We recommend that you open up and print off our room comparison chart for postgraduate students to refer to whilst you look at the different types of accommodation available to you.  You may also find it useful to refer to a map of the campus. We also strongly recommend that you attend one of the UEA Open Days or Visit Days during which you will be able to visit our accommodation and look at some of our rooms.
 
Students attending a Pre-sessional study course with INTO UEA before starting their postgraduate study at UEA should visit our page for them before reading further.

International (non-EU) students who are interested in living with a local family and experiencing life in a British home, while studying at the UEA, should visit our Homestay accommodation pages.

We hope that you also find our pages on Living in Residences useful.

 Am I guaranteed a room in UEA residences?

As long as you meet the guarantee criteria, have been accepted by UEA as a student and have applied by the application deadline (see below) you will be guaranteed a bed in UEA accommodation (unless you have been made the offer of a place at UEA which specifically excludes the offer of a room in our residences). Please note the Accommodation Guarantee only applies to students arriving in September (or October in the case of Research Postgraduates). While we will try to help students whose courses begin at other times of the year this may not always be possible.

Please click here for details about our accommodation guarantee.

If you are coming in January to begin your UEA Postgraduate study you do not hold a guarantee of accommodation. Only Postgraduate students whose courses begin in September (or October for Research students) will hold a guarantee.

How long will my contract be?

Postgraduate student licence periods are 50 weeks long.

The 50 week licence runs from 18th September 2013 to the 1st of September 2014. This does not include any Pre-sessional courses which you may be required to attend. Accommodation for Pre-sessional courses will be arranged separately.


When should I plan to arrive at UEA

For postgraduate students the arrivals days are Wednesday the 18th and Thursday the 19th of September 2013.  You will be able to collect your key from 10am until 8pm from the LCR (see Campus Map).  However, we strongly recommend that you plan to arrive before 5pm when all of the shops, banks, schools of study are open.

For students not arriving in September the date that you should arrive will be on the offer letter that you receive from us. This date will normally tie in with the dates of the course that you are coming to the UEA to undertake.

When should I apply?

The application form is available now. Please ensure that you have read the Terms and Conditions of the Licence before you complete that application form.  There is no rush (deadline and guarantee information is below) so please take time to read through all the information and to consider your preferences. You can apply for a room any time after you have formally accepted your offer of Postgraduate study at UEA.

The application deadline is 11.59pm GMT on 31st July 2013.

For students applying for January entry to the UEA there is no application deadline as such but there is also no guarantee of a room with us. We will allocate the rooms that we have available on a first come first served basis to eligible students until all rooms are taken.

 When you have decided on what type of room you would like and have read all of the relevant information please go to our 'Apply for a Room' pages.
 

What happens after I apply for a room?

UEA Accommodation will allocate your room when we have two pieces of information:

1. Your On-line Application Form
 

2. You have been accepted by UEA as a Provisionally Enrolled New Student.  That is to say when your prospective School of Study at UEA is satisfied that you have met all of the entry criteria.
 

This e-mail will contain full details about your room and all the information that you need to plan your arrival at UEA.

Your room offer will be made to the e-mail address that you provided on the UEA Accommodation Preference Form. You will be given a few days to accept (or reject) the room offer after which, if you have not responded to the room offer, it will be withdrawn and the room booking cancelled.  We therefore strongly recommend that you check your e-mail account regularly to avoid disappointment.  

Please also ensure that you have added accom@uea.ac.uk to your safe senders list (or equivalent).

It is your responsibility to check your personal e-mail account regularly including any 'Junk Mail' or any other relevant subfolders.

 For an overview of our activity and key dates please see our timeline.
 

What am I committing to?

On arrival you will be asked to sign a document called a Licence to Occupy and you will be legally committed to abiding by the Terms and Conditions which include paying for the room for the full licence period.