Royal Holloway and Bredford New College (University of London)

Housing on campus was not offered to visiting students staying for less than one full year. Therefore I had to find accomodation on my own which was not that easy. The Accomodation Office of the University had sent a list of possible landladies/-lords. Some of them were not willing to house international students, others would only rent out a room for a period of at least one year.

For me accomodation was too expensive as the grant from the Sorbonne was only minimal. Besides I quite like comfort and I've never lived in a student residence, so I don't know how I would have coped with the communal kitchen/showers. The main building is nice, though, beautiful architecture.

campus rooms are really good!!!

When choosing residence, I found Founder's to be a great choice due to the splendour of the building and the large rooms available there. It is also great residence in which to meet other students and to make friends. The facilities in Holloway, however, are lacklustre, the main problem being inadequate shower facilities. Also, if you do not like to share common facilities (kitchen/washrooms) and if you would like to cook for yourself, Runneymede is a better choice.

Student housing is good if you manage to get it on the main campus, if you get away from the main campus (Kingswood) I would try to find a flat instead.

It was very comfortable but also very expensive.