Everything you need to know about your living options. Our many and varied accommodation options enable students to live independently in safe, secure and sociable surroundings. Located in and around the city centre, you can experience living in a great city and make new friends from around the world and outside of your own subject area. Transport links to Easter Bush campus are excellent and bus pass expenses are partially subsidised. Bespoke accommodation options for students joining the 4-year Graduate Entry Programme (with its earlier start date) will be available. These accommodation options will be communicated directly to GEP offer holders. A monthly bus pass to cover all travel to and from the campus, as well as transport across the city, will cost around £570 per year, which the School will subsidise proportionally in line with your year of study. If you are under 22 years old, you may be eligible for free bus travel. Young Persons’ (Under 22s) Free Bus Travel Lothian Buses Further information on how to travel to and from the campus is available here: Travelling to the Easter Bus Campus Once you accept your offer to study at the University of Edinburgh, you will be able to apply for University accommodation, typically from March onwards. As a new undergraduate, you will be guaranteed an offer of accommodation if you reside outside the City of Edinburgh. The allocation to any type of University accommodation is not done on a first come, first served basis. All students who qualify for our guarantee of an offer of accommodation have the same chance of being successful. Further details are available at the link below. Accommodation Services Students' Association Advice on Renting a Room or Flat Important information regarding catered accommodation at Pollock Halls of Residence Semester dates for BVM&S students differ slightly to those for the vast majority of new students. This means that, if you express a preference for and receive an offer of catered accommodation at Pollock Halls, there will almost certainly be certain short periods during the year when the main JMCC restaurant will be closed and no meals will be provided. BVM&S semester dates University semester dates How and when to apply for accommodation HTML Catered or self-catered? HTML This article was published on 2024-09-02
