Student Accommodation for 2025/26
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Please note the information on this and subsequent accommodation pages applies to the 2025/26 academic year. Please review these pages regularly for updates.
The Courtauld is able to offer accommodation for up to 303 Courtauld students in a mix of halls of residences offering self-catering and catered options. All halls are located within a commutable travel time of 30 minutes of our Somerset House and Vernon Square premises. Accommodation available for 2025/26 is distributed as follows:
- Courtauld – Duchy House (63 rooms) open to applications from Postgraduate offer holders and continuing Courtauld students.
- University of London – Intercollegiate Halls of Residence – (up to 40 rooms) open to applications from Postgraduate offer holders and continuing Courtauld students.
- King’s College London Halls of Residence (up to 200 rooms) open to Undergraduate and international Postgraduate offer holders.
Further information about each hall, its location and rooms available in each can be viewed via the links provided in the summary tables below.
The Accommodation application portal for a room in Halls for 2025/26 will open during February 2025.
Please review these pages regularly for updates as we update details on Halls, Rooms and Tariffs for 2025/26.
We expect to be able to accommodate up to 303 students in Halls for 2025/26. Allocations will be split as follows: 63 rooms in Duchy House (managed by The Courtauld); up to 40 rooms in Intercollegiate Halls (managed by the University of London) and up to 200 in Kings Residence (managed by Kings College London).
We expect to be able to allocate rooms in Kings Residences to first year BA1 students and incoming international postgraduate students with rooms in Duchy House and Intercollegiate Halls being allocated to Courtauld continuing students and incoming UK and some international postgraduate students.
In addition our rooms in Halls, The University of London Housing Services Team have a property database to help you find student housing in London. The accommodation is provided by private landlords, letting agents, private halls and other providers of private housing.
Allocation of Halls
Courtauld – Duchy House (63 rooms) open to applications from postgraduate offer holders and current BA1 and BA2 and continuing MA Courtauld students.
University of London – Intercollegiate Halls of Residence – (up to 40 rooms) open to applications from current BA2 and BA3 undergraduates, continuing MA postgraduates and postgraduate offer holders.
Kings Residences up to 200 rooms across split equally across three Halls, Angel Lane, Altas and Canada Water will be available for 2025/26. Rooms in these Halls are reserved for first year (BA1) undergraduate and international postgraduate offer holders.
Contracts to live in halls commence mid-September 2025, and the duration varies between 37 and 40 weeks depending on the provider and the Hall. See summary tables below for further details.
All first year international students and UK students living outside of Greater London joining The Courtauld in September 2025, are guaranteed accommodation in Halls. For current Courtauld students and new postgraduate students, allocation of a room in halls will be primarily based on several factors including (but not limited to), whether you have a particular disability that would mean not having accommodation in Halls would put you at more of a disadvantage than a non-disabled student; the distance of your family home (not current place of study) from our central London campus; whether you have previously studied in the UK.
All halls of residences:
- The Courtauld – Duchy House
- University of London – College Hall
- University of London – Connaught Hall
- University of London – Garden Halls
- University of London – International Hall
- University of London – Nutford House
- King’s College London – Angel Lane
- King’s College London – Atlas
- Kings College London – Canada Water
| Approximate Room Size | Catering Option | Number of Rooms | Price Per Week - these are 25/26 rates | 37-Week Contract Total | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Small Single with Shared Bathroom | 9 sqm | Self-catered | 10 | £217 | £8,029 |
| Small Single Ensuite | 9 sqm | Self-catered | 15 | £262 | £9,694 |
| Medium Single with Shared Bathroom | 11 sqm | Self-catered | 12 | £285 | £10,545 |
| Medium Single Ensuite | 11 sqm | Self-catered | 7 | £308 | £11,396 |
| Small Double Ensuite | 11 sqm | Self-catered | 12 | £326 | £12,062 |
| Large Double Ensuite | 13 sqm | Self-catered | 7 | £356 | £13,172 |
Duchy House is open to applications from postgraduate offer holders and current BA1, BA2 and continuing MA Courtauld students. Based on current semester and course submission dates for 2025/26 we will be offering both undergraduate and postgraduate students living in Duchy House a 37-week contract. The option to extend for part or all of the summer period i.e. from early June through to early September 2026, is available upon request.
| Approximate Room Size | Catering Option | Number of Rooms | Weekly Rate 2025/26 | 40 Week Contract Total | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Single Shared Bathroom | 12 sqm | Catered | 3 | £309.60 | £12,384 |
| Single Ensuite | 14 sqm | Catered | 4 | £355.97 | £14,239 |
| Approximate Room Size | Catering Option | Number of Rooms | Weekly Rate 2025/26 | 40 Week Contract Total | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Single Shared Bathroom | 9 sqm | Catered | 3 | £295.84 | £11,834 |
| Single Ensuite | Catered | 2 | £345.10 | £13,804 |
| Approximate Room Size | Catering Option | Number of Rooms | Weekly Rate 2025/26 | 40 Week Contract Total | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Townhouse Single** | 10 sqm | Self-catered | 3 | £324.42 | £12,977 |
| 3 Bed Flat Share Single | 13 sqm | Self-catered | 3 | £325.66 | £13,026 |
| Single Ensuite | 13 sqm | Catered | 5 | £401.38 | £16,055 |
| DDA Single Ensuite plus* | 15 sqm | Catered | 2 | £404.39 | £16,176 |
| Single Ensuite plus | 17 sqm | Catered | 5 | £404.39 | £16,176 |
| Approximate Room Size | Catering Option | Number of Rooms | Weekly Rate 2025/26 | 40 Week Contract Total | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Single Shared Bathroom | 10 sqm | Catered | 8 | £286.48 | £11,459 |
| Standard Studio | 19 sqm | Self-catered | 1 | £323.47 | £12,939 |
| Double Studio | 19 sqm | Self-catered | 1 | £341.67 | £13,667 |
| Approximate Room Size | Catering Option | Number of Rooms | Weekly Rate 2025/26 | 40 Week Contract Total | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Large Single Shared | Catered | 4 | £278.09 | £11,124 |
Note: *Suitable for wheelchair user; **Bathroom shared between 2 residents; Catered includes breakfast (brunch at weekends) and dinner daily. Contract length in all Intercollegiate Halls is 40 weeks commence 15 September 2024 through to 21 June 2025. The University of London will allow early arrivals from 1 September 2024, subject to room availability. If you secure a room in University of London Halls, and wish to book early arrival you will need to contact info.halls@london.ac.uk to check availability and book.
Students who are not successful if being initially offered a room in Intercollegiate Halls can register on the University’s waiting list from 22 August 2024 with offers being sent from 4 September 2024.
For for information about the each Hall, please refer to the Resident Handbook. Licence Agreements for 2024/25 can be viewed here including various supporting policy and procedural documents.
Further information about University of London Intercollegiate Halls
| Approximate Room Size | Catering Option | Weekly Rate 2024/25 | 40 Week Contract Total | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ensuite | 11 sqm | Self-catered | £268 | £10,720 |
| Approximate Room Size | Catering Option | Weekly Rate 2024/25 | 40 Week Contract Total | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ensuite | 12 sqm | Self-catered | £330 | £13,880 |
| Non-Ensuite (4-bed flat with 2 shared bathrooms) | 8 sqm | Self-catered | £304 | £12,160 |
| Approximate Room Size | Catering Option | Weekly Rate 2024/25 | 40 Week Contract Total | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ensuite | 11 sqm | Self-catered | £304 | £12,160 |
We have up to 200 rooms reserved for Courtauld BA1 and international postgraduate students. These will likely to be split between Angel Lane, Atlas and Canada Water. The rooms available will be secured on a first come basis. Should there be more than 75 applications received, a waiting list will be created for the 76th applicant onwards. If you are placed on a waiting list, you will be informed and will be contacted should a vacant room arise as a result of withdrawals or conditional offer holders not being able to take up their place of study, the later will not be known until w/c 19 August 2024. The waiting list will be shared with the Courtauld Accommodation Team, who will monitor the list and anyone on the list living outside of Greater London, we will make contact with you to discuss alternative accommodation options.
If you are interested in booking a site visit to these Halls please e-mail the Hall directly as follows:
For Angel Lane, email angellane@unitestudents.com.
For Atlas, email atlas@downingstudents.com.
For Canada Water, email hello.canadawater@scape.com. Explore a virtual 360 degree view of Canada Water.
Alternative Accommodation
University of London’s Housing Services (ULHS)
ULHS offers a range of services to assist and support students who are looking for and living in private rented accommodation in London.
Helping you find accommodation The Housing Services Team have a property database to help you find student housing in London. The accommodation is provided by private landlords, letting agents, private halls and other providers of private housing. Find out more about accommodation.
Contract checking The Housing Services Team can check contracts for unfair terms, which may cause you problems in your accommodation. Get Advice.
Legal Advice The Housing Advice Team offer advice on a range of issues including deposit disputes, disrepair, and problems with letting agents. To support this work, the advice team, have a retained firm of solicitors, Anthony Gold. Get Advice.
Two helpful guides are also available:
Courtauld Housing Group
This is a facebook page for prospective and current Courtauld students. The group provides housing links to students who have not been allocated housing as well as for current students looking to rent or advertise. This Facebook group is administered by the Courtauld’s Students’ Union Office.
