Applying for accommodation

• If we receive your application form before the deadline of 12 September 2025 you will be guaranteed accommodation.
• If we receive your form after the deadline of 12 September 2025 you will be offered accommodation as soon as a room becomes available.

Full details of your accommodation offer will be sent to you by email. We endeavour to start sending offers out from late March 2025. An accommodation advanced rent payment is no longer required at the point of application. Instead, it will be payable when you accept your offer.

Your offer of accommodation will be emailed to the address you supplied with your application to study at the University (or your @essex.ac.uk email address, if you have one) and will contain details about your room and the accommodation charges. You will have a limited time to accept your offer of accommodation so it is very important that you check this email account regularly throughout the entire summer.

British Council sponsored students

• If we receive your application form before the deadline of 12 September 2025 you will be guaranteed accommodation.
• If we receive your form after the deadline of 12 September 2025 you will be offered accommodation as soon as a room becomes available.

Your offer of accommodation will be emailed to the address you supplied with your application to study at the University, and will contain details about your room and the accommodation charges. You will have a limited time to accept your offer of accommodation so it is very important that you check this email account regularly throughout the entire summer.

You will receive an offer of accommodation, as soon as you have an unconditional academic offer from the University. 

Information about your accepted offer of accommodation will be emailed to the address you supplied to UCAS (or your @essex.ac.uk email address, if you have one) and will contain details about your room and the accommodation charges.

Late Booking

Once your application has been submitted, we will contact you as soon as we are able to offer you accommodation.

Room details and charges will be emailed to your University of Essex email address. 

In order to be made an offer of accommodation before the beginning of the summer term, you need to return your online application.

You must do this before the deadline.

We will begin allocating accommodation from early spring and all applicants will receive their offers by the start of the summer term. Please make sure you check your email account regularly for your offer.

Accepting your offer

You will need to accept your offer of accommodation before its expiry date in order to confirm your allocation for the next academic year. The offer expiry date will be clearly specified in the offer letter.

Once you have accepted the offer you have formed a contract which is binding and you will not be able to give notice on the room unless you withdraw from the University.

If you used the Book Now processes, your room will be confirmed immediately upon acceptance, and confirmation will be sent to your registered email account.

If you have applied for accommodation by selecting areas of preference, then an offer will be sent out to you as soon as possible.

Returning students must complete the application by 31 July, to qualify for the cashback. 

Please make sure you check your email account regularly for your offer.

Accepting your offer

You will need to accept your offer of accommodation before its expiry date in order to confirm your allocation for the next academic year. The offer expiry date will be clearly specified in the offer letter.

Please also note that postgraduate students will be required to make an Advanced Rent Payment of £250 when you accept your accommodation offer.

Once you have accepted the offer you have formed a contract which is binding and you will not be able to give notice on the room unless you withdraw from the University.

Postgraduate

Once your application has been submitted we will contact you as soon as possible and confirm whether or not we are able to offer you accommodation for January 2025. 

Any offer of accommodation we are able to make will be emailed to the address you supplied with your application to study at the University and will contain details about your room and the accommodation charges. You will have a limited time to accept your offer of accommodation so it is very important that you check this email account regularly. Please also note that an Advanced Rent Payment of £250 will be payable when you accept your accommodation offer. 

Undergraduate

Once your application has been submitted we will contact you as soon as possible and confirm whether or not we are able to offer you accommodation for January 2025. 

Any offer of accommodation we are able to make will be emailed to the address you supplied with your application to study at the University and will contain details about your room and the accommodation charges. You will have a limited time to accept your offer of accommodation so it is very important that you check this email account regularly.