Accommodation fees

Your accommodation fees and accommodation options will vary depending on your level and mode of study. Choose your level of study below to find the accommodation fee information most relevant to you.

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Accommodation fees for 2024/25 September entry

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Semester 1: For our visiting students from one of our partner universities for semester 1 or our Keele University students who are going to study abroad with one of our partner Universities in semester 2
38 weeks: For most of our Foundation year or Undergraduates and covers the whole of both semesters
41 weeks: For our students who are studying with our vets school or staying in our sustainability bungalow
51 weeks: For our Nursing and Midwifery students, all of our Postgraduates and anyone already knows that they will need our accommodation throughout the summer 2025 vacation period

Room Type	Weekly Rate*	Semester 1 19 September 2024 - 20 January 2025	38 Weeks 21 September 2024 - 14 June 2025	41 Weeks 21 September 2024 - 5 July 2025	51 Weeks 21 September 2024 - 13 September 2025	Location	Total No of Rooms
Standard Shared Halls	£117.46	£2,063.94	£4,463.48	-	-	Lindsay Hall	Approx. 44
Standard Plus	£138.29	£2,429.95	£5,255.02	£5,669.89	£7,052.79	Barnes, Horwood and Lindsay Hall	Approx. 725
Standard Shared Flats	£148.35	£2,606.72	£5,637.30	£6,082.35	£7,565.85	Barnes, Horwood and Lindsay Hall	Approx. 639
En-suite	£213.10	£3,744.47	£8,097.80	-	£10,868.10	Holly Cross and The Oaks, Lindsay Hall (Lindsay Court only)	Approx. 615
Superior En-suite	£223.30	£3,923.70	£8,485.40	£9,155.30	£11,388.30	Barnes Hall	Approx. 584

*The weekly rate is not an occupancy period

_{Last updated January 2024.}

Accommodation fees for 2024/25 January entry

Students who are joining their course in January may apply for accommodation from November onwards. There will be limited accommodation available and offers will only be made subject to the suitability and availability of any vacant rooms.

Room Type	Weekly Rate*	Semester 2 Undergraduate 22 January 2025 - 14 June 2025	Semester 2 Postgraduate 22 January 2025 - 13 September 2025	51 week January start 22 January 2025 - 19 January 2026	Location	Total No of Rooms
Standard Shared Halls	£117.46	£2,399.54	-	-	Lindsay Hall	Approx. 44
Standard Plus	£138.29	£2,825.07	£4,622.84	-	Barnes, Horwood and Lindsay Hall	Approx. 725
Standard Shared Flats	£148.35	£3,030.58	£4,959.13	£7,671.81	Barnes, Horwood and Lindsay Hall	Approx. 639
En-suite	£213.10	£4,353.33	£7,123.63	-	Holly Cross and The Oaks, Lindsay Hall (Lindsay Court only)	Approx. 615
Superior En-suite	£223.30	£4,561.70	£7,464.60	-	Barnes Hall	Approx. 584

_{*The weekly rate is not an occupancy period}
_{Last updated March 2024}

Which occupancy to choose

Foundation year: If you are joining us for the Foundation years January intake, due to the nature of teaching University accommodation will not be necessary.

Semester 2 undergraduate: For our visiting students joining us from one of our partners universities for semester 2 or our Keele University students who are re-joining us in semester 2 from their study abroad
Semester 2 postgraduate: For our Nursing and Midwifery students, all of our Postgraduates and anyone already knows that they will need our accommodation throughout the summer 2025 vacation period.

51 week January start: For postgraduate students who start their course in January rather than September.

Accommodation fees for 2023/24 January entry

Room type	Weekly rate*	Semester 2 _{17 Jan 2024 - 8 June 2024}	Postgraduate _{17 Jan 2024 - 7 Sept 2024}	Location	Total number of rooms
Traditional	£108.92	£2225.08	-	Lindsay	48
Classic	£128.24	£2619.76	£4286.99	Lindsay	228
Classic Plus	£134.89	£2755.61	-	Horwood	437
Shared Flats & Houses	£137.55	£2809.95	£4598.10	Barnes, Lindsay & Horwood	622
En-suite Plus	£197.61	£4036.89	-	Holly Cross, The Oaks & Lindsay	615
En-Suite Superior	£207.06	£4229.94	£6921.72	Barnes	584

_{*The weekly rate is not an occupancy period}
_{Last updated January 2023}

Which occupancy to choose

Foundation year: If you are joining us for the Foundation years January intake, due to the nature of teaching University accommodation will not be necessary.

Semester 2: For our visiting students joining us from one of our partners universities for semester 2 or our Keele University students who are re-joining us in semester 2 from their study abroad
Postgraduate: For our Nursing and Midwifery students, all of our Postgraduates and anyone already knows that they will need our accommodation throughout the summer 2024 vacation period.

No need to worry about added extras, our rents include utility bills and contents insurance.

The University provides free wifi and access to 24 hour Campus Safety and support services.

Cleaning is provided in communal areas, kitchens and all bathrooms only.

You can find what to expect in your room.

It is important that you notify Disability Support and Inclusion of any requirements you have before you apply for accommodation at Keele, so that your needs can be discussed and any necessary adjustments made

We offer a number of adapted rooms for students with specific needs. Available in Holly Cross, The Oaks and Barnes W, Y & Z blocks. Please contact Disability Support and Inclusion to arrange for an assessment.

You will receive notification that an offer of accommodation has been made to you via email and you will be asked to log into our accommodation portal to review the offer.

We will use your Keele email address except if you are a new student, where we will initially use your personal email address for any correspondence. Please ensure that you do not use your school email - this will be de-activated before we send out offers of accommodation.

We will send mailings from accommodation@keele.ac.uk address. Please set this address as a ‘safe sender’ to avoid losing important information from us into your spam folder.

When you receive an offer of accommodation will very much depend upon your entry period and whether you are a returning or new or new vet school student.

The table below gives you an indication of when you can expect an offer so that you can keep an eye on your emails.

	September entry	January entry
Returning students	February	November onwards. Applications reviewed and offers of accommodation made daily, based on our availability.
New foundation year or undergraduate students Holding an unconditional offer Holding a conditional offer Applied to study at Keele through Clearing (after 30th June)	End July End August* End August/Early September*	November onwards. Applications reviewed and offers of accommodation made daily, based on our availability.
New postgraduate students	June - September*	November onwards. Applications reviewed and offers of accommodation made daily, based on our availability.
New Vet School students	End August	NA

_{* depending on when your place to study at Keele is confirmed}

Offers of accommodation cannot be changed. There will be a room move list at the start of the next academic year if you wish to change rooms, but this is subject to availability.
If we have more applications than rooms available, a small number of September entry students will be offered a temporary shared room at the start of term.
Offers of accommodation cannot be changed. You will need to consider the offer that has been made to you.

To enable you to take part in specific induction activities, your occupancy date will start on

Thursday 19 September 2024
Wednesday 22 January 2025

You will be charged for the additional days to allow for this. You can see the adjusted final cost.

The early arrival date for new international students September 2025 entry will be published in January 2025.

Arrival before the start of your occupancy period is subject to availability and there will be an additional daily charge for each night you use the accommodation before the start of your occupancy period. The daily charge is 1/7 the cost of the advertised weekly charge. More information about arriving early.

If we make you an offer of accommodation you will have 3 working days to review it and decide whether you want to accept it, beginning the day after you receive the offer.

You will need to log into our accommodation portal do this.

If you are a new Vet school student, you will need to register for a new account, before you can review your offer.

It is important to understand that by accepting your offer of accommodation, you are entering into a legally binding contract and you are agreeing to pay the full occupancy period regardless of whether you occupy the accommodation for the full occupancy period and / or any part of it.

Your contract will start from the moment that you accept it and not from when you make a payment.

Once the Agreement is accepted you then have a 7 working day 'cooling-off period'. This means that if within 7 working days of accepting the Agreement you change your mind and notify us by email of that fact, you will be released from the Agreement.

You can only be released from the contract in exceptional circumstances such as taking a Leave of Absence or Withdrawing from the University. It may be possible to transfer your licence to another student as long as the transfer is done with the knowledge and prior written approval of the University Student Accommodation team. The new licensee should be a suitable replacement which means that the balance of genders and nationalities is not adversely affected within the accommodation.

You will need to pay a £450 Advance Payment by 31 August for September arrivals and as soon as possible after accepting your offer for January arrivals.

Your accommodation fees are payable in 3 instalments.

Accommodation fees

Accommodation fees for 2024/25 September entry

Which occupancy to choose

Accommodation fees for 2024/25 January entry

Which occupancy to choose

Accommodation fees for 2023/24 January entry

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