Halls of Residence

• £1,000.00 Accommodation Bursary exclusive to undergraduate students (Level 4) living in AUB’s Halls of Residence*.
• No guarantor required.
• Preferable cancellation policy.
• Waived deposits for undergraduate students who are eligible for the AUB Care Experienced, Young Carer or Stand-Alone Bursaries. (Please contact the AUB Accommodation Team if this may apply to you.)
  
• Range of costs to meet all budgets.
• AUB ResLife residential life programme exclusive to all students living in AUB’s halls of residence. Access events and activities throughout the academic year that promote wellbeing, peer connectivity, skills development and sustainable living.
• Friendly and professional halls staff on site 24/7.
• Dedicated AUB Accommodation Team to support with booking and all things 'Student Living’ at AUB.

*Eligibility criteria applies

At AUB, we're committed to ensuring that all students have access to accommodation that meets their needs. If you're a disabled student requiring specific adjustments or adaptations in your university accommodation, we have a clear process in place to support your application.

Step 1: Indicating Your Requirements
When completing your AUB Accommodation room booking, please tick the box to indicate additional needs and enter details of any specific requirements related to your disability, including necessary adaptations/adjustments needed.

Step 2: Providing Supporting Evidence
AUB's Disability Team will contact you to discuss your needs. To help us assess your needs, we require supporting documentation from a medical professional, or relevant specialist. This should outline the nature of your disability, and the specific adjustments/adaptations recommended for your accommodation.

Step 3: Assessment by the Accommodation Panel
Once your application and supporting documents have been submitted, they'll be reviewed by a panel. This panel consists of senior university staff from student support services and accommodation services. The panel will carefully consider all applications to ensure that reasonable adjustments are made to provide the most suitable accommodation.

Step 4: Allocation Decision
The accommodation team will contact you as soon as possible with the panel decision, and details of next steps required. Please note, allocation is at the sole discretion of AUB; there's no right of appeal against allocation of rooms in AUB Accommodation.

Step 5: Further Support
If you have any further questions about disability support available to you as an AUB student, we encourage you to reach out to our disability support team at disability@aub.ac.uk

We understand the importance of having a comfortable and accessible living space during your time at university. If you have any further questions about disability support available to you as an AUB student, we encourage you to reach out to our disability support team at disability@aub.ac.uk. We're here to support you to ensure you receive the best possible accommodation to suit your needs.

1. First steps

• Accept a conditional or unconditional offer of a place at AUB.
• Wait 24 hours for our systems to integrate.
• Log into your AUB Application Portal and click in the accommodation tile.
• Register on the Accommodation portal – using your AUB Student number and date of birth. (Please use a personal email address, NOT a school/college email address.)
• Receive an email – to the email address you have registered with AUB – with a validation code.
• Input this validation code into the site, then you can continue with your booking.

2. Log into the Accommodation portal

• Select session 2025/26.
• Select your correct student type from the dropdown – this must match your course type (NB: U18 is only for students who'll be under 18 at the start of the tenancy period).
• Select Area – the halls available for your student type will appear under this dropdown list.
• Select Licence – to match your course and length of tenancy you require.

3. Available rooms will now show

• Choose the type room - Click on ‘Book’ then follow the screen prompts to complete the booking.
• Read the Terms and Conditions in the link and tick box to confirm acceptance of these.
• Any room adaptations required? Tick box and enter details in the pop-up box.
• Select payment plan – one-off for full payment, or the instalment option and follow instructions. This will include payment of a deposit.

Our Accommodation team will receive your booking and will email you to confirm your room allocation.

At any time, you can log into your accommodation portal to check your booking, induction process, statement and your accommodation T&Cs.

You’ll be able to book your arrivals directly with your halls team and notification of this process will be in the Induction, which'll go live on your accommodation portal approximately one month prior to the start of your residence period.

For any queries at any time, please contact AUB Accommodation via email or alternatively call them on +44 1202 363 392.

As part of the AUB Accommodation booking process, we’ll require you to confirm you don't have a relevant unspent criminal conviction which may prevent you from living in AUB accommodation.

You'll be asked to do so in order that we may discharge our safeguarding obligations, for the benefit of all students residing in AUB accommodation.

We’ll only ask you about unspent, relevant convictions, as follows (or comparable offences that resulted in a conviction from a legal system overseas):

• Any convictions for violent conduct towards another person
• Offences listed in the Sex Offences Act 2003
• The unlawful supply of controlled drugs or substances where the conviction concerns commercial drug dealing or trafficking
• Offences involving firearms
• Offences involving arson
• Offences listed in the Terrorism Act 2006

Only unspent convictions are required to be disclosed to AUB. Convictions that are ‘spent’ – as defined by the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (as amended) – or will be spent at the point of taking up the offer of AUB accommodation, don’t need to be disclosed.

If you’re uncertain whether to disclose a conviction or not, please seek confidential advice from AUB’s Designated Safeguarding Lead at safeguarding@aub.ac.uk.

Having a relevant unspent criminal conviction isn't an automatic bar on being able to apply for, or being allocated/offered or staying in, AUB accommodation. However, if you unreasonably fail to formally disclose a relevant unspent criminal conviction as part of your booking request, this could amount to serious misconduct under the student disciplinary rules and procedures and affect your accommodation allocation or contract.

Evaluation of your criminal conviction disclosure will be undertaken by AUB’s Designated Safeguarding Lead (or nominee) to ensure that all processing relating to your disclosure is in accordance with our data protection policy and privacy notice.

The Designated Safeguarding Lead will inform you if your booking request is accepted or declined.

We operate a Welcome Weekend for all residents in AUB Accommodation, which takes place during the first 48 hours of each tenancy.

Arrivals are from 08.30 on the first day of the tenancy. Arrival slots are bookable directly with your halls of residence, upon completion of your online Accommodation induction.

During AUB Welcome Weekend, you'll get to meet all your new flatmates, learn all about your new home and its facilities. There'll be an introduction to the local area and a programme of inclusive, creative activities and events to help settle you into the AUB community.

It can be difficult knowing what to bring with you and what not to bring. It’s really essential that you make your new room feel like a home away from home, but you don’t want to double up on items that are already included. Look out in your inbox in July as you'll be invited to a Pre-Arrival Webinar that is relevant to your halls of accommodation. In this webinar you'll meet team members from your accommodation and student services, learn more about your new accommodation, what's included and your bed size. You'll also hear about UniKitOut, a site where you can order all your essentials for your new room online and have it sent direct to your accommodation, plus AUB students get a 10% discount using the code AUB10.

There's no parking on any of our halls sites, unless you're a blue badge holder. However, parking options for arrivals will be outlined in your halls induction.

Of course, we have bike stores in each of our halls of residence, and Bournemouth is also a cycle-friendly town with lots of routes to explore. Once a month on campus, we welcome the Cycle Surgeon, who's able to look over your bike and assist with any necessary repairs. Please be aware that electric bikes and scooters can't be charged or kept inside flats and studios. If you do wish to bring your electric bike or scooter with you, please notify your halls team in advance to discuss charging options.

Pets of any kind aren't permitted in any AUB halls of residence. For further details about assistance dogs and support animals, please read our policy. Or for more information, contact our Disability team via email.

All your utilities bills are included within your accommodation, but you'll need to purchase a TV licence if you're bringing a TV or plan to stream BBC iPlayer. This means all you'll need to think about is your day-to-day costs, which includes food and drink, travel, going out and socialising. You may be able to access support via the AUB Access and Participation Plan or Foundation Bursaries, and Student Advice offer practical information, advice and guidance on budgeting. You can either pop in for a chat or book an appointment via AUB Bookings with the team. You can also check out our Student Budget Calculator to help with your planning.

Check out this flyer for more information on financial support.

When you move into your new AUB accommodation, you automatically become eligible to get involved with AUB ResLife. This is our Residence Life programme responsible for creating a sense of home and welcome at your accommodation. Events organised and facilitated by the ResLife team – including our AUB Student Ambassadors, who are students who've previously lived in AUB halls of residence – take place from the start date of your tenancy and they're great ways to meet new people, mingle with your flatmates and get involved in fun activities. Make sure to follow @aubreslife on Instagram for event updates, and check out our termly newsletter WORD, which focuses on all things AUB ResLife.

If something in your room or kitchen is broken, you'll need to report this to your halls team. When you complete your induction prior to moving into your new accommodation, you'll be invited to download your relevant halls app. On this app you can meet your fellow residents, receive updates from your halls team and you can also register any faults/defects/breaks in your room or kitchen. However, if there's an urgent or emergency issue with your room or kitchen you'll need to go and speak to your halls team directly in the reception of each halls. The halls teams are available 24/7 for you to contact.

Occasional overnight guests are permitted at the goodwill of AUB. All guests must be signed in to the halls of residence and halls staff reserve the right to require any person to leave the halls if they aren't signed in. Halls staff reserve the right to exclude any visitor in accordance with Schedule 2, clause 3 of the AUB Accommodation Contract. Please remember that you're responsible for the behaviour of your invited guests, including any loss, breakage, or damages they cause, as well as any breaches of the AUB Accommodation Contract.

Overnight guests aren't permitted during the Accommodation Arrival Weeks.

If you have family or friends who are accompanying you to Bournemouth to help you with your arrival, don’t worry. Bournemouth is buzzing with lots of hotels and Airbnbs to look after them while you're settling into your new home.

We strongly encourage you to register with a local doctor as soon as you start your studies with us, to make sure you can see a doctor quickly if you fall ill or need routine medical care during the course of your studies. AUB’s Student Services work in partnership with the local Village Surgery (located next to Campus Halls) to provide a dedicated medical surgery each week. To register with the local surgery head over to the Campus Doctor website.

If you do feel unwell during your time in halls of residence, it's important to make sure your course team is aware. Contact your course leader and team, as well as Student Records, so they can monitor any necessary absence due to illness. It's also highly recommended to inform your halls team so they're aware of any additional support you may require and can also keep an eye on you until you're on the mend.

If you require support relating to your mental health, our halls team is on site 24/7 and available to assist you. AUB offers a range of student support services including Wellbeing, Counselling and drop-in sessions Monday to Friday on campus. You can also access University Retreat, located next to Talbot House, which is a crisis walk-in centre open from 14.00 until 21.00 Monday to Saturday. We also have a number of external support services – you can refer to this page for more information.

Living with people is hard especially when you don’t know them and sometimes conflicts come up. Don’t worry, this is totally normal and, most of the time, an issue can be resolved by following a few simple rules:

• Always be respectful. Treat others how you want to be treated.
• Remember, no one is a mind-reader. If there's an issue, say something. Raising the issue respectfully can sometimes resolve it straight away.
• Give everyone space – including yourself! Avoid tackling an issue when you or someone else is upset. High emotions can result in arguments, which can make the situation worse.
• Be open-minded. Sometimes something happens accidentally; the other person isn't deliberately trying to cause offence. Talk it through and remember everyone makes mistakes sometimes.

There's support available when you need it. In the first instance, we always recommend that you have a chat with your halls team. They can often work with you and your flatmates to resolve any issues.

You can also contact the AUB Accommodation Team for advice and we offer support for managing household difficulties via the AUB Conflict Resolution Service, which is an informal non-judgemental and voluntary support service.