Accommodation guarantee

Guaranteed applicants

We guarantee a room offer for:

• students who get a place at Bristol through Clearing
• students who get a place at Bristol as an insurance choice
• undergraduate students in first year of study
• postgraduate students in first year of study, who pay fees at the overseas rate
• study abroad exchange students who start in September
• study abroad non-exchange students who start in September or January
• foundation year students
• International Foundation Programme students
• intercalators joining an undergraduate course
• intercalators joining a postgraduate course, who pay tuition fees at the overseas rate
• Aerosol Science PhD students.

You must also:

• apply for accommodation by 30 June 2025 (or 31 August at 11.59 pm if you get a place at Bristol through Clearing or as an insurance choice)
• firmly accept your offer of study 
• be a new full-time student, studying at Bristol for the first time
• accept your offer of accommodation by the deadline
• be unaccompanied, coming without partners or dependant family members.

We may offer rooms that are not in our advertised residences.

Apply for accommodation.

Non-guaranteed applicants 

We do not guarantee a room offer for applicants who:

• apply after 30 June 2025 (or after 31 August at 11.59 pm if you get a place at Bristol through Clearing or as an insurance choice)
• have not firmly accepted an offer of study at Bristol by 30 June 2025 (unless you apply through Clearing or get a place at Bristol as an insurance choice) 
• do not accept a room offer by the deadline
• are study abroad exchange students who start in January
• are accompanied by partners or dependant family members
• are postgraduates who pay tuition fees at the home rate (unless you apply through Clearing) 
• are intercalators joining a postgraduate course, who pay tuition fees at the home rate (unless you apply through Clearing) 
• are current and former students, who have studied at the University in person or online for any length of time. You can apply for returner accommodation instead.

You can still apply for accommodation and we will try to offer you a room.  

Look for accommodation in the private sector, in case you do not get a University room offer.