Accessibility
Residential Services can help you find appropriate on or off campus housing in University managed accommodation. Each Campus has a Residential Services office and friendly and experienced staff are available to provide advice and assistance on all tenancy matters, environmental health issues and all housing options.
Within the accommodation Resident Assistants are provided to help you quickly settle into University life and to provide advice and support on any difficulties you may experience. Fun programs of events are provided through the "Residents Life" programme designed to encourage a sense of community via student integration. The right accommodation - a place where you can study and relax - can often make the transition to university life easier to cope with. Night Support Officers are based at the residential Services Offices on each campus between 10pm and 5am and are there to assist residentail students.
There is on-campus accommodation for nearly 500 students in a Student Village development. The accommodation is provided in a mixed mode of five and six bedroom apartments. 350 of the rooms have ensuite facilities whilst the remainder contains a good ratio of shared bathroom facilities. The ensuite rooms have a specialized telecommunications network for internal communication and access to the internet. There are some specially designed suites available for students with special or mobility needs.
There is also a range of leased accommodation in Coleraine, Portrush and Portstewart, which the University allocates and manages in a similar way to its own accommodation, but which offer a greater degree of independent living. These may particularly suit returning and international students. 
On-campus accommodation is provided for over 700 students in halls of residence, five-bedroomed houses and apartments. All have shared self-catering facilities. A small number of mobility type flats are available for students with special needs. Approximately 220 purpose-designed apartments are also available close to the Jordanstown campus, at Whiteabbey, and these offer a greater degree of independence but are still convenient to the campus. All have telephone and internet connections.
The University does not have any accommodation at its Belfast campus, but if you are studying there you can apply for accommodation at Jordanstown. Most students living in Belfast choose to live in the south of the city, around the traditional student quarter.
There are 630 bedspaces on the Magee Campus 400 of which contain ensuite facilities. These bedspaces are configured in mostly 6-bedroom flat design and have access to a telecommunications point via subscription to external provider.
The remaining accommodation has a high ratio of shared facilities provided in traditional Halls of Residences style and 5 bedroom apartments. Housekeeping staff services all accommodation and security patrols and CCTV are in operation.
Weblinks: More detailed and up to date information on all aspects of your accommodation options is available via our website: www.accommodation.ulster.ac.uk
Some students choose to live in the private rented sector, and there is a range of competitively priced houses, flats and other lodgings in Coleraine and its adjacent towns, close to Jordanstown, in Belfast, and in Londonderry.
A dedicated website lists local landlords at www.nistudentpad.co.uk
Contact us
To contact Residential Services, please telephone the University of Ulster's main switchboard number 08 700 400 700 and ask for the accommodation office at the campus you hope to study at.
