Accommodation guarantee

Guaranteed applicants

You will get a room offer if you are a:

• undergraduate student in first year of study
• postgraduate student in first year of study, who pays fees at the overseas rate
• study abroad exchange student starting in September
• study abroad non-exchange student starting in September or January
• foundation year student
• International Foundation Programme student
• intercalator joining an undergraduate course
• intercalator joining a postgraduate course, who pays tuition fees at the overseas rate
• Aerosol Science PhD student.

You must also:

• apply for accommodation by 30 June 2026
• 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 dependent family members.

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

The room may not be in one of our advertised residences. It depends how many applications we receive.

Non-guaranteed applicants 

You may not get a room offer if you:

• apply after 30 June 2026
• have not firmly accepted an offer of study at Bristol by 30 June 2026
• do not accept a room offer by the deadline we give you
• are a postgraduate student who pays tuition fees at the home rate
• are a study abroad exchange student starting in January
• are accompanied by partners or dependant family members
• are an intercalator joining a postgraduate course, who pays tuition fees at the home rate
• are a current or former University of Bristol student. You can apply for returner accommodation instead.

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

In case you do not get a room offer, you should also find accommodation in the private sector.