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Booking a room in halls

Last updated:
23 July 2026

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  • You must be an enrolled UAL student or have accepted an offer to study at UAL from September 2026.
  • You may need to wait up to 72 hours after accepting your offer at UAL before you can log in to the accommodation portal.

Room bookings are open for all students who would like to live in halls from September 2026. Our room availability is limited and changes quickly. To book your room, visit the student accommodation portal (opens in new tab).

1. Create your account in the student accommodation portal

Create your account using your 8 digit student ID number from your offer letter.

2. Explore your hall options

Before you book, research the halls and room types so you’re ready to make your choice.

Watch our videos (opens in new tab) to explore hall tours, local amenities, and transport links for each of our halls.

When you're ready to book a room, you will be asked to submit your top 5 room preferences and our accommodation team will then allocate you a room based upon the current availability and your preferences.

You can find details of the halls we manage and our available partner halls on rent, insurance and contracts.

3. Apply for a room

  • Log in to the student accommodation portal.
  • You won't book a room directly, instead you'll need to provide your top 5 hall choices.
  • The accommodation team will then contact you by email with an offer for a room based upon availability and your preferences.

4. Confirm your room

University managed halls

  • You’ll need to pay a £500 deposit (£250 advance rent and £250 damage deposit).
  • You’ll need to confirm your room by accepting the terms and conditions.

Partner halls

  • Partner halls manage their own bookings.
  • You’ll get booking instructions directly from the provider by email and a deadline to book.

Students with preferences

  • You will get an offer and will be provided with a deadline to accept your booking.
  • We look at applications in the order we get them.
  • We will try to give you one of your choices. We cannot promise this as some options may be full.
  • You will have 48 hours to accept an offer.
  • Room offers which are not accepted by their specified deadline will expire and there is no guarantee that another offer will be available.

We prioritise:

  • students who have told us about a disability or health condition in their application
  • students who will be under 18 when their tenancy starts.

Can’t accept your room offer in time? Get in touch with the Accommodation Services team at accommodation@arts.ac.uk.

University managed halls

  • Cancel your booking through the student accommodation portal before the tenancy start date.
  • Charges may apply depending on when you request the cancellation.

Partner halls

  • Check your tenancy agreement for their cancellation policy.
  • The cancellation process will be different from UAL managed halls.

If you have a disability or health condition, tell us when you apply through the student accommodation portal. You can also request any support or room adjustments you need.

After you tell us your disability or health condition:

  • you won't book a room directly
  • instead, you’ll be need to provide your top 5 hall choices
  • we'll contact you by email with an offer for a room that best matches your needs.
  • If you are under 18 when you move in, you and your parent or guardian must read the accommodation policy for under 18s (PDF 47.3KB) (opens in new tab) and other booking information.
  • If you’re booking a partner hall, check the under 18 policy with the hall provider.
  • You must be 18 or over to live in YourTRIBE Elephant & Castle and YourTRIBE Southwark.

We’re proud of our diverse student community.

Our halls aim to be inclusive and supportive for everyone.

Our equality objectives and reports protect people from discrimination based on:

  • age
  • caring responsibilities
  • disability
  • gender
  • nationality
  • race
  • religious or belief (including no belief)
  • sexual orientation
  • trans identity
  • socio-economic background.

A limited number of partially funded rooms are available in some of our newer halls, giving UK home fee students from all backgrounds the opportunity to live together and benefit from modern facilities.

Find out more about partially funded rooms at UAL.

If you have questions about booking a room in our halls contact the Accommodation Services team at accommodation@arts.ac.uk.

For further information, please refer to our article on commonly asked questions (opens in a new tab) related to room bookings.