Three smiling students in red t-shirts with a sign that points to open day registration

Applicant Experience Day

Our next Applicant Experience Day and Creative Experience Day is on Saturday 28 March 2026. Subject session times are subject to change, please check back nearer the time.

An applicant and creative experience day like no other

Our applicant days are designed to be different – we don’t just tell you about Middlesex; we immerse you in it. Every part of the day is crafted to reflect the real, supportive, and interactive experience you’ll get when you study with us.

  • When: Saturday 28 March 2026, 9.30am - 3pm

  • Where: Hendon Campus, The Burroughs, London, NW4 4BT

  • Registration: Doors open from 9.30am to register. Registration points are in College Building. You can register from 9.30am, however, please do check your subject session running times, to not miss out.

Top tips, in order to make the most of your day:

  • Chat to current students and academic staff in your subject session, to find out more about your subjects' faculty
  • Attend one of our MDX support talks and speak to support staff in the Quad to understand the services we have available to you as a student
  • Experience a taster session at StoneX, our centre for excellence for simulation-based learning
  • Take note of the timings of each session you would like to attend in order to plan your day
  • Think ahead and note down any questions that you would like to ask us during the day, there will be plenty of opportunities to have these answered
  • If you are a parent or supporter, this is your chance to get your questions answered, from our expert staff from the Education Liaison Team
  • Most importantly, enjoy experiencing what it's like to be a student at Middlesex. We can't wait to see you!
General and support talks
A group of five smiling people in branded open day tops

General and support talks

Preparing for University, your next steps

  • When: 11am - 11.45am
  • Where: CG76 Lecture Theatre, College Building

Support and Wellbeing

  • When: 1.30pm - 2pm
  • Where: CG76 Lecture Theatre, College Building

Student Finance

  • When: 2pm - 2.30pm
  • Where: CG76 Lecture Theatre, College Building
Tours

Tours

Accommodation - Usher Halls

  • When: Regular intervals between 9.30am - 2.30pm
  • Where: Depart from Accommodation Tours Stand in the Quad, College Building

Campus

  • When: Regular intervals between 9.30am - 2.30pm
  • Where: Collect your ticket from the Campus Tours Stand in the Quad, College Building

Library

  • When: 12pm, 12.30pm and 1pm
  • Where: Depart from the Library Tours Stand in the Quad, College Building

Sports and Fitness Facilities

  • When: Regular intervals between 11am - 2.30pm
  • Where: Depart from the Sports and Fitness Stand in MDX House.
Six students walking together under a wooden structure

Student support services

Speak to a range of support staff including Student Welfare and Advice, Student Wellbeing and more.

You'll have the chance to speak to experienced staff at each stand and find out more about the support on offer at MDX. It's a good idea to plan ahead and perhaps write down your questions in advance, to make the most of your conversations.

  • When: 11am - 3pm
  • Where: The Quad, College Building

A taste of the creative community

Experience different elements of our MDX creative community, including tote bag printing, life drawing, fashion 3D modelling and much more.

  • When: 1pm-3pm
  • Where: The Atrium, Grove Building

Talks and taster sessions

A course talk at our Applicant Experience Day is much more – each subject session has an interactive, experiential element to help you truly explore what you’ll be studying. Think of it as a taste of your future with us.

Attend a talk and taster session, where you can chat to our diverse community of students and academic staff to see how we foster an inclusive environment that supports every student’s journey, no matter where it started. You’ll get more information about what your learning will look like and it’s your chance to ask any questions that weren’t covered in your subject sessions.

Subject session times

Subject session times

Top tip: Check the time of your subject talk and plan the rest of your activities around that.

Subject session times are subject to change, please check back nearer the time.

Take part in a 3D Modelling Activity and Motion Capture Demonstration.

  • When: 11am -1pm
  • Where: G110, Grove Building

Animation

Take part in a 3D Modelling Activity and Motion Capture Demonstration.

  • When: 11am -1pm
  • Where: G104, Grove Building

An interactive session exploring the fundamentals of accounting, what it's for and how it works.

  • When: 10.30am -11am Welcome Talk, 11am - 12.30pm Taster Session 
  • Where: C207, College Building

Take part in an activity which will demonstrate how AI learns to distinguish images of handwritten digits.

  • When: 10am - 10.30am Welcome Talk, 10.30am - 12pm Taster Session
  • Where: CG76, College Building, Welcome Talk, H105 Hatchcroft Building, Taster Session

Apply molecular biology techniques such as gel electrophoresis to diagnose individuals with sickle cell disease.

  • When: 10am - 10.30am Welcome Talk, 10.30am - 12pm Taster Session 
  • Where: H201, Hatchcroft Building

An introduction to the opening stages of the Software Development Life Cycle, exploring how software projects are planned and shaped.

  • When: 10am - 10.30am Welcome Talk, 10.30am - 12pm Taster Session
  • Where: CG76, College Building, Welcome Talk, HG07 Hatchcroft Building, Taster Session

Experience a mini lecture on teamwork and communication and take part in a silent tower building activity.

  • When: 10.30am - 11am Welcome Talk, 11am - 12.30pm Taster Session
  • Where: W142, Williams Building

An introduction to web development (HTML, CSS and JavaScript) and large language models (for example, GPT 5.2), to generate and process text.

  • When: 10am - 10.30am Welcome Talk, 10.30am - 12pm Taster Session
  • Where: CG76, College Building, Welcome Talk, H106 Hatchcroft Building, Taster Session

Have a go workshop to design a logo. Using AI for Design - let's discuss!

  • When: 11am-1pm
  • Where: G116, Grove Building

Test your problem solving skills during this Development Escape Room activity.

  • When: 10.30am - 11am Welcome Talk, 11am - 12.30pm Taster Session
  • Where: C104, College Building

Join this session on Crypto-currency investigations.

  • When: 10am - 10.30am Welcome Talk, 10.30am - 12pm Taster Session
  • Where: CG76, College Building, Welcome Talk, H104 Hatchcroft Building, Taster Session

Code in Motion: Hands-On Robotics with the Niryo Arm - Step into the world of robotics with this hands-on workshop!

  • When: 10am - 10.30am Welcome Talk, 10.30am - 12pm Taster Session
  • Where: H101, Hatchcroft Building

Have a go workshop to design a logo. Using AI for Design - let's discuss!

  • When: 11am - 1pm
  • Where: G116, Grove Building

Get hands on and creative with plants in our Forest School.

  • When: 10.30am - 12.30pm Welcome Talk and Taster Session
  • Where: C109, College Building

Code in Motion: Hands-On Robotics with the Niryo Arm - Step into the world of robotics with this hands-on workshop!

  • When: 10am - 10.30am Welcome Talk, 10.30am - 12pm Taster Session
  • Where: H101, Hatchcroft Building

  • When: 10am - 10.30am Welcome Talk, 10.30am - 12pm Taster Session
  • Where: H116, Hatchcroft Building Welcome Talk, HG24, Hatchcroft Building, Taster Session

  • When: 11am - 1pm
  • Where: G214A, Grove Building

  • When: 11am - 1pm (talk, activity, and facilities tour)
  • Where: GG44, Grove Building

Your experience includes a hands on mono printing technique activity, a tour of facilities and a Sound Walk: observe the variety of sounds around campus* this is a wheelchair-friendly walk, please let us know if you have any mobility needs beforehand so we can prepare accordingly.

  • When: 11am – 1pm
  • Where: G301, Grove Building

Meet the tutor and take a tour of the foundation studio and facilities.

  • When: 11am – 1pm
  • Where: Grove Atrium, Grove Building

Generate a game concept and learn to link it to a defined audience.

  • When: 11am - 1pm
  • Where: G101, Grove Building

Explore our studios and meet tutors. Walk away with your very own customised tote bag by attending this hands-on workshop!

  • When: 11am - 1pm
  • Where: G406, Grove Building

Enhance your artistic skills in this life drawing class.

  • When: 11am - 1pm
  • Where: G309, Grove Building

As introduction to web development (HTML, CSS and JavaScript) and large language models (for example, GPT 5.2), to generate and process text.

  • When: 10am - 10.30am Welcome Talk, 10.30am - 12pm Taster Session
  • Where: CG76, College Building, Welcome Talk, H106 Hatchcroft Building, Taster Session

Attend this engaging workshop, giving you a taste of how we approach designing spaces.

  • When: 11am - 1pm
  • Where: R201 and R202, Ritterman Building

Rethink tourism brands. Take part in the 'Guess the Brand Name' game.

  • When: 10.30am - 11am Welcome Talk, 11am - 12.30pm Taster Session
  • Where: CG04, College Building

Learn how you can obtain practical real-life experience dealing with legal cases as part of our University's Legal Advice Clinic and at community legal advice centres. Enjoy activities which will enhance your skills as a lawyer.

  • When: 10.30am - 11am Welcome Talk, 11am - 12.30pm Taster Session
  • Where: C107, College Building

What are the 4 Ps of Marketing?

  • When: 10.30am - 11am Welcome Talk, 11am - 12.30pm Taster Session 
  • Where: CG06, College Building

Learn in this demonstration how we assess total body composition using 3D body scanning.

This session begins in College Building with a talk, followed by the opportunity to then continue your session over at StoneX Stadium.

Please check the available coach departure times below. 

  • When: 10am - 10.40am (talk), then coach tour at 10.40am - 12.30pm
  • Where: H116, College Building

This session begins in College Building with a talk, followed by the opportunity to then continue your session over at StoneX Stadium.

Please check the available coach departure times below. 

  • When: 10am - 11.30am (talk and taster session), then coach tour at 11.30am - 1pm
  • Where: C115, College Building

  • When: 11am - 1pm
  • Where: Concert Room and Studio A, Grove Building

Learn how to apply Neuromuscular physiology using the Lt platform.

This session begins in College Building with a talk, followed by the opportunity to then continue your session over at StoneX Stadium.

Please check the available coach departure times below. 

  • When: 10am - 10.40am (talk), then coach tour at 10.40am - 12.30pm
  • Where: H116, College Building

This session begins in College Building with a talk, followed by the opportunity to then continue your session over at StoneX Stadium.

Please check the available coach departure times below. 

  • When: 10am - 11am (talk and taster session), then coach tour at 11am - 12.30pm or 12pm - 1.30pm
  • Where: C114, College Building

"Lighting Up Chemistry: The Science Behind Glowsticks” - Applicants will create their own glow sticks and learn the science behind why some chemicals luminesce.

  • When: 10am - 10.30am Welcome Talk, 10.30am - 12pm Taster Session
  • Where: H116 Hatchcroft Building, Welcome Talk, H141 Hatchcroft Building, Taster Session

In this workshop, become an inventor whilst exploring your curriculum.

  • When:10.30am-12.30pm Welcome Talk and Taster Session
  • Where: C106, College Building

Take part in an interactive polygraph (lie detector) demonstration and a workshop exploring how psychologists think about and study human relationships.

  • When:10am - 10.30am Welcome Talk, 10.30am - 12pm Taster Session
  • Where: HG19 Hatchcroft Building, Welcome Talk; HG02, HG13 Hatchcroft Building Taster Session

Participate in a physiology practical and an injury analysis and taping exercise. Please note, applicants are required to wear sport clothing in order to take part.

This taster session takes place at StoneX Stadium. Please meet in the Quad, College Building at 10am.

  • When: 10am - 12pm
  • Where: StoneX Departure point, College Building

Get hands-on by trying practical nursing activities, VR, quizzes, interactive tasks, and more.

This session begins in College Building with a talk and taster session, followed by the opportunity to then continue your session over at StoneX Stadium. Please check the available coach departure times below. 

  • When: 10am - 11.30am (talk and taster session), then coach tour at 11.30am - 1pm
  • Where: C115, College Building
Plan your journey

Plan your journey

Our main campus in Hendon, north London, is located 10 minutes from the Northern line and Thameslink rail line - both of which take you to / from central London in under 30 minutes.

We are also easily accessible by car, being close to the North Circular and A41, and offer free parking in our Greyhound Hill car park on campus when attending our Open Days.

For further information, view our directions to campus or our campus map (PDF file).

 

location_on Middlesex University, The Burroughs, London NW4 4BT

Any questions?

We will have our friendly student ambassadors on hand on the day to help support you, but if you have any questions now and would like to chat with them beforehand, please contact them on Unibuddy.

Chat with students
A smiling woman next to a sign which says