Accommodation guarantee 2024/25

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• Undergraduates
• Postgraduates 
• Students not guaranteed accommodation
• Our Clearing guarantee

Undergraduates

You're guaranteed an offer of a single-occupancy room in accommodation owned, managed or approved by the University if you apply for accommodation for the full academic year 2024/25, and meet the following criteria: 

• You're a new first-year undergraduate (UK or International).
• You chose York as your firm choice on UCAS, and applied for accommodation by 5pm BST on 31 July 2024. 
• Your offer becomes unconditional following A-Level Results Day on 15 August 2024.

Undergraduate Visiting students

You're also guaranteed an offer of a single-occupancy room in accommodation owned, managed or approved by the University if you meet the following criteria:  

• Accept an unconditional course offer to study at York from Semester 1 (starting your course in September 2024) by 5pm BST on 30 June 2024.
• or, accept an unconditional offer to study at York for Semester 2 (starting your course in February 2025) by 5pm on 30 November 2024.

Postgraduate-taught (PGT) students

You're guaranteed an offer of a single-occupancy room in accommodation owned, managed or approved by the University if you apply for accommodation for the full academic year 2024/25, and meet the following criteria:

• You're a new postgraduate-taught (UK or International).
• You accepted an offer to study at York, and applied for accommodation by 5pm BST on 8 August 2024.
• Your study offer becomes unconditional by 5pm BST on 8 August 2024.

Students who are not guaranteed accommodation

If you don't meet the above criteria, we would still encourage you to apply for accommodation by the deadline date of 31 July 2024 (Undergraduates) and 8 August 2024 (Postgraduates) for the 2024/25 academic year. If you are unable to apply by the deadline, applications will open from 15 August 2024.

Our Clearing guarantee

If you're a new student who's secured a place through Clearing, and your academic place has been confirmed, we guarantee you an offer of accommodation owned, managed or approved by the University.

To take up our accommodation guarantee, you need to refer yourself to the University on UCAS Hub by the deadline given in your Clearing offer email, or by 5pm BST on 20 August (whichever date is earlier).

You'll need to apply for accommodation by 5pm BST on 23 August to be guaranteed accommodation, but we advise you apply as soon as you can. It can take up to 48 hours for our online accommodation system to update after you receive your You@York login details.

Our Accommodation Team will be on hand throughout the process to offer advice and support. If you have any questions or concerns, get in touch at accommodation@york.ac.uk – we're here to help.

Insurance students

If you have selected the University of York as your insurance choice through UCAS you can apply for accommodation until 31 July 2024. You are not guaranteed accommodation, however your applications will be considered once all guaranteed students have been offered accommodation.  

If the University of York was your firm choice via UCAS before 31 July 2024 and you did not apply for accommodation by this date, you will still be able to apply for accommodation after 15 August 2024 (A-level results day), however you are not guaranteed accommodation.

Clearing students

If you are coming to Study at York via Clearing, applications will open on 15 August 2024 (A-Level Results Day), however you are not guaranteed accommodation.

Accommodation for Couples and Families

We welcome applications from couples and families, however, we have a limited number of suitable bed spaces and therefore we cannot guarantee accommodation for those applying for couple or family accommodation.

Returning students

Due to the limited availability of rooms for returning undergraduates and postgraduates, we have a limited number of rooms available and are unable to offer an accommodation guarantee for all returning students.