Information about visiting students Terry Soo 6 March 2022 This short note is aimed at members of staff who may be interested in hosting visiting students Formal route If you are planning on hosting a visiting student for 3 months or longer, then they will need to be officially registered, and in particular, fees will apply: https://www.ucl.ac.uk/prospective-students/international/study-abroad-and-exchange/visiting-research-students In the fee-paying case, many of the regular rules then kick-in: https://www.ucl.ac.uk/academic-manual/sites/academic-manual/files/guidelines_for_supervising_visiting_research_students_2019-20.pdf https://www.ucl.ac.uk/academic-manual/sites/academic-manual/files/chapter_5_part_a_research_degree_regulations_2021-22.pdf Tom Honnor is our ``affiliate'' tutor and Alexandros Beskos is our (regular) admissions tutor for research students. They should be informed and may be involved in the process and have additional tips. Informal route If you are planning on ``informally'' hosting a student, for a shorter period of time, then there may still be various visa requirements; my guess is these requirements would be similar to that of any other unpaid visiting scholar. As long as they are not registered as a student and getting UCL credit, then they would most likely not require a student visa. You may find this site useful: https://www.gov.uk/check-uk-visa?step-by-step-nav=b1f1b767-776f-43ac-af4b-2bbbc39e3ad2 With regards to informally hosting a student, the duty of care lies completely with the hosting advisor. The student will need access to the building and id etc; Shanna maybe able to help you with this. Chakkapas maybe able to help with IT issues; the student may need to bring own laptop. It may be possible that the student be given office/desk space, like what is provided for our own research studentsl; there is currently a shortage. Please give Marina lots of time to arrange this possibility. As the department is quite quiet these days, the host should be available to receive the student when they arrive. ------------------------------------------------------------------- End of document A version of this document is available at https://tsoo-math.github.io/ucl2/grst/visiting-students.txt