Visiting students
Whether you're joining us for a full academic year or just one or two terms, we'll try our best to offer you a home on or close to campus.
Undergraduates
We sent room offer emails to those arriving in the Autumn Term, in July 2022.
If you're arriving in the Spring Term, applied for your course place by 15 October 2022 and accepted by 15 November 2022, you may be guaranteed accommodation. Room offers will be sent in December.
If you miss these deadlines, it may not be possible to offer you university accommodation.
Your room offer
Once you've accepted your course place, the Global Programmes team will pass your information on to us. We'll then be able to allocate you a room and send you a room offer.
We do not use specific blocks or rooms for visiting students, so we cannot guarantee a particular room type. We'll allocate you into flats with other visiting students, or rooms in accommodation with undergraduate students. You can see more about our accommodation on Colleges, rooms and prices.
We'll send a room offer to your email, make sure you check this regularly as the room offer has an expiry date.
Additional requirements
If you need a specific room type or location due to medical, welfare or mobility reasons, please let us know by emailing us at accommodation@york.ac.uk. To find out more about additional requirements see our Health, welfare and disability page.
Please don't wait until you've received a room offer to let us know about your additional requirements as we may not be able to find you a suitable room at that stage.
Important dates
Depending on your course dates, your contract will run for the following period:
| Period of study | When to expect a room offer | Booking start date | Booking end date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Full year | July 2022 | September 2022 (exact date TBC at offer) | July 2023 (exact date TBC at offer) |
| Autumn Term | July 2022 | September 2022 (exact date TBC at offer) | December 2022 (exact date TBC at offer) |
| Autumn Term and Spring Term | July 2022 | September 2022 (exact date TBC at offer) | April 2023 (exact date TBC at offer) |
| Spring Term | December 2022 | 6 January 2023 | 15 April 2023 |
| Spring Term and Summer Term | December 2022 | 6 January 2023 | 2 July 2023 |
Please check the registration dates on your offer letter carefully, as these will be used for your accommodation contract. If these are not correct please contact visiting-students@york.ac.uk
Once you've accepted an offer of accommodation, we won't be able to release you from your contract if you decide to complete your studies and return home early, unless you're able to find a replacement tenant.
Postgraduates
If you're a postgraduate student you're not guaranteed accommodation and will need to make an application. To find out more see Booking and paying.
Private sector accommodation
If we're not able to guarantee you a room or you would prefer to live off-campus, there's plenty of private sector accommodation available close to the University.