With a wide range of accommodation options, you will be spoilt for choice when deciding where to make yourself at home at Swansea University.
Accommodation plays a large part in student life and living in university accommodation adds a unique element to your student experience. Our welcoming, safe residences are well maintained and provide access to great facilities, helping you to settle into university life.
Choose your new home from options across Singleton Park Campus, Bay Campus, true Student, Seren, Beck House, and Private Sector shared houses & flats. You can find out more information about each option below to work out which is best for you.
We offer designated accommodation areas, Welsh language only accommodation, as well as accessible and adapted rooms for students with special requirements. Our accommodation team will support you through your application process to support you with making the best choice for your requirements.
Find out why university accommodation may be the best option for you.
Bay Campus is home to Engineering, the School of Management, and the Computational Foundry, however accommodation here is open to students on any course, and there are frequent, direct bus services between campuses.
Bay Campus is one of the only University Campuses in the UK with direct access to the beach and its own seafront promenade.
The types of accommodation at Bay Campus include twin rooms, en-suites, premium en-suites, wheelchair accessible rooms and 1 & 2-bed flats.
Find out more about living on Bay Campus.
Singleton Park Campus is where you will find the School of Culture and Communication, School of Social Sciences, School of Health and Social Care, School of Psychology, School of Biosciences, Geography and Physics, the Medical School and Hillary Rodham Clinton School of Law. Students studying any subjects can live on Singleton Park Campus and there are frequent direct busses between campuses.
All Singleton Park residences are within walking distance of the park, the beach, Swansea Bay Sports Park, Singleton Hospital and Swansea Bay.
Singleton Park offers en-suite or standard rooms (with shared bathrooms). Some residences also include a catering allowance.
Find out more about living on Singleton Park Campus.
Beck House, or Tŷ Beck as it is known in Welsh, comprises 6 large Victorian houses plus a mixture of shared and single accommodation providing good quality, family, couple and mature student accommodation.
Situated in the Uplands area of Swansea, 1.5 miles from Singleton Park Campus, Beck House has shops, bars, cafés, banks, restaurants all located within walking distance. There is also a free car park at Beck House.
Beck House is a small and friendly site that is a popular and affordable option for mature students, postgraduate students, families, couples and international students.
Find out more about living in Beck House.
Accommodation with Free Bus Pass
If you're a student studying on Singleton Park Campus, apply for accommodation at Bay Campus or true student and receive free bus travel for the year.
To qualify, applicants must:
- Apply for accommodation on or after 15th August 2024
- Accept a room offer for accommodation at Bay Campus or at true student
- Enrol on a programme of study which is taught on Singleton Park Campus
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