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Applying for pre-sessional student accommodation

What you need to know before you apply for pre-sessional student accommodation.

Applications for pre-sessional accommodation open on the 12 March 2025.

You can apply for pre-sessional accommodation if you are a summer pre-sessional English student with a conditional or combined offer of admission.

You will need to make two applications. One for your pre-sessional accommodation, and one for your postgraduate term time accommodation.

Once you have submitted both applications, the ResLife Allocations team will allocate your accommodation. You will receive two emails to your registered email address for each pre-sessional and postgraduate offer of accommodation. All offers will be sent on the Wednesday following the receipt of both applications.

You will need to accept both offers within the 4 days deadline. If you miss this deadline your offer will be withdrawn.

To accept your postgraduate accommodation you will need to pay an Advanced Rent Payment of £500 to secure your room. There is no advanced payment required to accept you pre-sessional accommodation.

Read about how we allocate accommodation to applicants.

Accommodation options

Accommodation options for pre-sessional study are:

The contract dates for the above are 04 July 2025 (10 week course) or 04 August 2025 (5 week course) until September 2025. The date in September that you will move into your term time will be confirmed when you are allocated. This will be between Monday 15 September and Saturday 20 September.

After your pre-sessional course you will move into your term time postgraduate accommodation. Accommodation options for postgraduate study are:

If you apply for Aquila Court for your postgraduate accommodation, subject to availability, you will be able to move into your room in Aquila Court for your pre-sessional study and remain there for your postgraduate study.

If you have a disability or a diagnosed medical condition you need to complete the additional requirements accommodation application form.

When to apply

Applications for pre-sessional student accommodation open on 12 March 2025.

The deadline for guaranteed accommodation is 01 July 2025.

If you miss the deadline

You can still apply after the 01 July 2025 deadline, but we cannot guarantee you accommodation. Applications for waiting list accommodation open again on 08 July 2025 and will be subject to availability.

How to apply

You must register on our accommodation system to apply for accommodation.

Registration

Once you have a conditional or unconditional firm offer from the University, you can register to use the accommodation application portal.

If you register at the same time as applying, it can take up to an hour before you'll be able to log in and make your application.

Accommodation prices

We offer a range of accommodation to suit different budgets.

Compare our pre-sessional accommodation prices.

Presessional student accommodation

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Speak to the team

Contact us if you have any questions or book an appointment to speak to a member of our team.


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