The following documents the students should bring with them:

• Your passport, with visa;
• all your academic certificates
• IELTS or TOEFL (originals and a photocopy);
• your offer and acceptance letters;
• proof of your finances and funding;
• all documents ad information that the university has sent you;
• several passport-size photographs;
• travel and health insurance or medical notes; and your driving licence;
• It is worth keeping directions to your accommodation or the college, and emergency contact numbers, in your hand luggage;
• We suggest that you take a photocopy of all your important documents and leave them with a friend or relative for safekeeping.

If you bring any medication with you into the UK, also carry a letter (translated into English) from your doctor explaining what the medicine is and what it is for, just in case you are stopped at customs on entering the UK. Similarly, if you are undergoing any long-term medical treatment you should also bring a letter from your doctor, counsellor, or hospital specialist. This letter can be shown to the relevant UK specialist if further medication is needed.

You may bring as much money as you like, in any form, into the UK. You can also transfer money to the UK by bank draft, international money order or telegraphic transfer. However, before leaving home check if the law or your government restricts the transfer of funds overseas; how long the currency transfer takes and how much it costs and whether there are any special arrangements or allowances for students.

It is important that you have enough money to last until you have opened a bank account, which can be as quick as a few days but can take much longer, and you are able to have transferred funds into it. It is also recommended that you should not depend on the part time job. Due to the current recession, the job market is not in good position. Therefore, you should bring a certain amount of money for your own maintenance prior to finding a job. Around £800 to £1000 in cash is enough, with travellers' cheques for any additional money. You can bring the said amount of money by endorsing in your passport.

Please do not bring large amounts of cash. It is safer to bring your money in travellers’ cheques that can be cashed in banks, post offices and airports. A debit card carrying the Maestro or Cirrus logos is useful as you can use these cards to get money from cash dispensers (“holes in the wall“) each day within your limit. They are found almost everywhere, including airports.

You will also need to make sure you are able to pay your college tuition fees and your awarding body’s registration fees separately. You may wish, therefore, to also bring separate banker’s drafts made out for the correct amounts. Methods of payment include: banker’s draft that can be drawn in sterling at a UK bank; sterling travellers’ cheques; cheque from a cheque book of a UK bank; Visa, Access, MasterCard credit cards; Euros, Dollars, Sterling cash.

It is a visa requirement that you have enough money to pay for all of your expenses without needing to work part-time. The college does not have any funding available for international students who do not have enough money for the whole of the academic year.

Many airlines have a restrictive weight or size allowance, so check with your airline before you leave. Others, such as Biman Bangladesh Airlines, have an allowance of approximately 30 kg for students from Dhaka to London. Bring warm clothes. Most students dress informally most of the time.

The voltage in the UK is 240v, using 13amp square pins. Please check any electrical equipment. Find some space for a few personal items and photographs to remind your family and friends.

There are some restrictions on what you can bring into the UK. Items should be for personal use only; visit the government website: www.hmso.gov.uk for details.

The College website and especially the Student Handbook give dates for registration and explain what happens at registration. It can be accessible through the College website and it is recommended that you should have a look of it before you leave home. If you have not received this, please contact the International Office before or on arrival as this date is when students register with the college and attend their programme induction (orientation). As part of the registration process, you will need to produce original academic certificates.