Key dates for accommodation applications

Who can apply

To be guaranteed a room offer, you must meet the terms of our accommodation guarantee.

If you get a place at Bristol through Clearing, you can apply for accommodation through Clearing. 

Undergraduate applicants can apply for accommodation after you make Bristol your firm, first choice university. You cannot apply for accommodation if Bristol is your insurance choice.

Postgraduate applicants can apply for accommodation after you pay your course deposit.

Current students, including International Foundation Programme students, who want to live in University accommodation can apply for returner accommodation.

Pre-sessional students can apply for pre-sessional accommodation.

Study abroad students arriving in January can apply for Semester 2 accommodation.

When to apply

You can apply for accommodation 24 hours after your place at Bristol is confirmed. Rooms are not allocated on a first come first served basis.

If you apply and have an unconditional offer by 30 June, we will respond in mid-July.

If you apply and have a conditional offer by 30 June, we will respond from 18 August.

Undergraduate students cannot apply for accommodation between 28 July at 6 pm and 14 August at 8 am.

From 14 August at 8 am, any new or current students can apply for accommodation. If you get a place at Bristol through Clearing, you must apply for Clearing accommodation by 31 August to be guaranteed a room offer.

You can still apply after 31 August, as accommodation may still be available.