Best universities for accommodation 2025

Discover the top universities with A+ accommodation! Find those with the highest-rated facilities for a cosy and clean uni life.

UK university accommodation rankings

You're accommodation is you're new home away from home, so let's make sure it has everything you need! Whether it's student halls or off-site accommodation, students have rated their university accommodation to give you a taste of what it's like.

Top universities for accommodation 2025

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UNIVERSITY 2025 OVERALL
SCORE
RECC
Edge Hill Uni View All Courses

1st

0
4.20 4.40 100%
Newcastle Uni View All Courses

2nd

2
4.21 4.34 98%
Uni of Liverpool View All Courses

3rd

5
4.29 4.19 100%
Middlesex Uni View All Courses

4th

45
4.26 4.17 98%
Uni of Leicester View All Courses

5th

20
4.13 4.15 92%
Nottingham Trent View All Courses

6th

12
4.36 4.15 99%
Liverpool JM View All Courses

7th

14
4.30 4.10 99%
Open Uni View All Courses

8th

92
4.02 4.09 100%
Uni of Exeter View All Courses

9th

-2
4.08 4.06 100%
Uni of Lincoln View All Courses

10th

13
3.99 4.05 95%
De Montfort View All Courses

11th

9
4.00 4.04 92%
Uni of Leeds View All Courses

12th

2
4.09 4.00 96%
Royal Holloway View All Courses

13th

16
3.71 4.00 100%
Ulster Uni View All Courses

14th

26
3.91 3.98 100%
Bath Spa Uni View All Courses

15th

7
3.58 3.96 100%
Uni of Derby View All Courses

16th

36
4.08 3.96 98%
Uni of Chester View All Courses

17th

21
4.10 3.96 97%
Bournemouth Uni View All Courses

18th

-1
4.14 3.96 100%
Uni of Birmingham View All Courses

19th

0
4.08 3.95 99%
Uni of Surrey View All Courses

20th

-15
4.07 3.95 99%
Keele Uni View All Courses

21st

57
4.07 3.92 97%
Uni of Brighton View All Courses

22nd

74
3.78 3.92 96%
Loughborough Uni View All Courses

23rd

-20
4.08 3.91 98%
Uni of Sheffield View All Courses

24th

-18
3.96 3.90 99%
The Uni of Salford View All Courses

25th

30
4.07 3.89 95%
Ravensbourne View All Courses

26th

149
4.05 3.86 94%
Swansea Uni View All Courses

27th

-15
3.96 3.84 100%
Uni of York View All Courses

28th

17
4.00 3.83 100%
Bangor Uni View All Courses

29th

-13
3.67 3.83 100%
Sheffield Hallam Uni View All Courses

30th

-2
3.96 3.82 99%
Uni of Nottingham View All Courses

31st

-1
4.19 3.82 99%
Aston Uni View All Courses

32nd

19
3.96 3.76 98%
Leeds Beckett Uni View All Courses

33rd

3
3.98 3.76 100%
Uni of Worcester View All Courses

34th

45
4.02 3.75 100%
Lancaster Uni View All Courses

35th

-1
3.65 3.75 94%
Cardiff Met Uni View All Courses

36th

22
3.89 3.74 100%
Manchester Met Uni View All Courses

37th

31
4.11 3.71 99%
Uni of Huddersfield View All Courses

38th

16
3.72 3.69 92%
Queen's Uni View All Courses

39th

4
3.68 3.68 96%
Uni of Hull View All Courses

40th

-9
3.83 3.67 100%
Uni of Warwick View All Courses

41st

-6
3.81 3.66 98%
Uni of Winchester View All Courses

42nd

-16
3.86 3.66 97%
UEA View All Courses

43rd

30
3.97 3.66 98%
Falmouth Uni View All Courses

44th

18
3.91 3.65 100%
Uni of Portsmouth View All Courses

45th

-6
3.86 3.65 98%
Anglia Ruskin Uni View All Courses

46th

-35
3.89 3.63 97%
Oxford Brookes View All Courses

47th

9
3.96 3.63 100%
Uni of Chichester View All Courses

48th

37
3.82 3.62 100%
Uni of Cambridge View All Courses

49th

-40
3.86 3.60 100%
UWE, Bristol View All Courses

50th

27
3.90 3.59 96%
Northumbria Uni View All Courses

51st

-27
4.00 3.59 98%
Cardiff Uni View All Courses

52nd

13
4.07 3.58 97%
Uni of Sussex View All Courses

53rd

-6
3.78 3.57 98%
Uni of Bristol View All Courses

54th

-21
3.74 3.56 97%
Uni of Plymouth View All Courses

55th

-28
3.86 3.56 100%
Edinburgh Napier View All Courses

56th

53
3.79 3.55 94%
Uni of Reading View All Courses

57th

-47
3.83 3.52 97%
Kingston Uni View All Courses

58th

43
3.66 3.51 87%
Bishop Grosseteste Uni View All Courses

59th

66
3.59 3.50 89%
Canterbury Uni View All Courses

60th

28
3.64 3.47 94%
UCLan View All Courses

61st

-13
3.44 3.46 94%
Uni of West Scotland View All Courses

62nd

71
3.66 3.45 91%
Arts Bournemouth View All Courses

63rd

-17
3.40 3.45 83%
Uni College Birmingham View All Courses

64th

-4
3.35 3.43 100%
Uni of Bedfordshire View All Courses

65th

-4
3.16 3.43 88%
Birmingham City Uni View All Courses

66th

0
3.84 3.43 91%
Queen Mary, UOL View All Courses

67th

-3
3.76 3.41 100%
Aberystwyth Uni View All Courses

68th

-66
3.17 3.41 96%
Uni of Bath View All Courses

69th

-25
3.65 3.41 96%
Imperial College View All Courses

70th

4
3.46 3.40 100%
Uni of Greenwich View All Courses

71st

5
3.68 3.39 94%
Uni of Cumbria View All Courses

72nd

15
3.42 3.38 100%
Uni of Manchester View All Courses

73rd

54
3.99 3.38 97%
Glasgow Caledonian View All Courses

74th

18
3.46 3.37 100%
UCL View All Courses

75th

-16
3.85 3.34 96%
Uni of Wolverhampton View All Courses

76th

31
3.75 3.33 96%
Goldsmiths, UOL View All Courses

77th

42
3.27 3.30 100%
Bedford View All Courses

78th

43
3.12 3.29 100%
City St George's, UOL View All Courses

79th

44
3.38 3.29 100%
Uni of East London View All Courses

80th

46
3.39 3.28 100%
Coventry Uni View All Courses

81st

3
3.40 3.27 100%
Uni of Westminster View All Courses

82nd

-10
3.73 3.26 100%
AUP View All Courses

83rd

54
3.23 3.24 100%
Uni of Edinburgh View All Courses

84th

-1
3.58 3.23 100%
Uni of Glasgow View All Courses

85th

4
3.83 3.22 100%
USW View All Courses

86th

17
3.58 3.21 95%
Uni of Oxford View All Courses

87th

-50
3.17 3.21 100%
Uni of Strathclyde View All Courses

88th

-7
3.74 3.21 100%
Royal Agricultural University View All Courses

89th

60
3.14 3.20 100%
City, UOL View All Courses

90th

24
3.62 3.19 92%
Uni of West London View All Courses

91st

0
3.21 3.12 100%
UCFB View All Courses

92nd

80
3.09 3.09 100%
Exeter College View All Courses

93rd

80
3.22 3.09 100%
UWTSD View All Courses

94th

80
2.94 3.09 67%
Uni of Gloucestershire View All Courses

95th

-80
3.58 3.08 100%
Abertay Uni View All Courses

96th

-16
3.32 3.06 100%
Uni of Kent View All Courses

97th

-65
3.35 3.03 97%
Uni of Essex View All Courses

98th

-23
3.15 3.03 95%
Brunel Uni London View All Courses

99th

-1
3.36 3.02 92%
Durham Uni View All Courses

100th

-43
3.48 3.01 93%

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