Select the Full Year Courses for Visiting PGT – AHSS option from the Programme drop down menu.

Select the appropriate year from the Academic Year field.

Click on the  button.  

Note: Although the drop down list above has a limited selection of options (full-year only) to select from, you will be given the option at a later stage in the application process to select a start date and the number of months of the visit.

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Step 3 – Starting the application

Click on the Start Application link

This will display the Application Guidance page that would be displayed the applicant if they were applying via the Visting Student application form.

Click on the  button to proceed.

Select the pictures that display flowers and click on the  button.

This action is required to rebuff spam email within EUCLID.

Enter the Forename(s), Surname & Date of Birth within the New Applicant Details screen,

NB Enter your own Edinburgh University email address within this Email field, not the applicants.  This allows Student Systems to generate an intray message should EUCLID crash/or you accidently close the application form mid-application. In addition it allows Student Systems to identify who has created the application.

Go to your EUCLID Home page and select the Students option. Select Quick Student Lookup and run a search on the applicant Surname and Known as fields. If you find a match to an existing student, select Yes from the dropdown box in answer to the Have you applied or studied at the University of Edinburgh before? question.Then enter the student UUN (University Username).

If no match was found in the Quick Student Lookup, then enter No.

Click on the  button.

The screen above is displayed to confirm that the personal details are correct and you wish to proceed.

Click on the  button.

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Step 4 – Completing the application form

The application form is split into sections and displayed in a tab format:

You should complete the details, taking care to enter the mandatory fields marked with an *.

The following fields marked with an * need not be completed by staff:

• Study Details
• Personal Statement

Additional training notes

Note for ‘Duration of Research’ field:

The reference to the Duration of Research field states:

 "As you are applying through ERASMUS exchange programme to come and complete a research project, please indicate for how long you will carry out your research at the University of Edinburgh?"

This refers to both International students and European students. 

Staff will need to use this field for ERASMUS and non-ERASMUS applicants.

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Step 5 – Keying the applicants email address if a portal user

If the applicant wishes to be setup with EUCLID access they should be selected as a Portal user in the Personal page and the applicants email address should be entered in the Contact page:

Personal page

Contact page

If the applicant has been selected as a Portal user, you should enter the applicants Email address in the Contact Page.

If the applicant has been selected as a Non-Portal user, the Email address fields in the Contact page will be hidden from view.

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Step 6 – Submitting the application

Once the appropriate details have been entered the application can be submitted:

On submission, the application will be retrievable in the Application & Decision Entry (ACD) option in EUCLID.

Click on the  button to complete the process. 

If the applicant has been entered as a Portal user, they will receive an email showing their EASE registration details.