City · London · September 2026 intake
GSOS in London.
Met at the airport, settled into London, and never out of touch.
We meet your child at Heathrow, Gatwick, Stansted, Luton, or London City. We help them settle into life at a London university. We message you at every milestone.
Universities we cover in London.
- University College London (UCL)
- Imperial College London
- King's College London (KCL)
- London School of Economics (LSE)
- Queen Mary University of London
- City, University of London
- University of Westminster
- SOAS University of London
- Brunel University London
- Goldsmiths, University of London
If your child's university isn't listed, ask anyway — most London universities are within our coverage if the accommodation is in a serviceable area.
The airports we meet at.
- Heathrow (Terminals 2, 3, 4, 5)
- Gatwick (North and South)
- Stansted
- Luton
- London City
What London looks like
To a new student.
London is the world's most international university city. Your child will not be the only person from their country. But the city is also large, expensive, and complicated to navigate in the first week.
Buses and the tube run everywhere — but the Oyster card vs contactless decision, the night-bus rules, and which lines are reliable take time to learn. The cultural-food supermarkets (Chinatown, Wembley, Brixton, Tooting) are specific to each community, and not where your child's nearest Tesco is.
What they'll need help with most: which bus actually goes to their campus, opening a bank account that doesn't require six weeks of utility bills, finding the supermarket that stocks the food they want — and one person who becomes a friendly face afterwards.
Vetted, named, photographed.
We have a small founding cohort of vetted GSOS hosts in London for September 2026 — speaking Mandarin, Cantonese, Hindi, Punjabi, Tamil, Yoruba, Igbo, and English. As we recruit more, we add them here.
Book a London arrival.
Tell us when your child is landing. We confirm host availability within 24 hours.