Helping you get to an Applicant Visit Day
Find all the information you need to claim your travel costs back when you attend one of our Applicant Visit Days.
Claim your travel costs
Here at Sussex we’re proud of our friendly, vibrant and passionate community.
We want to make sure anyone interested in studying at Sussex is able to visit us and experience our supportive learning environment.
That’s why we’re offering to help with the cost of travel for you and a guest. Depending on where you live you can claim between £25 to £75.
Terms and conditions
The following terms and conditions should be adhered to in order to claim your travel costs payment:
- To make your claim you will need to download the AVD Travel Claim Form [DOCX, 40KB], complete all fields and email it to avdtravelcosts@sussex.ac.uk.
- Claimants must have registered for and attended an Applicant Visit Day.
- Only one travel cost claim will be paid to an attendee per application year. Whilst you are welcome to visit on more than one occasion, the University will only contribute towards your travel costs on one occasion.
- The travel costs payment will be made in one of three bands, depending on the radial distance to the University (BN1 9RH) from the home address stated on the applicant’s UCAS form:
- 0-50 miles – £25
- 1-150 miles – £50
- 151+ miles – £75
- Make sure you register for the event at the Registration Desk at some point during the day, so that we know you attended.
- The travel costs payment will be paid by BACS transfer to an account nominated on the claim form. Payments will be made within six weeks of attending an Applicant Visit Day and submitting a completed claim form.
- If you're an applicant, you don't need to provide any documents other than the claim form. For those who haven't applied to the University of Sussex, you'll need to provide your proof of address in the form of a driver’s licence/provisional driver’s licence or a bank statement or utility bill (such as a mobile phone bill). If you don't have any of these, you'll need to provide an official statement, on headed paper, from your school or college confirming that it's your place of study.
| Applicant visit day | Deadline for claiming a travel costs payment |
|---|---|
| 8 February 2025 | 27 February 2025 |
| 15 March 2025 | 3 April 2025 |
| 5 April 2025 | 24 April 2025 |
| 26 April 2025 | 15 May 2025 |
- Personal data will be processed in line with our privacy notice.
If you have any questions about claiming back your travel costs, contact avdtravelcosts@sussex.ac.uk.