Catered standard

Catered halls with standard rooms

St Salvator's Hall and Gannochy House

University Hall

These halls are generally older and more traditional buildings. Most of the catered standard halls are located close to the centre of town, but University Hall and Andrew Melville Hall are situated near the Sports Centre and is a short walk from the various science buildings on the North Haugh.

Rooms in standard catered halls can vary in size and shape due to the age and history of the buildings.

FOR ENTRANT STUDENTS, the majority of catered standard rooms are shared with another student. Find out about shared rooms at St Andrews.

When can I move in?

Contracts begin on Saturday 2 September 2023. We are currently planning for student arrivals in to our accommodation for the 2023-24 academic year and will update this page when this is finalised.

Students must book a date and time slot which can be accessed via the pre-arrival section of the application form once an offer is accepted. There are limited numbers for each date and time slot, please ensure you select this as soon as possible
If you have accepted a catered contract, catering will be provided from Saturday 2 September 2023.

Arriving at St Andrews

Catering

Each catered hall of residence has a dining room and a dedicated catering team. Students are only able to eat in their own hall. You will also have access to a small communal kitchen to prepare light meals and snacks.

All standard catered halls provide 19 meals per week. Breakfast, lunch and dinner are served every weekday, with breakfast and lunch served on the weekend.

If you don’t have time to stop by your hall for lunch, you can order a packed lunch from your hall’s chef manager the day before and pick it up at breakfast. Packed lunches typically contain a sandwich or baguette, healthy popcorn, piece of fruit, healthy snack bar, and water or juice.

You can also use the ‘grab and go’ stations in your hall if you don’t have time to eat in the dining room. You can grab a baguette and choose your fillings, as well as a drink and crisps.
Menus are operated on a four-week cycle and are reviewed and amended on a regular basis.
- University of St Andrews catered halls menu
- University of St Andrews David Russell Apartments menu

Bedroom

In standard bedrooms, you will have a single-size bed (approximately 3 foot wide) along with the following pieces of furniture:

desk and chair
desk lamp and bulb
bookcase
bed, mattress and mattress protector
wardrobe and drawer unit
waste bin and paper bin.

Facilities

All catered halls include a range of facilities which ensures that students have everything they need to live independently in St Andrews.

Students will find that there is at least one laundry room in each catered hall, with washers and dryers which are card operated.

There are a range of options for studying in each hall, including computer rooms, libraries or specific study rooms.

There are also a number of social spaces including common rooms, TV rooms and communal chill-out areas.

In order to watch or record live TV programmes on any channel, or download or watch BBC programmes on iPlayer, you need to be covered by a TV licence.

You will need a TV licence for any device you use to watch television programmes. Devices include:
- TV
- computer or laptop
- mobile phone
- tablet
- games console
- digital box
- DVD recorder.
If you watch or download programmes without a TV licence, you risk prosecution and paying a penalty.

If you do not watch or record programmes, you will still need to notify TV Licensing that you don’t need a license.

Cleaning

Due to the current Covid-19 restrictions, our services have been changed to reflect Scottish Government Guidelines and our own Risk Assessments.

In all halls, our staff are carrying out enhanced cleaning in public areas and frequently touched points. Where shared facilities are used by less than 6 students our staff will not be entering the household to carry out cleaning duties. Where shared facilities are used by more than 6 students our staff will be carrying out enhanced cleaning in these shared facilities.

Our staff will not be cleaning in any student bedrooms. This will be reviewed when we reach Stage 4 of the Government Route Map.

Where students are isolating our staff will not be carrying out any cleaning in the household area.

Fees and contracts

The standard contract length for a single room in a catered hall is 34 weeks (September to May). Students living in a catered hall are not able to stay in their accommodation over the Christmas vacation, but the halls will be fully open and catered during the short spring vacation.

You can find out more about fees for different types of residences on the accommodation fees page.