Apply for accommodation

It’s essential that you read our accommodation guarantee to check if you’re eligible before applying for accommodation.

It’s important that you read the following documents before applying for a room: 

• Terms and conditions of residence (Word, 822KB) - make sure you understand and are happy to accept them. 
• If you’re under 18, email the accommodation team so we can find you suitable accommodation. You can also read more in our Under-18s policy (Word, 317KB). 
• You can also read our application and allocation statement (Word document, 447KB) for a full breakdown of how we allocate rooms. 

Where possible, we can adapt our accommodation to students with specific access needs or long-term health conditions, you can contact us to discuss your requirements in further detail.  

As soon as you have an offer to study at The University of Manchester, you can look through all our accommodation options and apply using our online application form. 

• Register for an account using your University ID number (found on your offer letter) and a valid email address. 
• Follow the steps and select your preferred halls (five in total). 
• If you have physical or mental health needs that impact your accommodation requirements, you’ll be able to indicate this on the initial application form. We’ll then send you a link to a separate form to complete to provide more information about the support you need. If you’d like to discuss your options, please email medicalaccommodation@manchester.ac.uk.

Apply now

Applications for 2024/25 are now open.

The accommodation guarantee deadline was 31 July 2024 for visiting and exchange students and 31 August 2024 for other students. 

You'll be required to enter five accommodation preferences on the application form. You're not guaranteed your accommodation preferences; you're only guaranteed an offer of a room within a hall of residence if you meet the conditions of the accommodation guarantee.

How to complete your online application

Link to the system: e-Accommodation Account 

• Click 'Register'.   
• Fill in your University ID number, surname and date of birth. Then press continue.   
• If your details are correct, they will be shown on the screen.   
• If you don’t enter the correct information, you will receive the error message ’STUDENT RECORD NOT FOUND’. If any of the details on this screen are incorrect, you need to contact your Academic Department, and they will make the changes. 
• When completing your application, please enter the correct information and complete all the mandatory fields (marked with *) on pages 1 and 2 before proceeding to the preferences. If you do not fill in the details on pages 1 and 2 correctly, you cannot select any preferences on page 3. 

New students 

If you have an unconditional offer for a course, we’ll email you from June onwards in your year of entry to let you know which hall you’ll be living in. 

If you have a conditional offer for a course, we’ll assign you a room when this becomes unconditional. For undergraduates, we receive this automatically, but if you’re a new postgraduate student, you’ll need to email us when your place becomes unconditional. 

We still accept applications for students who don’t meet the criteria; these will be considered once all guaranteed students have their offers. 

Current students 

If you're a current student and want to apply to halls for 2025/26, you’ll need to have submitted your application by midnight (GMT) on 16 February 2025.

We’re not able to allocate rooms for students that: 

• have any outstanding debts with the University; 
• have previously breached any University terms and conditions through their behaviour.

We allocate student accommodation once grades have been confirmed.   

• you'll receive an offer from June onwards if you have an unconditional firm offer for a course.  
• if you have a conditional offer for a course, we'll assign you a room when it becomes unconditional after A-level results (we automatically receive a notification of this).  
• we still accept applications for students who don't meet the guarantee criteria; these will be considered once all guaranteed students have their offers.  

We will email you with instructions on how to accept your offer. Once you receive your offer, you have around four days to accept it (check your email for specific deadlines). 

• make sure you’re happy with everything included in the offer before you accept the room; 
• accept or decline your offer before the deadline; this is usually four days, but sometimes, in late August or September, it can be shorter; 
• pay the £400 Advance Licence Fee payment to secure your room; 
• where possible, we try to place you in one of your five preferred halls, but this is not guaranteed; 
• please be aware that if you don’t accept the offer of accommodation before the expiry date, it will be withdrawn, and you’ll lose your accommodation guarantee with The University of Manchester. 

Once you have accepted the offer, you’ll need to check moving-in dates and complete an online induction. 

Find out more about the next steps you need to take before moving in.