Best Universities for Accommodation 2023/2024

These are the universities that are thought to have the best accommodation in the UK. Whether it be student halls or general accommodation, here, you can see which unis have the best.

UK University Accommodation Rankings

Our UK university accommodation ranking will show the universities that have the best accommodation for students. Accommodation is one of the most vital parts of your university choices. Many students believe that they must only pick universities that are geared specifically towards their course interests or to course quality, however, student accommodation is an extremely important aspect of the university experience as well.

Your accommodation is the place that you will be staying in while you're at university, whether it be student halls or it be accommodation owned by t...

Top Universities for Accommodation 2023/2024

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UNIVERSITY 2023 OVERALL
SCORE
RECC
Edge Hill Uni

1st

2
4.19 4.32 100%
Aberystwyth Uni

2nd

50
4.14 4.24 95%
Loughborough Uni

3rd

-2
4.23 4.17 98%
Newcastle Uni

4th

37
4.17 4.16 97%
Uni of Surrey

5th

34
4.21 4.16 99%
Uni of Sheffield

6th

19
4.32 4.16 99%
Uni of Exeter

7th

-5
4.23 4.14 100%
Uni of Liverpool

8th

19
4.36 4.13 100%
Uni of Cambridge

9th

0
4.09 4.13 95%
Uni of Reading

10th

5
4.17 4.13 97%
Anglia Ruskin Uni

11th

79
4.20 4.11 100%
Swansea Uni

12th

10
4.26 4.11 100%
Liverpool Hope Uni

13th

69
4.11 4.10 94%
Uni of Leeds

14th

2
4.20 4.09 94%
Uni of Gloucestershire

15th

43
3.90 4.08 100%
Bangor Uni

16th

20
3.99 4.06 100%
Bournemouth Uni

17th

31
4.14 4.05 100%
Nottingham Trent

18th

5
4.32 4.05 99%
Uni of Birmingham

19th

-1
4.25 4.04 99%
De Montfort

20th

24
4.06 4.04 90%
Liverpool JM

21st

21
4.28 4.03 98%
Bath Spa Uni

22nd

-14
4.03 4.03 100%
Uni of Lincoln

23rd

12
4.05 4.03 95%
Northumbria Uni

24th

49
4.23 4.02 98%
Uni of Leicester

25th

24
4.06 4.01 90%
Uni of Winchester

26th

7
3.89 4.01 96%
Uni of Plymouth

27th

51
4.10 4.01 100%
Sheffield Hallam Uni

28th

3
4.19 4.00 98%
Royal Holloway

29th

-25
3.93 4.00 100%
Uni of Nottingham

30th

37
4.20 4.00 99%
Uni of Hull

31st

-25
3.98 3.98 100%
Uni of Kent

32nd

-20
3.98 3.98 96%
Uni of Bristol

33rd

28
4.21 3.97 98%
Lancaster Uni

34th

-17
3.95 3.97 93%
Uni of Warwick

35th

-6
4.03 3.97 97%
Leeds Beckett Uni

36th

33
4.17 3.96 97%
Uni of Oxford

37th

-26
4.26 3.94 100%
Uni of Chester

38th

8
4.13 3.94 95%
Uni of Portsmouth

39th

-20
4.13 3.93 98%
Ulster Uni

40th

49
4.18 3.92 95%
York St John Uni

41st

6
4.12 3.92 100%
Uni of Southampton

42nd

-5
4.07 3.92 100%
Queen's Uni

43rd

-9
4.04 3.92 96%
Uni of Bath

44th

-6
4.12 3.91 97%
Uni of York

45th

-15
4.16 3.91 98%
Arts Bournemouth

46th

9
3.71 3.90 80%
Uni of Sussex

47th

37
4.07 3.89 97%
Uni of C.Lancashire

48th

33
4.03 3.89 89%
Middlesex Uni

49th

77
4.07 3.88 100%
Uni of Sunderland

50th

41
3.94 3.87 92%
Aston Uni

51st

-31
4.19 3.86 96%
Uni of Derby

52nd

-20
3.91 3.86 96%
Uni of Huddersfield

53rd

26
3.94 3.85 90%
The Uni of Salford

54th

-41
4.03 3.84 92%
Oxford Brookes

55th

32
4.04 3.84 100%
Durham Uni

56th

20
4.02 3.83 92%
Cardiff Met Uni

57th

-45
4.21 3.83 100%
UCL

58th

43
4.12 3.83 94%
Uni College Birmingham

59th

93
4.00 3.82 100%
Uni of Bedfordshire

60th

85
3.72 3.82 83%
Falmouth Uni

61st

-52
3.81 3.81 100%
Newman Uni

62nd

-3
4.16 3.81 100%
Queen Mary, UOL

63rd

-13
4.01 3.79 98%
Cardiff Uni

64th

44
4.23 3.77 98%
Birmingham City Uni

65th

2
4.08 3.77 92%
Uni of Aberdeen

66th

27
4.01 3.73 100%
Manchester Met Uni

67th

15
4.08 3.72 99%
Solent Uni

68th

41
4.03 3.71 100%
LSE

69th

-42
4.02 3.71 100%
Uni of Roehampton

70th

29
3.88 3.71 100%
Uni of Westminster

71st

32
3.93 3.71 92%
UEA

72nd

-33
3.99 3.70 98%
Imperial College

73rd

-67
3.94 3.70 100%
Uni of Essex

74th

-19
3.95 3.70 91%
Uni of Greenwich

75th

73
4.01 3.70 93%
UWE, Bristol

76th

-34
4.04 3.69 92%
Keele Uni

77th

21
3.99 3.68 96%
Uni of Worcester

78th

-22
4.02 3.67 100%
Abertay Uni

79th

26
3.86 3.67 100%
Uni of Strathclyde

80th

27
4.03 3.67 100%
Heriot-Watt Uni

81st

11
3.82 3.66 100%
Uni of Edinburgh

82nd

-12
4.05 3.66 100%
Coventry Uni

83rd

11
3.90 3.66 97%
Uni of Chichester

84th

7
3.84 3.64 100%
Staffordshire Uni

85th

31
3.98 3.64 90%
Uni of Cumbria

86th

40
3.78 3.64 100%
Canterbury Uni

87th

-12
3.75 3.61 92%
Uni of Glasgow

88th

52
4.12 3.60 100%
St Mary's, Twickenham

89th

17
3.89 3.60 80%
Uni of West London

90th

59
3.69 3.59 86%
Glasgow Caledonian

91st

28
3.96 3.58 100%
Leeds Arts University

92nd

-19
3.91 3.57 100%
Uni of Dundee

93rd

18
3.86 3.55 100%
Teesside Uni

94th

8
3.69 3.55 80%
Uni of Brighton

95th

20
3.92 3.55 91%
Uni of Bolton

96th

43
3.88 3.53 100%
Brunel Uni London

97th

13
3.80 3.53 95%
Uni of Hertfordshire

98th

-24
3.93 3.52 92%
Open Uni

99th

1
3.86 3.51 100%
Kingston Uni

100th

46
3.80 3.47 83%

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