Find out about accommodation for returning students in 2026/27 below. If you wish to apply for accommodation for 2025/26, please contact Housing Services.
Apply for accommodation
You can apply for 2026/27 housing if you are a current, full time, undergraduate or postgraduate Sussex student.
Benefits of our accommodation
There are lots of benefits to living on campus:
- no deposit required
- utility bills included
- live within walking distance of your lectures
- you can apply to live with friends. We’ll offer you accommodation together where possible.
Available accommodation
Current accommodation includes:
- East Slope townhouses: TBC
- East Slope ensuite: TBC
- Stanmer Court ensuite: £205.80 per week (Undergraduate only)
- Northfield ensuite: £221.27 per week.
Important: Before applying, make sure you have not signed an accommodation agreement for September 2026 in the private sector, and that you can afford the accommodation available.
Learn more about the accommodation application process [PDF 55KB].
Once you have applied on the Housing portal, you’ll receive a provisional room offer from January onwards. Accepting this secures your place.
Returning students with additional health requirements
Find out how to apply for housing that meets your needs if you have a declared disability or long-term health condition.
Eligibility criteria
From May 2026, the University will carry out a number of checks to ensure your eligibility.
- Reasons for offer withdrawal
We reserve the right to withdraw your offer before you move into your accommodation if:
- you have a history of non-payment of rent or other debt owed to the University
- you hold an unspent criminal conviction, and the University does not consider it appropriate to offer housing. You are required to make a disclosure so that the University can discharge its safeguarding obligations for the benefit of all students.
- you have had more than one Level 1 tenancy warning letter from the Tenancy Management Team for a breach of university accommodation
- you have received a level 1 or above disciplinary outcome in relation to Regulation 2 - Student Discipline
- any action (legal or otherwise) taken in relation to previous licence/tenancy breaches or student discipline including service of a Notice to Terminate
- there is a risk that the allocation of a housing place would put your potential flat mates at an unacceptable risk of harm to their health and wellbeing. This can include but is not limited to behavioural incidents from a previous tenancy and/or risks of significantly and adversely impacting others
- based on the evidence available, the University does not consider that it can reasonably put in place the adjustments required to meet your needs
- we have a reasonable belief that there may be other issues that may impact your ability to manage a tenancy in line with the requirements of the Licence to Occupy.
If you apply for accommodation and we become aware of any of these reasons, your application will be considered at the student accommodation panel before it’s withdrawn. We’ll write to you to tell you that this is happening.
Most people are unaffected by this criteria and won’t have their accommodation offer withdrawn.
How to apply
Applications for 2026/27 open on 6 November 2025.
Staying updated
We’ll send offers of accommodation to successful applicants from January 2026 onwards.
Cancelling your application
If you no longer need accommodation email housing@sussex.ac.uk.