Accommodation
When you are choosing a university, the choice, quality, location and cost of accommodation on offer are important factors. We will help you find the right place to live at an affordable rent, on or off campus throughout your time at Surrey.
Guaranteed accommodation
All first-year postgraduate students (overseas fee and UK/EU fee) are guaranteed a place in University accommodation, provided they accept a place and pay the first instalment of programme fees by 12 August.
Applicants paying fees after 12 August continue to be offered accommodation, subject to availability, and we are normally able to offer accommodation throughout August and September.
Continuing full-time research postgraduates (overseas fee and UK/EU fee) are guaranteed a room in accommodation for up to the normal duration of their study programme, provided they apply for a place in University accommodation by the appropriate deadline.
In addition, taught postgraduates on two-year programmes are guaranteed a place in accommodation for their second year, provided they apply by the appropriate deadline.
Accommodation for couples and families
Flats and houses are available on campus, at Hazel Farm and at Manor Park.
Please see the Accommodation Office web pages for more information.
Accommodation for students with disabilities
We offer adapted rooms for students with physical impairments. Please see the Accommodation Office website for more information.
Residential facilities
Our accommodation is arranged in groups of self-catered housing called Courts of Residence. The Courts have been designed to meet your needs and provide you with a living space of your own.
All University student bedrooms have free broadband, and a telephone service with cheap external calls and free internal calls. There is also access to a free iptv (Internet provided TV) service via your own dedicated user account.
To help with day-to-day living, there are modern laundrettes, a post office, bank, bookshop, grocery store and newsagent on the Stag Hill campus. Large supermarkets and a halal grocery store are nearby and a weekly fruit and vegetable market is held on campus.
- Over 50 per cent of rooms have en suite shower and toilet facilities
- All Manor Park accommodation has en suite facilities
- Groups of students share a kitchen–breakfast room
- All accommodation is non-smoking
- Most of the accommodation is mixed-sex, but we do reserve areas for those who prefer single-sex accommodation
Rooms to suit any budget
Accommodation at the University is reasonably priced. We offer low-cost duplex rooms, mid-range rents that compare with national averages, and even the rooms at the top end of our scale are affordable for those with a bit more cash to spend.
For the 2010–11 academic year, rents range from £60 to £130 per week.
There is a variety of housing in the Guildford area let privately or through the University’s own Property Management Scheme. Rents start at about £75 per week plus bills for a room and we have a range of letting periods.
Flexible payments
Rent can be paid either in lump sums per semester or by direct debit, which you can set up online.
Applying for accommodation
Applications for a place in accommodation are made online. Postgraduate applicants will receive confirmation of the room they have been allocated by email during July, August or September. It is not possible to allocate postgraduates a room until programme fees are paid and they have formally accepted a place on the programme.
Further information
If you have any other queries, please visit our website or contact the Accommodation Office.
T: +44 (0)1483 682466
E: accommodation-enq@surrey.ac.uk
