Housing
If you have been allocated University-managed accommodation, you will be sent details of your residence and an accompanying residence handbook during August and early September.
In that email you will also be given instructions on where you need to go to collect your key and a last reminder about the need to set up a payment arrangement for your rent before you arrive.
For most students (except early arrivals for CPE and pre-sessional courses) accommodation will be available from Saturday 14 September.
Undergraduates
If you have been allocated a room on campus, you will be able to collect your keys from the porter at your residence by showing a signed copy of your tenancy agreement. If you are going to be living off campus, please refer to the direction guide and instructions sent to you with your tenancy agreement for how and where to collect your keys.
University accommodation is in high demand so if you will not be arriving by 4.30pm on Monday 16 September you must inform our Housing Office to avoid your room being reallocated.
Postgraduates
(including postgraduate Erasmus students)
If you have been allocated a room on campus, you will be able to collect your keys from the porter at your residence by showing a copy of your tenancy agreement. For all off-campus residences, please refer to the direction guide and instructions that will be sent to you with your tenancy agreement for how and where to collect your keys. In any event you must ensure that you move into your accommodation by 12 noon on Wednesday 18 September. If you fail to do so, your accommodation will be reallocated unless you have informed our Housing Office of your late arrival in advance.
Visiting and Exchange students
If you are a visiting student from abroad for part of – or the full – year, and have applied for accommodation, you should receive your tenancy details by the end of August. If you are a visiting student on the 'Sussex in September' programme your tenancy details will be sent to you at your campus address. University accommodation is in high demand so if you will not be arriving by 4.30pm on Monday 16 September, you must inform our Housing Office to avoid your room being reallocated.
Waiting lists for those not allocated a room
If you are an undergraduate student who applied for University accommodation for a full year, but have been told that you are to be offered a host family or details of private-sector accommodation instead, you will automatically be placed on a waiting list for University-managed accommodation. You will also receive details of a meeting in September for all students in this position so that you can raise any concerns and receive information about the support arrangements being made for you. There will be a designated residential advisor for students with host famiies and the Students’ Union will also be providing extra facilities.
If you are an overseas or research postgraduate student who has applied unsuccessfully for University accommodation, you will also be placed automatically on our waiting list. You will, however, have to make your own housing arrangements in the meantime. If you are on the waiting list for University-managed accommodation our Housing Office will contact you at your University email address as soon as a room becomes available, so make sure you check your email account frequently.
Private sector accommodation
Many students prefer to find their own accommodation in the private sector. More information about searching for private sector housing is available on our housing pages. Together with the University of Brighton, the Housing Office maintains an accommodation website, Student Pad, which lists details of properties available to rent in the private sector in Brighton and Hove and Lewes areas, but cannot undertake to arrange accommodation for you.
If you would like to find out more about renting in the private sector and would like a password to access the Studentpad website, please contact the Housing Office by emailing housing@sussex.ac.uk quoting your registration or application number (if you have one).
The Students' Union also have their own 'fee-free' letting agency. Sussex Student Lettings is a student focused lettings agency offering a very friendly, accessible and free service to students. Run by the Students' Union, Sussex is the only University in the South with its own lettings agency. This is a great way to save money if you're looking for accommodation in Brighton as some lettings agencies can charge well over £100 per person for administration and referee fees.