New Student Guarantee
We guarantee accommodation to all first-year, undergraduate and postgraduate students where certain eligibility criteria is met.
New student guarantee
We guarantee all first-year undergraduate and postgraduate taught students' accommodation through our New Student Guarantee. We will try to allocate you based on your preferences; however, this is not always possible. The New Student Guarantee is an offer of a room which may be University-owned, a managed partnership, or occasionally with a local accommodation provider.
To qualify for our New Student Guarantee, you must meet the following criteria:
- you must be about to start your first year of an undergraduate or taught postgraduate course in Newcastle
- your programme of study must be for at least one full academic year
- you must have applied as a single student, for a full academic year’s accommodation by 31st July
- Newcastle University must be your firm choice by 31st July
- if you are a postgraduate student, you must have met the terms of your academic offer by 31st July
We understand that things don’t always go to plan – you may not have intended to come to Newcastle University and therefore might not have applied for our accommodation before results day. We want to help make the process of clearing less stressful, and that’s why we have our Clearing and Insurance Guarantee.
The University guarantees to make an offer of accommodation to clearing and insurance students who meet all the following criteria:
- you are enrolled on your course for the full academic year
- you are joining us in accommodation for the full academic year
- you are in the first year of your degree programme
- you have had your place confirmed by Newcastle University following your UCAS application
- you have applied for accommodation by 28 August 2023
We will aim to process your application within two to three working days of receiving it, but only after all firm offer holders have been allocated a room.
Not all applicants are covered by our New Student Guarantee. You are not guaranteed accommodation if:
- you are a part-year student - see information for part year students
- you do not intend to live in the accommodation for the full academic year
- you require couple or family accommodation
- you suspended your studies after the first term in a previous year
- you applied after the New Student Guarantee deadline
The New Student Guarantee will apply if you are a postgraduate taught student. Anyone who is a first-year student studying at Newcastle University will be guaranteed an offer of accommodation so long as they meet the eligibility criteria.
The New Student Guarantee will not cover family or couple accommodation. To be eligible for the New Student Guarantee, you must be a single student coming to Newcastle University alone.
All our University-owned and managed partnership residences are included in the guarantee. Occasionally, we may need to supplement our accommodation with a local accommodation provider.
When you apply, you can choose your preferred residence and room types. When we allocate you your accommodation, we will try to give you one of your choices but cannot guarantee this. The New Student Guarantee is an offer of a room, not one of your choices.