Accomodation at Imperial

Can anyone tell me more about the options available for going to Imperial? Where/what kind of accomodation, are the halls of res just Imp college, or do you share with Uni of London students as well. How much it all costs. And anything else helpful.

Thanks very much.

I know by bf pays £92 a week for a single room in Southside Halls-right opposite the college. However, these are being knocked down next year........!

Does any1 know if they automatically send you a form or you must ring them up for it?

You should get them from your school. And the Imperial accomodation is housed in Concrete City with only one catered hall.

J.

You should get them from your school. And the Imperial accomodation is housed in Concrete City with only one catered hall.

J.

My brother studies at Imperial and is presently living in accomodation there. He's living in Beit Hall which is supposedly the best accomodation at Imperial. His room is reasonably sized but with quite a lot of storage space (much bigger than say the accomodation at UCL), ensuited (woohoo!) with a nice shower, newly decorated and self catered (but each student has their own locked compartment in the fridge which is really useful). He was extremely lucky to be assigned Beit Hall, students can't specifically ask for it so it really is the luck of the draw

I'm not at imperial, but I am at LSE so I do have experience of being a student in London.

Imperial itself has it's own halls and also has accommodation in intercollegiate (University of London) halls. These might be worth going for, but I've heard from my friends in them that they aren't too good compared with LSE accommodation, so bear that in mind.

As for the student loan, mine is the minimum (around £3700- you do get slightly more for being in London) and it barely covers my accommodation (£105/week), so you do need other sources of finance to cope.

Hey thanks for the info. (rep coming)
was your brother allowed to put down any preferences at all then?

and are there any catered halls?

are they single rooms with bathrooms available? i am not too good at sharing.....how much would they be? would they be available to international students?

Yes there are (my brother has one - really nice ensuite room ) but the downside is that it's around £120 a week. They are available to international students, but there is no guarantee you will get an ensuited single room as they are a popular preference. NB these rooms are in self-catered halls (some international students find that a turn off, I'm not sure if it's the same with you ).

Yes there are (my brother has one - really nice ensuite room ) but the downside is that it's around £120 a week. They are available to international students, but there is no guarantee you will get an ensuited single room as they are a popular preference. NB these rooms are in self-catered halls (some international students find that a turn off, I'm not sure if it's the same with you ).

Imperial sends the accomodation form thru school???
I don't think so, unless they are different, because other uni's have been sending me accomodation forms directly to my home (although they've now stopped since i rejected em)