Accommodation
If you have firmly accepted your offer to study at UCL for 2024-2025 Academic Year, you can apply for accommodation. To apply, log into the UCL Accommodation Portal.
Current students can submit an application for the 2023-2024 academic year. To apply, log into the UCL Accommodation Portal and select the correct term to start your application. There is current availability in rooms across locations and a range of price points. Offers are sent to applicants daily, so please make sure you check your email inbox.
UCL Accommodation allocates approximately 7,500 beds across London every year. We guarantee accommodation to students that are under 18 years old or students with additional requirements.
First Year students are prioritised for UCL Accommodation, which means that they are offered spaces in UCL Accommodation ahead of returning students. During the academic year 2023-24, all applicants who met the eligibility criteria were allocated a place in UCL Accommodation.
For incoming students, the first step is to review the eligibility criteria:
- Undergraduate students
Undergraduate students are eligible for a prioritised place in UCL Accommodation if they:
- are a full-time student
- are in their first year at UCL or are attending UCL for a full academic year on Junior Year Abroad (JYA) Erasmus, or Exchange programmes
- apply for a single room (we have very limited couples and family accommodation)
- have not previously lived or studied in Greater London at a Higher Education Institution (University)
- list UCL as their firm choice by 10 June 2024
- submit their UCL Accommodation application (separate to application to study) by 10 June 2024
- Postgraduate students
Postgraduate students are prioritised for an offer of accommodation if they:
- are an international, full-time student
- are in their first year at UCL
- apply for a single room (we have very limited couples and family accommodation)
- have accepted an offer to study for a full-time Masters’ programme, Postgraduate Diploma, MPhil or PhD, or full-year affiliate programme at UCL by 30 June 2024
- have not previously lived or studied in Greater London at a Higher Education Institution (University)
- submit their UCL Accommodation application (separate to application to study) by 30 June 2024
Once you confirm your eligibility you'll find additional information on the Applying for UCL Accommodation webpage and can start learning about the Halls that are conveniently located in central London and the range of room types to suit different budgets.
At UCL, we want to provide you with a home away from home, where you will feel comfortable and supported. As a resident in UCL halls, you can join in weekly activities and events organised in your hall, as part of Flourish, our residential life programme. In UCL halls, we have Student Residence Advisers (SRAs), who are there to provide pastoral support, signpost residents to UCL support services, and help students settle into university life.
If you are not eligible and/ or are considering private accommodation, you can find useful resources and information to help you with your search on the Alternative Accommodation for Students webpage.
UCL Accommodation will continue to add halls to our portfolio in order to meet the demand for places and our website will be updated regularly to reflect this. Most recently, we have added 500+ new bed spaces for UCL Accommodation at Urbanest King’s Cross for 2023/24.