Student Accommodation for 2024/25
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Please note the information on this and subsequent accommodation pages only applies to applications for the 2024/25 academic year. Please review these pages regularly for updates.
Undergraduate Offer holders – UPDATE 11 April 2024: If you are holding a firm unconditional or conditional offer, your contact details will be being passed to the Kings Residences Team by our Student and Academic Services team. The Kings Residences Team will be in touch with you directly with your personal log-in details to the Kings accommodation portal enabling you to apply and secure directly your preferred Hall and Room. The latest update we have from KCL in regards to when this will is now w/e 26 April 2024. We apologies for the delay, that has occurred due to formalities that have to be affirmed between The Courtauld and KCL Residences.
Postgraduate Offer Holders and Current Courtauld students applications for accommodation are now being accepted via the link below. The application portal will close at 23:59 hours on 19 May 2024. Notification of a room in Halls or a place on the waiting list will be confirmed by 5pm on Friday 31 May 2024. The deadline for return of your signed Licence Agreement and payment of deposit for Duchy House offers will be 23:59 hours on Friday 14 June 2024. Different deadlines will apply for acceptance of offers for a room in Intercollegiate Halls.
Helping you find accommodation: The University of London Housing Services Team have a property database to help you find student housing in London. The accommodation is provided by private landlords, letting agents, private halls and other providers of private housing. For more information click on this link find accommodation.
The Courtauld is able to offer accommodation for up to 182 Courtauld students in a mix of halls of residences offering self-catering and catered options. All halls are located within a commutable travel time of 30 minutes of our Somerset House and Vernon Square premises. Accommodation available for 2024/25 is distributed as follows:
Further information about each hall, its location and rooms available in each can be viewed via the links provided in the summary tables below.
Postgraduate offer holders and Current Courtauld students may now apply for accommodation in 2024/25 via the link below.
Allocation of Halls
Courtauld – Duchy House (63 rooms) open to applications from postgraduate offer holders and current BA1 and BA2 and continuing MA Courtauld students.
University of London – Intercollegiate Halls of Residence – (44 rooms) open to applications from current BA2 and BA3 undergraduates, continuing MA postgraduates and postgraduate offer holders.
Kings Residences 75 rooms across split equally across three Halls, Angel Lane, Altas and Canada Water will be available for 2024/25. Rooms in these Halls are reserved for first year (BA1) undergraduate offer holders only.
Contracts to live in halls commence mid-September 2024, and the duration varies between 38 and 51 weeks depending on the provider and the Hall. See summary tables below for further details.
All first year international students and UK students living outside of Greater London joining The Courtauld in September 2024, are guaranteed accommodation in Halls. For current Courtauld students and new postgraduate students, allocation of a room in halls will be primarily based on several factors including (but not limited to), whether you have a particular disability that would mean not having accommodation in Halls would put you at more of a disadvantage than a non-disabled student; the distance of your family home (not current place of study) from our central London campus; whether you have previously studied in the UK.
All halls of residences:
- The Courtauld – Duchy House
- University of London – College Hall
- University of London – Connaught Hall
- University of London – Garden Halls
- University of London – International Hall
- University of London – Nutford House
- King’s College London – Angel Lane
- King’s College London – Atlas
- Kings College London – Canada Water
| Approximate Room Size | Catering Option | Number of Rooms | Price Per Week - these are 24/25 rates | 38-Week Contract Total | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Small Single with Shared Bathroom | 9 sqm | Self-catered | 10 | £217 | £8,246 |
| Small Single Ensuite | 9 sqm | Self-catered | 15 | £253 | £9,614 |
| Medium Single with Shared Bathroom | 11 sqm | Self-catered | 12 | £275 | £10,450 |
| Medium Single Ensuite | 11 sqm | Self-catered | 7 | £298 | £11,324 |
| Small Double Ensuite | 11 sqm | Self-catered | 12 | £315 | £11,970 |
| Large Double Ensuite | 13 sqm | Self-catered | 7 | £344 | £13,072 |
Duchy House is open to applications from postgraduate offer holders and current BA1, BA2 and continuing MA Courtauld students. Based on current semester and course submission dates for 2024/25, (which as of February 2024 are pending final approval) we will be offering both undergraduate and postgraduate students living in Duchy House a 38-week contract. The option to extend for part or all of the summer period i.e. from early June through to early September 2025, is available upon request.
For further information about Duchy House please use this Link.
| Approximate Room Size | Catering Option | Number of Rooms | Weekly Rate 2024/25 | 40 Week Contract Total | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Single Shared Bathroom | 12 sqm | Catered | 3 | £301.28 | £12,051 |
| Single Ensuite | 14 sqm | Catered | 4 | £342.58 | £13,703 |
| Approximate Room Size | Catering Option | Number of Rooms | Weekly Rate 2024/25 | 40 Week Contract Total | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Single Shared Bathroom | 9 sqm | Catered | 3 | £284.48 | £11,379 |
| Single Ensuite | Catered | 2 | £332.08 | £13,283 |
| Approximate Room Size | Catering Option | Number of Rooms | Weekly Rate 2024/25 | 40 Week Contract Total | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Townhouse Single** | 10 sqm | Self-catered | 3 | £312.83 | £12,513 |
| 3 Bed Flat Share Single | 13 sqm | Self-catered | 3 | £313.88 | £12,555 |
| Single Ensuite | 13 sqm | Catered | 5 | £384.58 | £15,383 |
| DDA Single Ensuite plus* | 15 sqm | Catered | 2 | £387.73 | £15,513 |
| Single Ensuite plus | 17 sqm | Catered | 5 | £387.83 | £15,513 |
| Approximate Room Size | Catering Option | Number of Rooms | Weekly Rate 2024/25 | 40 Week Contract Total | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Single Shared Bathroom | 10 sqm | Catered | 8 | £276.78 | £11,071 |
| Single Studio | 19 sqm | Self-catered | 1 | £309.68 | £12,387 |
| Double Studio | 19 sqm | Self-catered | 1 | £327.18 | £13,087 |
| Approximate Room Size | Catering Option | Number of Rooms | Weekly Rate 2024/25 | 40 Week Contract Total | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Large Single Shared | Catered | 4 | £267.33 | £10,693 |
Note: *Suitable for wheelchair user; **Bathroom shared between 2 residents; Catered includes breakfast (brunch at weekends) and dinner daily. Contract length in all Intercollegiate Halls is 40 weeks commence 15 September 2024 through to 21 June 2025. The University of London will allow early arrivals from 1 September 2024, subject to room availability. If you secure a room in University of London Halls, and wish to book early arrival you will need to contact info.halls@london.ac.uk to check availability and book.
Students who are not successful if being initially offered a room in Intercollegiate Halls can register on the University’s waiting list from 22 August 2024 with offers being sent from 4 September 2024.
For for information about the each Hall, please refer to the Resident Handbook. Licence Agreements for 2024/25 can be viewed here including various supporting policy and procedural documents.
For further information about University of London Intercollegiate Halls please use this Link.
| Approximate Room Size | Catering Option | Weekly Rate 2024/25 | 40 Week Contract Total | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ensuite | 11 sqm | Self-catered | £268 | £10,720 |
| Approximate Room Size | Catering Option | Weekly Rate 2024/25 | 40 Week Contract Total | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ensuite | 12 sqm | Self-catered | £330 | £13,880 |
| Non-Ensuite (4-bed flat with 2 shared bathrooms) | 8 sqm | Self-catered | £304 | £12,160 |
| Approximate Room Size | Catering Option | Weekly Rate 2024/25 | 40 Week Contract Total | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ensuite | 11 sqm | Self-catered | £304 | £12,160 |
There are up to 75 rooms reserved for Courtauld BA1 students. These will likely to be split equally between Angel Lane, Atlas and Canada Water. The 75 rooms available will be secured on a first come basis. Should there be more than 75 applications received, a waiting list will be created for the 76th applicant onwards. If you are placed on a waiting list, you will be informed and will be contacted should a vacant room arise as a result of withdrawals or conditional offer holders not being able to take up their place of study, the later will not be known until w/c 19 August 2024. The waiting list will be shared with the Courtauld Accommodation Team, who will monitor the list and anyone on the list living outside of Greater London, we will make contact with you to discuss alternative accommodation options.
If you are interested in booking a site visit to these Halls please e-mail the Hall directly as follows:
For Angel Lane, email angellane@unitestudents.com.
For Atlas, email atlas@downingstudents.com.
For Canada Water, email hello.canadawater@scape.com. A virtual 360 degree view of Canada Water can also viewed via this Link.
For further information about King’s Residences please use this Link.
If you need help and advice with accommodation fees, please link to the following guidance, for undergraduates follow this link and for postgraduates this link.
Alternative Accomodation
University of London’s Housing Services (ULHS)
ULHS offers a range of services to assist and support students who are looking for and living in private rented accommodation in London.
Helping you find accommodation The Housing Services Team have a property database to help you find student housing in London. The accommodation is provided by private landlords, letting agents, private halls and other providers of private housing. For more information click on this link find accommodation.
Contract checking The Housing Services Team can check contracts for unfair terms, which may cause you problems in your accommodation. For more information click on this link Get Advice.
Legal Advice The Housing Advice Team offer advice on a range of issues including deposit disputes, disrepair, and problems with letting agents. To support this work, the advice team, have a retained firm of solicitors, Anthony Gold. For more information click on this link Get Advice.
Two helpful guides are also available:
Courtauld Housing Group
This is a facebook page for prospective and current Courtauld students. The group provides housing links to students who have not been allocated housing as well as for current students looking to rent or advertise. This Facebook group is administered by the Courtauld’s Students’ Union Office.
The following options are not run by The Courtauld or the University of London but offer other alternatives:
Summer Accommodation is available at Duchy House from 8 June 2024 to 31 August 2024.
Further details available via this link Summer Accommodation at Duchy House