This week’s blog is looking at our Accommodation Guarantee, the types of rooms we have available and how we allocate these rooms:
The Accommodation Guarantee
Applications for new and deferred students open on Monday 9 April 2018 (from 10:00am) for all undergraduates and International postgraduate students with a firm offer for a University of Exeter course. If you meet our accommodation guarantee and apply before the deadline of 31 July 2018, you will be guaranteed a bed space. Please note that undergraduate applications are not dealt with on a first come, first served basis and allocations to residences are processed randomly.
You will not be able to activate an accommodation account until April 2018 as we are currently updating our software in readiness for applications opening.
What accommodation is guaranteed?
Many people assume that all University of Exeter accommodation is on campus, however, this is not the case because 70% of our accommodation is on campus and 30% of it is off campus. Click on our walking distances map to the right to see where our residences are located.
Please note that we are only able to guarantee students a bed space which means that we are unable to guarantee whether students will be offered an on/off campus location or one of their four preferences. Take a look at our recent self-catered and catered blog posts for further information on the types of room available.
Types of room available
- Standard rooms – these are our lowest priced rooms and within this accommodation type, students share the kitchen and bathroom facilities. A sink is provided within rooms. Please note that within catered accommodation 50% of the standard rooms available are twin occupancy. This means that you will share your room with another student, pf the same gender, who shares similar interests to you. If you are an undergraduate student and you apply for one of these rooms then there is a 50% chance you will be allocated to a twin room.
- En-Suite rooms – students share the communal kitchen/lounge area and have their own en-suite within their room. Please note that the communal areas mentioned are only available within self-catered residences. Our website provides further information about communal areas.
- Studios – these are available in self-catered residences only and offer independent living. They provide students with an en-suite, double bed and kitchenette area within their room.
How we allocte rooms
Within the application you are required to provide your personal preferences, the things that matter to you. With this information it helps us to allocate you to a flat which we feel would be suited to you based on your requirements and the requirements of other students:
- If you would prefer a quiet flat (to live with other people who have mentioned this within their application)
- The ages of people you wish to live with out of the following options: 20 and under, 21-25, 25-35 or over 35
- If you would prefer to live on the ground floor
- If you would prefer to live with people who do not drink alcohol
- You are also required to a minimum of four interests out of the following: sport (type), music, social, clubs, pubs, shopping/fashion, culture, reading, TV/cinema, travel, art, drama/theatre, current affairs, outdoor, gaming and other
When we allocate rooms, we do take into consideration the above preferences made on your application and read any additional notes. Further information about this can be found in our ‘Room Allocation Procedure‘ which I encourage you all to read.
Next week, we will be looking at private accommodation in the city.
Accommodation Catherine