Airport pick-up service
When you have booked your travel, make sure you tell us your date and time of arrival and book your free airport pick-up.
To support your smooth arrival in Leeds, the University offers a free airport pick-up service for new international students and postgraduate researchers.
This service is available from Leeds Bradford Airport and Manchester Airport to our University campus. If you are arriving in Leeds for the first time, we encourage you to use this service.
If you are arriving at a different UK airport, we have useful information to help you arrange your own travel to Leeds.
Our what to bring page also provides information about what to pack for Leeds.
Before booking
You must book your airport pick-up at least five days before your arrival.
To complete the airport pick-up booking form you will need:
- your accommodation address on arrival
- your flight number
- a valid student ID number.
Luggage guidelines
You can bring a maximum of two large suitcases and one small carry-on suitcase on our airport pick-up vehicles:
- Large suitcases: must not exceed a total size of 158cm (length + width + height) and must not weigh more than 23kg.
- Small carry-on suitcase: must be cabin-sized and must not weigh more than 15kg.
If you bring more luggage than you are allowed, we cannot guarantee that you will be able to use the airport pick-up service.
If there is no room for extra luggage on the vehicle booked for you, you will be asked to arrange alternative transport to Leeds at your own expense. Please follow the luggage guidelines to avoid any inconvenience.
When and how to book your airport pick-up
The airport pick-up service is offered at key arrival times for Undergraduate and Taught Postgraduate students (including incoming exchange students) during our main September and January intake periods.
During the winter holiday break, our airport pick-up service will be unavailable from Wednesday 17 December 2025 until Sunday 4 January 2026. If you plan to arrive during this time, you will need to make your own travel arrangements to Leeds.
Check when and how you can book your transport depending on when you arrive in Leeds.
Postgraduate researchers
If you’re a new international postgraduate researcher, we can arrange airport-pick up for you up until and including Tuesday 16 December 2025. After the holiday break, our airport pick-up service will resume from Monday 5 January 2026.
Please email the International Welcome team at internationalwelcome@leeds.ac.uk to request your transport at least five days before you plan to arrive.
Students arriving in January
If you are a new international student starting a course in January 2026, you can book your airport pick-up service from Wednesday 21 January until Tuesday 3 February 2026.
Book your airport pickup service using our form.
After you’ve booked your airport pick-up
We’ll contact you to confirm the details of your transport at least two days before you arrive, using the email address you provided on the airport pick-up service booking form.
The confirmation will include details of who to contact in case you have any problems on your journey, including if you need to change any arrival information related to your airport pick-up booking, such as updating your flight or accommodation details.
If you haven’t received an email from us to confirm your transport, check the inbox and junk folder of the email address you used to make the booking.
Contact
Get in touch with the Student Information Service with any questions about your time in Leeds before you arrive or when you’re on campus.
Our friendly team will be able to answer your questions or put you in touch with the right team on campus that can help you.