pans, kitchen utensils, corkscrew/bottle opener, enough food for the first few days, washing up liquid and scourers, tea towel
  
• Bathroom - towels, toiletries, toilet roll
• Washing powder
• Pens and paper
• Laptop/PC (if you have one – visit the Connect Service web page for information on how to set up your own computer at Brunel and what you’ll need to bring with you) 
  
• Money (there’s a bank and a cash machine on campus but it is useful to have some cash to start off)

Please note that you will need to buy a TV license if you use any television receiving equipment such as a TV set, digital box, DVD/video recorder, PC, laptop or mobile phone to watch or record programmes as they’re shown on TV. You can do this online on the TV Licensing website.

If you are in halls on campus, your room will contain a bed, wardrobe, bedside table, desk, chair, bedlinen and duvet, bin, notice board and mirror.

Your shared kitchen will contain a cooker, fridge, freezer, sink, kettle, bin, iron and ironing board, dustpan and brush, mop and bucket, and kitchen table and chairs.