Welcome to the Graduate School, and congratulations on joining our doctoral research programme. On this page, you'll find the key information you need to get started at Westminster.

How to enrol and collect your ID card

You'll need to enrol in order to formally become a University of Westminster student and access all University resources.

From the 5 January 2024, you'll get an enrolment email from our Postgraduate Admissions team, which will include a link to start your enrolment online via the Applicant PortalPlease complete this as soon as you can. If you don’t receive your enrolment email by Friday 12 January, please contact our Library and Student Centre team at .

ID card collection takes place on Thursday 18 January, between 11am and 12.30pm, at the University of Westminster’s Marylebone Campus. If you've been invited to show your ID documents on campus, this is also your time slot for doing this.

You can find a step-by-step guide to enrolment along with FAQs on our Enrolment for new students page.

Our induction programme

Our induction and welcome events give you an introduction to the Graduate School and the opportunity to meet colleagues and fellow students.

You'll get key information and guidance for your doctoral research programme, specific details for your project, and learn about the support available to you.

Your induction event will take place on Thursday 18 January, 2pm–5pm, in room UG.02 at the Regent Street Campus.

This will be followed by a Welcome Reception from 5pm in UG.02 at the Regent Street Campus.

You can find information on the induction programme in the document below.

You can find welcome events and information for all new students on the Welcome to Westminster page

About the Graduate School

We pride ourselves on pursuing leading, innovative research in Britain and across the world. As a doctoral researcher at Westminster, you'll make an important contribution to our research efforts and play a key role in nurturing a vibrant, high-quality research culture. We're here to support and encourage you as part of our doctoral and post-doctoral research community.

Professor Leigh Wilson is the Head of the Graduate School.

To find out more about us, visit the About the Graduate School page.

Contact us

If you need help with enrolment, email our Library and Student Centre Team at  or contact us via the live chat on this page.