Accommodation at York St John
If you study abroad for one semester, you are guaranteed university accommodation for the semester you are in York, which is usually in a University Managed House. This is based on York St John's dates.
You will not receive the outcome of your Study Abroad application until March. This means that you will not be able to organise your accommodation until then. Students will usually begin looking for accommodation in November, but we advise that you do not commit to living somewhere if you would like to study abroad. If you sign for a year's contract and then study abroad, you may find yourself paying double rent (both home and abroad). Students tend not to find this a problem in the end, but we understand that it can cause some anxiety for students in this first semester.
Accommodation abroad and at your host university
Your host university will support you with applying for accommodation in your host location. At many universities, you will stay in university accommodation, but there are some universities where you need to source private accommodation. Usually, your host university will help you with this. Accommodation options and costs abroad vary from location to location. Please see our host university pages for further details.
There are a number of universities in USA and Canada which belong to the Bed for Bed scheme. This means that you pay the accommodation fee to York St John and are guaranteed accommodation at your host university. If your host university does not belong to this scheme, then you will pay your host university (or private provider) for the accommodation. You often need to pay some of this fee before your semester abroad starts and are sometimes able to set up a payment plan with the host university.
Plan your budget
You will need to budget for accommodation costs when you are abroad, so make sure you are fully committed and have considered these costs.
If you would like help planning a budget, please submit a case via the Student Hub's online portal and our team can assist you with this.