Non-standard course length

If you are studying a medical course, whether through the College of Medicine or Human & Health Science, you may be on a Non-Standard Course length:

Outside of the standard Academic year. We house students on non-standard courses together so that they do not end up living on their own in accommodation at the start and the end of the course.

• These courses can also involve placements with shift working and anti-social hours. 
• Early start dates and later end dates than the standard Undergraduate course.
• Parking available at Hendrefoelan Student Village (There is no student parking on Singleton Park Campus).
• Live with students experiencing a similar student life involving long days and shift working.

The choice of accommodation is more limited due to the above. However, we have the following available:

Accommodation available for 46, 47 & 48 week courses.

Hendrefoelan Student Village

Students are housed together in flats of 7. All rooms are standard, with shared kitchen & bathrooms facilities.  Free parking is available in the Student Village.

Singleton Park Campus

Students are housed together in 2 types of accommodation. Both are located near Singelton Hospital.  Unfortunately, there is no student parking on Singleton Park Campus.  Click here to view the location.

Standard accommodation - Located in Cefn Bryn, each room has its own Wash Basin, and you will only share a bathroom with 1 other person. There are approximately 18 rooms and 9 bathrooms in a flat.

Ensuite accommodation - Horton building has great ensuite accommodation for non-standard course length applicants, we also have a small number of rooms set aside in either Langland or Oxwich, these will be prioritised for students with medical conditions and early applicants. These rooms are in flats of 8 with shared kitchen facilities.

Your accommodation application

Once you’ve accepted an offer to study at Swansea, you can apply for accommodation as soon as you have received your 6 digit student number.  

When making your application online, you will need to make the following selections:

• Under ‘Student Category’, select: HEALTH SCIENCE COURSE (Nurse, Midwife, etc.,)
• Under ‘Tenancy length’, select 42 - 49 Week

Your accommodation offer

You will receive your offer of accommodation once your place at Swansea is confirmed and all relevant checks are completed, such as a DBC check and medical etc.

Tenancy lengths for the courses below run at different times of the year to most of the degree courses within the university. For this reason, medical students are housed in the same area to accommodate the contract lengths.  

If you wish to be housed in an area outside of the medical students, you will need to find alternative accommodation prior to the main arrivals.

Tenancies run from Friday to Friday. If you require a change in the above dates, please email us with the revised dates. If you have already been allocated accommodation, and the dates change, you may be reallocated to a different room. This is so that you will be starting at the same time as students on the same course dates as you. If your course of study follows standard dates then you may apply to live in any of our accommodation.

For Health Care students requiring family accommodation, please see: Beck House 

When making your application, choose Student Category: FAMILY ACCOMMODATION REQUIRED

Inbound - Visiting & Exchange Students

Once you have been accepted to study at Swansea, the Go Global Team will send you information that includes your student number, which you can then use to complete your online accommodation application.

Although we do not guarantee accommodation for Visiting and Exchange students, you are still able to apply. To stand the best chance of securing accommodation for the full academic year, you should apply before 30th June

When will I know if I have secured my accommodation?

Rooms are normally offered to Visiting and Exchange students once we have allocated rooms to our full-time students who are under our guarantee.  This happens after the majority of students receive their exam results in late August.  Offers are then sent out almost daily.

• Check your email and accommodation account at least weekly.
• It’s not normally possible to end your contract early once the contract is signed.

Finance - Paying your Accommodation Fees

• You will have to pay a reservation deposit online within 7 days of getting your offer – this is deducted from your final rent payment.
• Please note that this reservation deposit is non-refundable if you later choose to cancel the accommodation allocated to you.
  
  
• Full information about when and how to pay for the accommodation can be found here: Finance & Fees

USA Fee Paying Visiting Students Only:

If your accommodation costs are paid directly to Swansea University by your home university in the USA, you are still responsible for booking your own accommodation but you will not need to pay us anything more than your reservation deposit when you make your online booking. Please check with the Study Abroad office at your home university to see if this applies to you.

Inbound - Visiting & Exchange Students

Students studying for Semester 2 – January - June

Once you have been accepted to study at Swansea University, the Go Global Team will send you information that includes your 6-digit student number which you can then use to complete your online accommodation application.

Although we do not guarantee accommodation for Visiting and Exchange students, you are still able to apply.To stand the best chance of securing accommodation for the Semester Term 2, you should apply before 30th November 

When will I know if I have secured my accommodation?

• You should receive a room offer within 2 weeks of applying but at least 2 weeks prior to arrival. Please note: The Office will be closed on Friday 22 December 2017, until Tuesday 2 January 2018.
• Check your email and accommodation account at least weekly.
• It is not normally possible to end your contract early once the contract is signed.

Finance - Paying your Accommodation Fees

• You will have to pay a reservation deposit online within 7 days of getting your offer – this is deducted from your final accommodation payment.
• Please note that this reservation deposit is non-refundable if you later choose to cancel the accommodation allocated to you.
• You will need to pay your full semester’s accommodation by the date shown on your tenancy agreement
• Full information about when and how to pay for the accommodation can be found here: Finance & Fees

USA Fee Paying Visiting Students Only:

If your accommodation costs are paid directly to Swansea University by your home university in the USA, you are still responsible for booking your own accommodation but you will not need to pay us anything more than your reservation deposit when you make your online booking.  Please check with the Study Abroad office at your home university to see if this applies to you.

Outbound - Swansea Students Studying Abroad. 

If you are studying away from Swansea for part of the year, we appreciate it can be more difficult to find accommodation.  Therefore, we have some options available in our residences.

If you are in Swansea for the following:

Semester 1 Accommodation – Sept to January

• You can apply for accommodation at Hendrefoelan Student Village(HSV) or in a university managed SAS Property (room in a private off-campus property).

You can apply for accommodation at HSV between February & 30^th April & for SAS Lettings from November through until 30^th April.

Click here to apply for accommodation!

Semester 2 Accommodation – January to June

• You can apply for accommodation at Hendrefoelan Student Village or in a university managed SAS Property (room in a private off-campus property).

 Please note that although you will be guaranteed a room, we will have limited option available.

Full-year Students - September to June

• If you sign up for our accommodation and find that you are studying abroad you will need to:
  • Notify us by the 30th June
  • Forward a letter of confirmation from your department.
  • Reapply the following year for accommodation.
  • Any Reservation deposit paid for that year will be carried over to the following years' application.

For Information on Private Sector accommodation

Student Accommodation Services or (SAS) Lettings as they are known, can help you find accommodation in the private sector and provide a list of private accommodation available via the online house-hunting facility Studentpad.