Student Accommodation

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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.   

We expect to open the application portal for a room in halls for 2024/25 in February 2024.  Please review this page for regular updates.

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

The Courtauld is able to offer accommodation for up to 185 Courtauld students in a mix of halls of residences offering both 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. The accommodation available is distributed across The Courtauld51²è¹Ý¶ù own hall of residence Duchy House (60 rooms), University of London Intercollegiate Halls (40-50 rooms) and with King51²è¹Ý¶ù College London halls  (up to 75 rooms).  Further information about each hall, its location and rooms available in each can be viewed via the links provided in the summary tables below.

Allocation of Halls

Courtauld – Duchy House open to applications from postgraduate conditional and unconditional offer holders and current Courtauld students.

– open to applications from all undergraduate, postgraduate conditional and unconditional offer holders and current Courtauld students.

rooms across three Halls, , and will be available for 2024/25.  Rooms in these Halls are reserved for first year (BA1) undergraduate conditional and unconditional offer holders only.

Contracts to live in halls commence mid-September 2024, and the duration varies between 37 and 51 weeks depending on the provider and the Halls listed in the summary tables below.

All first year undergraduates joining The Courtauld in September 2024 are guaranteed accommodation in halls irrespective of distance. For current Courtauld students and new postgraduate students, allocation of a room in halls is 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 central London; whether you have previously studied in the UK.

All halls of residences:

The Courtauld, Duchy House
Approximate Room Size Catering Option Number of Rooms Price Per Week - these are 23/24 rates 37 Week Contract Total 38 Week Contract Total
Large Double Ensuite 13 sqm Self-catered 7 £328 £12,136 £12,464
Small Double Ensuite 11 sqm Self-catered 8 £300 £11,100 £11,400
Medium Single Ensuite 11 sqm Self-catered 8 £284 £10,490 £10,792
Medium Single with Shared Bathroom 11 sqm Self-catered 9 £262 £9,694 £9,956
Small Single Ensuite 9 sqm Self-catered 18 £241 £8,899 £9,158
Small Single with Shared Bathroom 9 sqm Self-catered 13 £207 £7,659 £7,866

Duchy House is open to applications from postgraduate conditional and unconditional offer holders and current Courtauld students.  Postgraduate students will be offered a 38 week contract, while second and third year undergraduate students  (BA2 and BA3) living in Duchy House will be offered a 37 week contract.  For those students studying MA Curating longer contracts can be offered i.e. 43 or 51 week contracts. The option to extend contracts for part or all of the summer period i.e. from June through to early September 2025, is available.

University of London - Bonham Cater
Approximate Room Size Catering Option Number of Rooms Price Per Week - these rates are for 23/24 40 Week Contract Total
Large Single Studio sqm Self-Catered TBC £301.28 £12,051
Extra Large Single plus sqm Self-Catered TBC £260.33 £10,413
Single Ensuite sqm Self-Catered TBC £261.03 £10,441
University of London - College Hall
Approximate Room Size Catering Option Number of Rooms Price Per Week - these rates are for 23/24 40 Week Contract Total
Double Ensuite 17 sqm Catered 1 £393 £15,705
Single Ensuite 14 sqm Catered 3 £332 £13,297
Single Shared Bathroom 12 sqm Catered 4 £290 £11,589
University of London - International Hall
Approximate Room Size Catering Option Number of Rooms Price Per Week - these rates are for 23/24 40 Week Contract Total
Double Studio 19 sqm Self-catered 1 £322 £12,877
Large Single Studio 19 sqm Self-catered 1 £301 £12,051
Single Shared Bathroom 10 sqm Catered 8 £266 £10,651
University of London - Connaught
Approximate Room Size Catering Option Number of Rooms Price Per Week - these rates are for 23/24 40 Week Contract Total
Single Shared Bathroom 9 sqm Catered 5 £274 £10,945
University of London - Garden Halls
Approximate Room Size Catering Option Number of Rooms Price Per Week - these rates are for 23/24 40 Week Contract Total 50 Week Contract Total
DDA Single Ensuite plus* 15 sqm Catered 4 £361 £14,451 N/A
Large Single Ensuite plus 17 sqm Catered 2 £374 £14,963 N/A
Large Townhouse Single** 13 sqm Self-catered 2 £298 £11,900 N/A
Single Ensuite 13 sqm Catered 5 £359 £14,344 N/A
Townhouse Single** 10 sqm Self-catered 4 £288 N/A £14,382

Note: *Suitable for wheelchair user; **Bathroom shared between 2 residents; Catered includes breakfast (brunch at weekends) and dinner daily

King's College London, Angel Lane
Approximate Room Size Catering Option Price Per Week - these are 23/24 rates 48 Week Contract Total 51 Week Contract Total
Studio 22 sqm Self-catered £375 Not applicable £19,125
Ensuite 11 sqm Self-catered £255 £12,240 £13,005
King's College London, Atlas
Approximate Room Size Catering Option Price Per Week - these are 23/24 rates 40 Week Contract Total 51 Week Contract Total
Large Ensuite 16 sqm Self-catered £340 £13,600 £17,340
Ensuite 12 sqm Self-catered £330 £13,200 £16,830
Non-ensuite (3 bed flat shared bathrooms) 8 sqm Self-catered £294 £11,760 £14,994
Non-ensuite (4 bed flat shared bathrooms) 8 sqm Self-catered £289 £11,560 £14,739
King's College London, Canada Water
Approximate Room Size Catering Option Price Per Week - these are 23/24 rates 40 Week Contract Total 51 Week Contract Total
Large Ensuite 14 sqm Self-catered £299 £13,600 Not applicable
Ensuite 11 sqm Self-catered £289 £11,560 Not applicable

There are up to 75 rooms reserved for Courtauld BA1 students split equally between Angel Lane, Atlas and Canada Water.

We expect to open the application portal for a room in halls for 2024/25 in February 2025.  Please review this page for regular updates.  If you need help and advice with accommodation fees, please review hour our Hardship Fund may be able to support you. 

Alternative Accomodation

ULHS offers a range of services to assist and support students who are looking for and living in private rented accommodation in London.

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

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

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 .

Two helpful guides are also available:

 

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 8 September 2024.

Further details available via this link  Summer Accommodation at Duchy House

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