Glasgow Essentials
An interactive online resource for offer holders preparing to join UofG
Glasgow Essentials is all about helping you prepare to join us as undergraduate or postgraduate taught student at the University of Glasgow.
It is an interactive online resource, hosted on our Glasgow Online platform, that you can work through in your own time and at your own pace as you prepare to begin your studies. The resource is customisable and dynamic, meaning you select options based on your level of study, your course, your needs and interests, and the resource then provides the information most relevant to you. It covers three main aspects of studying at Glasgow:
- Student life
- Studying at university
- Getting around
You do not need your GUID or even be sure you will be joining UofG to access the resource – just follow the instructions below to create an account on Glasgow Online and enrol on Glasgow Essentials.
Accessing Glasgow Essentials
Glasgow Essentials does not use the University of Glasgow student ID login. This allows you to access it before you are formally enrolled as a student.
If you have a GUID, you will still need to create an account:
- Visit the login page.
- Click 'Create new account'.
- Enter the required details and click 'Create my new account'.
- Check your emails for an email from University of Glasgow IT helpdesk and click the account creation confirmation link.
- This will open a page in your web browser stating your account registration has been confirmed.
- Click 'Home' at the top of the confirmation page
- Use the search box to find 'Glasgow Essentials'.
- Click 'Enrol me'.
Glasgow Essentials will now appear in your 'My courses' list, linked at the top of the screen.