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Applying for postgraduate accommodation

New October start student accommodation applications for 2025-2026 are now open. The guarantee deadline of 12 September is approaching fast, so get your application in now!

January and April 2026 start applications are now open.

IMPORTANT: please remember, there is no cooling off period. You cannot cancel your contract with us once accepted/confirmed, unless you withdraw or intermit from the University, even if you don't move in. So please consider carefully before confirming your booking through Book Now or accepting an offer we have sent you.


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New postgraduates October 2025 entry

Applications for October entry 2025-26 are now open. Please see details below on how to apply and secure your room today. 

The deadline to apply for guaranteed accommodation is 12 September 2025.

IMPORTANT: please remember, there is no cooling off period. You cannot cancel your contract with us once accepted/confirmed, unless you withdraw or intermit from the University, even if you don't move in. So please consider carefully before accepting an offer we have sent you.

Make sure you read the application guide (.pdf) before making an application for accommodation.

You need to:

  1. Create your my糖心Vlog applicant portal (see timescales below)
  2. Login to the portal
  3. Go to your home page on the portal, where you will find the link to the online accommodation form under the Accommodation heading. 
Timescales

It can take up to 24 to 48 hours for the relevant data to be imported into the accommodation application system from the point of creation, so set up your portal as soon as you can.

Follow the next steps below to see what happens after you have made your application.

End of summer interim booking

If you are currently living in our accommodation and will be a returning student and have accommodation booked with us again for 2025-2026, then you will stay in your current room until your term-time room is ready, you will not need to move out between contracts (there is a charge of £17.02 per night for this period).  You will be issued with an interim booking for this period and we will let you know what the process is and give you the opportunity to cancel, if you will not be staying. 

New postgraduates January 2026 entry

Applications are now open.

We guarantee accommodation for January start postgraduate students at both our Colchester and Southend campuses, as long as you complete your application by the guarantee deadline of 30 November 2025.  

Rooms will be offered in order of application date.

On the application form, you will be asked to select your preferred locations. Please select these in order of preference and don't select any location which you wouldn't be prepared to accept. We cannot guarantee that you'll be offered your first choice of accommodation.

Contract length

If you're living on the Colchester campus and your contract starts in January, then it will run for a period of 36 weeks until September. If you would like to stay on for the period September to December, then get in touch and we will see if we have any rooms available to offer you. However, please note, you will have to move to a different area, if you decide to extend your stay. We'll also get in touch nearer the time to ask if you'd like to extend. 

Colchester January 2026 entry聽

IMPORTANT: please remember, there is no cooling off period. You cannot cancel your contract with us once accepted/confirmed, unless you withdraw or intermit from the University, even if you don't move in. So please consider carefully before confirming your booking through Book Now or accepting an offer we have sent you.

Applications are now open.

Apply

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Applications will be processed in the autumn term.

Southend January 2026 entry

IMPORTANT: please remember, there is no cooling off period. You cannot cancel your contract with us once accepted/confirmed, unless you withdraw or intermit from the University, even if you don't move in. So please consider carefully before confirming your booking through Book Now or accepting an offer we have sent you.

Applications are now open. 

Apply

Applications will be processed in the autumn term.

Early arrivals

Want to arrive before Christmas and have time to settle in before your course starts? No problem, we are able to offer you free early arrival accommodation from 19 December 2025, until your term-time contract starts in January 2026. You just need to be a January 2026 start PG student, that has applied for and accepted accommodation on campus. If you are interested, please email us at accarriv@essex.ac.uk by 1pm on Friday 19 December 2025.

Requests after this date will not be approved and processed.

Your term time room may not already be available, so you will likely have to take an alternative room for your free early arrival period.

New postgraduates April 2026 entry

Applications are now open.

We guarantee accommodation for January start postgraduate students at both our Colchester and Southend campuses, as long as you complete your application by the guarantee deadline of 30 November 2025.  

Rooms will be offered in order of application date.

On the application form, you will be asked to select your preferred locations. Please select these in order of preference and don't select any location which you wouldn't be prepared to accept. We cannot guarantee that you'll be offered your first choice of accommodation.

Contract length

If you're living on the Colchester campus and your contract starts in April, then it will usually run until September. If you would like to stay on for the period September to December, then get in touch and we will see if we have any rooms available to offer you. However, please note, you will have to move to a different area, if you decide to extend your stay. We'll also get in touch nearer the time to ask if you'd like to extend. 

Colchester April 2026 entry

IMPORTANT: please remember, there is no cooling off period. You cannot cancel your contract with us once accepted/confirmed, unless you withdraw or intermit from the University, even if you don't move in. So please consider carefully before confirming your booking through Book Now or accepting an offer we have sent you.

Applications are now open. 

Apply

Applications will be processed late in the autumn term.

Southend April 2026 entry

IMPORTANT: please remember, there is no cooling off period. You cannot cancel your contract with us once accepted/confirmed, unless you withdraw or intermit from the University, even if you don't move in. So please consider carefully before confirming your booking through Book Now or accepting an offer we have sent you.

Applications are now open. 

Apply

Applications will be processed late in the autumn term.

October start Next steps

  • If we receive your application form before the deadline of 12 September 2025 you will be guaranteed accommodation.
  • If we receive your form after the deadline of 12 September 2025 you will be offered accommodation as soon as a room becomes available.

Full details of your accommodation offer will be sent to you by email. We endeavour to start sending offers out from April 2025. An accommodation advanced rent payment is no longer required at the point of application. Instead, it will be payable when you accept your offer.

Your offer of accommodation will be emailed to the address you supplied with your application to study at the University (or your @essex.ac.uk email address, if you have one) and will contain details about your room and the accommodation charges. You will have a limited time to accept your offer of accommodation so it is very important that you check this email account regularly throughout the entire summer.

Car Parking available

Car parking permits are available for a limited number of accommodation areas on the Colchester Campus.

Current availability is for those choosing to live in either South Courts or The Copse for undergraduate students, for the 2025-26 academic year.

The permits are offered on a first-come-first-served basis and spaces are limited.

The permit will be charged at a reduced rate of 拢25.00 per term.

Please contact us at accadmin@essex.ac.uk for more details.

This offer is only available to new students.

Payment

Don't worry about the money at this stage. When you receive an accommodation offer you have one week to accept and pay your £250 advanced rent payment. You will be able to make this payment by credit/debit card as part of the online acceptance process.

If you are not able to pay your advanced rent payment at the point of acceptance, please contact the Student Information Team in the . Please do not try and pay your advanced rent payment via the student online payment system. We have experienced difficulty tracing such payments in the past and this option has therefore been discontinued.

The deadline to request to cancel and receive a refund on your prepayment, is 1 September 2025. You can still request to cancel your offer after this date but no refund will be offered.

Reasons you may not be able to apply

Please also note that you will not be able to apply if:

  • you have not received an offer of academic study at 糖心Vlog
  • you have only just created an applicant portal (see timescale above)
  • you have not accepted your offer of academic study or
  • you do not see a PRID (for example, SMITH12345) in the Home section of the My 糖心Vlog Applicant Portal
  • you haven't allowed 48 hours after accepting your offer at 糖心Vlog, before applying for accommodation

If you have a debt to the University

Students who have a debt to the university will not be made an offer of accommodation until the debt is cleared. You will be notified if this is the case and be given an opportunity to make payment to clear this debt.

If this is not received then we may not be able to proceed with your application.

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