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A female student works at her desk in a Trinity College bedroom.

Accommodation at

Trinity

Living in College

At Trinity

However near or far you are coming to study at Trinity, we hope your accommodation here feels like home.

Trinity is one of the Colleges that guarantee students College accommodation throughout their degree.  This means that you can always live with other students from Trinity, and you never have to worry about renting a room from a landlord, although you can choose to live out if you prefer. 

Trinity College has rooms for students on our main site, as well as in our three offsite locations in North Oxford.

All our residential halls are registered with, and meet the standards of the Universities UK (UUK) Code of Practice for the Management of Student Housing.

You can find out more about what our student accommodation looks and feels like below.

Undergraduate Rooms

Trinity is one of the Colleges that guarantee students College accommodation throughout their degree. This means that you can always live with other students from Trinity, and you never have to worry about renting a room from a landlord, although you can choose to live out if you prefer. 

We have 185 undergraduate student rooms on our main site, 107 of which are ensuite. Not all rooms are the same: They differ in bathroom facilities (ensuite vs shared), size (large vs standard) and aspect (quad facing vs street facing). They are all well equipped with WiFi and fridges. We have a further 105 undergraduate rooms in our off-site properties.

Take a quick tour of some of the undergraduate accommodation that is available to students at Trinity and find out more about where you could be living. 

Postgraduate Rooms

Single accommodation is normally available for graduates at Trinity for their first year and often for subsequent years. This means that you can usually live with other students from Trinity, and you don’t have to worry about renting a room from a landlord. Some postgraduate students live on the graduate staircases on the main site, others in our north-Oxford graduate properties. 

Most of our postgraduate applications don't get the chance to visit Trinity in person; if you can't come see us but wonder what your accommodation might be like in college, this video shows you the range of rooms and accommodation facilities on offer to postgraduates.

Trinity Accommodation

Practical Information

Find out more about the practical arrangements for all students living in Trinity acommodation.

Room type Number cost
UG onsite (ensuite) 107 £1,818.40 per term
UG onsite (standard) 78 £1,818.40 per term
UG offsite (standard) * 105 £1,799.30 per term
PG onsite (ensuite) 6 £2,490.10 per term
PG onsite (standard) 27 £2,490.10 per term
PG offsite (ensuite) 19 Average: £2,100.34 per term
PG offsite (standard) 32 Average: £2,091.75 per term

* UG offsite is available as 2 / 3 / 4 / 5 bed flats.

All rents exclude utilities and insurance – these are added to battels separately.

UG On-Site = 3 x 60 day terms

PG On-Site = 3 x 88 day terms

Off-Site (PG & UG) = 3 x 88 day terms

NB: For Undergraduates and Post graduates who live offsite (and PG who live onsite), the rental costs (3 x 88 days) included remaining in residence for the Christmas and Easter vacations.

All our offsite accommodation is within walking or cycling distance to our main site in the city centre.

There is limited parking on-site and in front of our off-site properties. This is available for use for coming up and going down days. Outside of these times students are not permitted to have a vehicle at College.

Our offsite properties are easily accessible from the centre of town; they are about a 15-minute walk from the main site, a 5-10-minute cycle, or a short 5-10 minute direct bus ride on any of the buses that run up the Woodstock Road (6 or S3 services).

Ahead of arriving, spend a couple of minutes confirming your cover by registering with Howden for Students.

CONFIRM YOUR COVER

It’s easy to underestimate the value of your possessions – and we're not just talking about your laptop and phone. Items such as your clothes, hairdryers and other smaller gadgets, like Fitbits and watches can all add up.

At Trinity, we include insurance for all the students who live with us, by partnering with Howden, a top student insurance provider.

Student insurance explained: https://youtu.be/9GAxFfgusyM

Trinity College is signed up to the UUK Code of Practice. The Code outlines best practice and provides benchmarks for the management and quality of student housing in the Higher Education sector. A full version of the UUK Code of Practice is available to download from the Universities UK website.

Find out more: https://www.thesac.org.uk/the-code

All bedrooms for Undergraduate and Postgraduate Freshers are allocated by the College – students are not able to choose their own rooms at this point. For all subsequent years students are able to choose their own rooms via the JCR and MCR Ballots.

Standard Licence Agreement (2024/25)

Accommodation is provided on the main site for most graduates in their first year. The rest of the graduate fresher accommodation is located in the Nunnery, about 15 minutes walk (or five minutes by bus or bike) from the main college.

Graduates have their own study-bedroom and share a kitchen / dining area and a bathroom with a small group of other graduates. This is a good way to get to know other graduates when you arrive.

We also have a Graduate Hub at the Nunnery with 33 single study-bedrooms (some en-suite, some with shared bathrooms, and all using a large shared kitchens). The Nunnery also has a large common room with piano, flat-screen TV, comfy chairs; a large study area (with printers and wifi); and a gym / dance space.

When you arrive at Trinity, you will find the following items already in your room:

  • Bedding
  • Mattress Protector
  • Bed
  • Mattress
  • Desk
  • Chair
  • Wardrobe
  • Chest of drawers
  • Curtains
  • Notice board
  • Wall shelving unit
  • Ceiling lampshade

There are multiple kitchens and pantries available to students on site:

  • Staircase 2: MCR Kitchen
  • Staircase 3: JCR Kitchen
  • Staircase 5: Pantry
  • Staircase 7: JCR / MCR Kitchen
  • Staircase 14: Pantry
  • Staircase 18: Pantry
  • Levine: 2 Kitchens for use of Levine residents only.

All full kitchens have induction hobs – students should ensure that they have the correct pots & pans for these.

Maintenance requests and breakages must be reported via maintnenance@trinity.ox.ac.uk

Please be aware that the Accommodation Service and Maintenance Staff have the right to enter rooms for inspections, safety, or repair purposes. Whenever possible students are given advance notice of staff entering their rooms.

There is limited parking on-site and in front of our off-site properties. This is available for use for coming up and going down days. Outside these times students are not permitted to have a vehicle at College.

There is cycle storage available at multiple points inside College and at each of our off-site properties.

If you are living in our on-site accommodation you will have a Scout assigned to your staircase / building. Scouts are there to help you maintain your room over the year and will discuss a cleaning schedule with you on arrival.

Laundry facilities are available at the following locations:

  • Levine Building
  • Dolphin Yard
  • 18 Rawlinson Road
  • 106 Woodstock Road
  • 147 Woodstock Road

The Lodge is open 24 hours a day. All post should be addressed to:

Trinity College

Broad Street

Oxford

OX1 3BH

The College gym is located in Dolphin Yard and has a variety of cardio and weights equipment. It is free for members of the Trinity community.