How to apply for accommodation

Accommodation for 2025-26

New students

Applications for new students will open on Tuesday 10 June at 12pm GMT and close at 11:59pm GMT on Friday 27 June 2025. 

See our 2025 Accommodation Guide (PDF) for more information on accommodation options. If you require accessible information, please view our online guide.

Continuing students

If you are a current student at Goldsmiths, please see our section for current students for more information on the window to make an application for 2025-26.

Accommodation for the current academic year

If you are already a student at Goldsmiths, please visit our application page for information on how to make an application for the current academic year. 

See our 2024 Accommodation Guide (PDF) for more information. If you require accessible information please contact us. 

 

The application process

Please allow around 30 minutes to complete your application.

If you're applying for accommodation for the first time, there are three steps:

1. Confirm your academic offer

You can only apply for halls if you have firmly accepted an academic offer from us, this can be a conditional or unconditional offer. If Goldsmiths is your insurance choice, you won't be able to apply for accommodation.

2. Register for an account

Next, you must create an account on our online system.

You will be required to input:

• Your student reference number - this will be eight digits long, start with 33, and be printed on your offer letter.
• Your name as it appears on your Goldsmith offer
• Your date of birth as it appears on your Goldsmiths offer - please use the dd/mm/yyyy format or use the drop-down boxes.
• Your email address – we recommend a personal email address that you can easily access rather than a school email address. You will need to be able to have access this email for the duration of your stay.

Once you’ve registered, you will receive a verification email containing a validation code and a link to verify your account. Please note: It can take up to an hour to recieve the validation code and it may be sent to your junk/spam/filtered inbox.

Adding accommodation@gold.ac.uk to your email contacts may help to ensure you don’t miss any important communication from us.

3. Make your application

Once you have completed your registration, you can log in to the application portal using the account details from the previous step, and select your accommodation options in order of preference. At this stage, you won't be able to select a specific room or room type.

You will also have the opportunity to tell us about your medical requirements or any other requirements you may have. Please visit our safety and support page for more information on what you may wish to declare.

We will do our best to accommodate your preferences, but some of our rooms are in high demand, so we cannot guarantee this. 

Applications submitted after the deadline will still be considered, but may be initially placed on a waiting list.

Once you have submitted your application, you’ll receive an email confirming this. You can log back into your account at any time to check the status of your application.

When you will hear about your offer

Once your application has been submitted, it will show as 'awaiting verification' until we can make you an offer of accommodation. Offers of accommodation for 2025-26 will be sent out regularly in batches all through summer and into early autumn.

If you’re offered a place in our student accommodation, we’ll let you know via email. The email will include information on how to secure your place, including the deadline to accept your offer. Offers that are not accepted by the deadline will be automatically withdrawn, so please keep an eye on your emails to ensure you do not miss out on the deadline to accept your offer.

When you can move into halls

Our undergraduate and postgraduate accommodation contracts for 2025-26 will start at 12pm GMT on Friday 19 September 2025. Once you have secured a place in our student accommodation, you will be able to book a check-in slot to move in over the course of the move-in weekend (19-21 September 2025), this is to help us reduce queues.

Students doing a PGCE are generally able to move in from the start of September in a selected number of halls.

If you apply after the academic year has started, further information will be available with your offer of accommodation.

Once you’ve received an offer

If we have allocated you a place, you’ll receive an email with information about how to accept your place, how to agree to the terms of the contract, and how to pay your pre-payment or deposit.

The pre-payment is £150 and will go towards your first rent instalment. It applies to all halls except those in the Goldsmiths Student Village, where a security deposit of £200 is due.

If you’re not allocated a place in halls right away, don’t get disheartened. We will continually send out offers through the summer months all the way up to when students are due to arrive and we will keep you updated during this time.

Further information about moving into student accommodation

Our sections on  and  have some useful information on what you can expect from life in halls.

Once you have secured a place in halls, in the weeks before your arrival we will be in touch with a link to your online induction. You will also receive a welcome guide and further information on support available, including how to order a bedding or kitchen pack.

If you have any other questions, please  and we will be happy to answer any questions you may have.

Changes to your circumstances

Please take time to read and understand the terms of your accommodation agreement, the length of the contract and the information included in your offer.

When you accept an offer of accommodation, you enter into a legally binding contract and there may be financial implications if you then need to cancel the contract, unless you defer your place at Goldsmiths, withdraw from university or are able to find a replacement.

If your circumstances do change before you start you should promptly get in touch with the Accommodation team for advice. 

Withdrawing your application

If before receiving an offer of accommodation you would like to withdraw your application, please visit the Dashboard section in the accommodation portal to select and delete the application.