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Orientation

During your first few days, you'll attend a student orientation to help you get a sense of your new lifestyle. At the center, the NYU in London staff are available for consult every day. They provide you with an introduction to the neighborhood and organize outings to city sights such as Trafalgar Square and Covent Garden, day trips to Stonehenge and Glastonbury, and boat trips on the Thames to Greenwich and Kew. At orientation, you'll find out about community service, transportation, and leisure activities and meet faculty and staff. In addition, Blackwell's Bookshop provides a textbook stall at the NYU Center, where you can buy your books for the upcoming semester. Living abroad is a transforming experience that is often more meaningful when shared. These orientation events will help you meet other new students and hopefully create friendships that last a lifetime. Since you'll have already registered for courses before arriving in London, you'll have more time to focus on becoming a true Londoner, which might take a few minor adjustments. You'll be trying new foods, shopping at unfamiliar stores, and learning how to navigate the London Underground. You might think there's no language barrier, but differences in British and American English are quite profound. Ninety percent of our words are shared, but accents, patterns, and speeds of speech vary throughout the city, so inevitably you'll spend a lot of time trying to decipher what the British are saying. The NYU program helps you with your transition to the London lifestyle; within a few weeks, you'll naturally fall into pace with the city.

Housing and Meals

From Spring 2008, NYU in London students will be housed in one residence managed and operated by NIDO. The residence is in the King's Cross area of central London, a thirty minute walk or fifteen minute bus ride north east of the academic center. NYU in London students will be living together in one building, within an exciting and diverse community of over 1000 young people from all over the world that have chosen to study in London. All rooms, which are share by two people, are fully furnished and include linens, private bathroom, Internet access, telephone, and small kitchen facilities or communal kitchen located on each floor. Specially designed for international students, the NIDO building also features a gym, TV rooms, restaurant and cafeteria, laundry facilities, and a movie screening room. For more information about the facilities, please go to: http://www.nidolondon.com/

Trips and Activities

Throughout the semester, NYU in London plans day trips to places such as the seaside city of Brighton to visit the Charleston House and weekend trips to cities such as Bath, Bristol, Liverpool, and the Lake District, all in the West Country, and the academic centers of Cambridge and Oxford. On your own or with friends, you may choose to visit Windsor Castle or Hampton Court, Henry VIII's opulent palace by the Thames, both of which are close by. Other popular destinations in Britain include York, Manchester, and the coastal towns of Cornwall and Devon. Outside the UK, Paris, Amsterdam, and Rome are only a short plane or ferry ride away.