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Returning Undergraduates: Information and Application Form

This information is for returning students only. For entrant students, please visit this How and when to apply.

Where Do I Live After First Year?

The University of St Andrews accommodates the highest percentage, proportionally, of its student body in the UK. Nevertheless, the consequence of high demand is that Student Accommodation Services (SAS) are not able to guarantee that students will get a place back into University Residences after their first year.

If you are intending to apply to live as a returning student in a University Residence after your first year, you are able to do so in February of the year of entry. Please see below for more information on how to apply. As accommodation is not guaranteed it is important to familiarize yourself with the process of renting privately in St Andrews and actively consider the private sector alongside your returning student application. Please follow this link for more information on renting privately in St Andrews Private property letting. 

Please read the information carefully before you apply

Please note that applications to Albany Park and Fife Park Houses for undergraduate students are prioritised according to specific needs, including students who require specialised facilities, those playing an active role in the life of the hall and financial circumstances and is only open for single applicants not groups.  There is an extra form to complete for students with a financial need so please ensure you apply on line and then fill in the financial questionnaire.  The link for this will be available above from 11th February 2013.

All Catered standard Residences, and John Burnet Annexe will close during the Christmas Vacation and the inter-semester break  from 10am 21st December 2013 until 22nd January 2014

Groups applying for our Managed Accommodation and who are interested in a specific property should arrange to view the accommodation and then after applying online by 18th February, submit two references for each member of the group to Student Accommodation Services by 12 noon on 1st March 2013.   References should be from a current or previous landlord or, warden of a current hall of residence, not from a parent or other family member.  Groups should list in order of preference the properties they want to apply for in the notes field of the e-application and on the outside of their envelope containing their references.

On Line applications for returning students opens at 9am on Monday 11 February 2013 and Close on Monday 18 February 2013.