New undergraduates

We guarantee accommodation for applications submitted before the deadline. Please note, due to the high demand for student housing, we cannot guarantee accommodation for undergraduate new students after the deadline date.

Information about applications received before the deadline

• All students who have chosen "single gender" accommodation will only be allocated Founders or Kingswood as stated in the online application.
• Students who have a saved online application and wish to be considered for accommodation must submit their application before the deadline.

Students holding unconditional offers will be allocated within 28 days after the 3 June 2011.   Students who are direct entrants into their second year must apply as first year students before the deadline to be considered.

Allocation Process

Students eligible for halls of residence will be communicated to their email address (which has been provided to the Admissions Department), to notify them when the online system has been activated. The allocation process attempts to offer applicants as close a match to their accommodation preferences as is practical. However, this is subject to room availability at the time of allocation and inevitably some students' requirements will not be met

Key Dates:

Applications Open: 23 March 2011 12:00 noon (UK local time)

Applications Deadline: Friday 3rd June 2011 4.00pm (UK local time)

1. Firm Applicants

All undergraduate students who firmly accept a conditional or unconditional offer of a place at Royal Holloway through UCAS and apply for Student Housing by the deadline of 3rd June 2011 are guaranteed a place in halls for their first year.

Unconditional Firm Applicants

Applicants holding an unconditional academic offer will be allocated a hall place within 28 days of the application deadline. Allocations will be notified by email.

Conditional Firm Applicants

Hall allocation is subject to you meeting the conditions of the academic offer. If you do not meet the offer and are subsequently rejected, this offer will be invalid.

Within this group the order of allocation is as follows:

a. International Overseas students who have applied prior to the above deadline.

b. Home & EU applicants will be allocated on a first-come-first-served basis.

2. Late Applicants

All undergraduate applications received after the deadline will be placed on a waiting list| and processed if and when places become available.  

3. Clearing Applicants

Some hall places may become available at the start of the new academic year or soon before (mostly shared places). If you wish to be considered for this, you will need to submit an online application, which will be held on a waiting list|.

4. Insurance Students

Students who accept a conditional or unconditional offer as an Insurance place will not be able to apply for student housing until they have been released by their first-choice University and have firmly accepted an academic offer at Royal Holloway.

A limited number of shared places may be made available to students who could not be offered a place of accommodation in the first instance.

General Information

Once your student housing has been allocated you will receive an email notification requesting you to view and accept your contract online within a Deadline indicated in the email offer. Failure to accept the offer before the deadline will lead to the offer being withdrawn and the room being reallocated.

Halls of residence|

Residential fees 2011-12|

How to apply for student housing|