New postgraduates October 2024 entry
Applications for October entry 2024-25 are now open.
All full-time postgraduate students studying at our Colchester or Southend Campus are entitled to accommodation for the first year of study provided they fulfil the following conditions:
- You return your application by midnight, Friday 13 September 2024
Please only select areas you are willing to accept as we will not make any changes once an offer has been sent.
Make sure you read the application guide (.pdf) before making an application for accommodation.
You need to:
- Create your myEssex applicant portal (see timescales below)
- Login to the portal
- Go to the Living section of the portal, where you will find the link to the online accommodation form under the Life and Leisure heading.
Timescales
It can take up to 24 to 48 hours for the relevant data to be imported into the accommodation application system from the point of creation, so set up your portal as soon as you can.
Follow the next steps below to see what happens after you have made your application.
End of summer interim booking
If you are currently living in our accommodation and will be a returning student and have accommodation booked with us again for 2024-2025, then you will stay in your current room until your term-time room is ready, you will not need to move out between contracts (there is a charge of £15.70 per night for this period). You will be issued with an interim booking for this period and we will let you know what the process is and give you the opportunity to cancel, if you will not be staying.