Helpful documentation

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To accompany you throughout the year and to find out as much as possible about the country where you will spend your Erasmus year, you will need to obtain documentation. For Scotland, I recommend some of them in this article.

Mobile applications

- 'Circuit' will be useful when you want to do laundry. In many student residences, the laundry works with the mobile application or Circuit card to pay for your machine (various programs available from £4.5). The application will therefore allow you to recharge the balance of your Circuit account to make your machines and dryers.

- 'Scotrail' or 'Stations' will allow you to search and know the timetables and train stations according to your destination. Scotrail being the train network company in Scotland.

- 'UWS' is the application linked to my university. Then, if you are studying at UWS, I advise you to download it to make it easier to access the university's portal (see more in the article 'The University of the West of Scotland').

- 'Myday' is also an application linked to UWS where you can access your personal university portal as a student (see more in the article 'The University of the West of Scotland').

Websites

- Visitscotland.com is the website of the Scottish National Tourist Office where you can find lots of information and details about places to visit in Glasgow and Scotland, organised tours, planned events...

- On Peoplemakeglasgow.com, you can also find useful information and tips for visiting Scotland.

Guides

- 'Guide du routard' is the tourist guide that a Frenchman systematically buys when he prepares a trip. This guide gives you information about the local life of the country and gives advice on places to visit, places to sleep, food, transportation....

- Other useful guides that you can find in libraries, bookstores...

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