Accommodation
Emmanuel has about 95 rooms to offer to about 150 students. Most are in houses inhabited only by graduates, a varying distance from the main college site.
Advantages to college accommodation include living with other MCR members, lower rents than comparable accommodation in the private sector, easier access to
a fast Internet connection, and bedders (cleaners).
The College aims to provide at least enough single rooms for the following categories of graduates:
| All students on one-year courses |
Accommodated for that year |
| Clinical Medics and Vets and Diploma of Architecture |
Accommodated for the whole course |
| Overseas and EU (not Irish) PhD students |
Accommodated all three years |
| UK and Irish PhD students |
Accommodated in first year |
Accommodation for students starting their courses is allocated by the Graduate Tutor through a system devised by the
MCR Accommodation Working Party, which was approved late in 2004.
In the Lent Term graduate students who will be continuing their course in the following academic year have the
opportunity to select their rooms from a list of available rooms in an order determined by ballot. The order of
priority in the ballot is:
- Students in the above categories,
- 2nd year PhD students who have only had one year in College accommodation as a graduate,
- 2nd year PhD students who have had two or more year in College accommodation as a graduate,
- 3rd year PhD students.
PhD students who are going to over-run their three years and who apply
to the Graduate Tutor may be allocated rooms if there are any available at the beginning of September.
In order to help graduates make an informed choice, the MCR committee have created a database of college
rooms which allows graduates to upload information about their current room for people to read.
Before the ballot takes place, the MCR will invite people to submit information about their current rooms via this website.
This has now been drawn. The timetable is available on the Graduate Tutor's website.
In 2004 the MCR Committee surveyed the graduate houses and compiled a document which details main improvements to accommodation which are
envisaged for the medium
to long term.
Internet Access in College Rooms
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All rooms in all graduate houses have high-speed Internet connections. Many College locations are also served by the College's secure wireless network.
What if I don't get a room in College?
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Students who do not expect to be accommodated are advised to seek accommodation well
before the start of the academic year. One place to look for accommodation is the
University's Accommodation Service:
Tel: 01223 (3)38099.
Kellet Lodge, Tennis Court Road, Cambridge
There is no "living-out" grant but students who are not offered College accommodation and are in
financial difficulties will be considered sympathetically for a Hardship Grant.
Any graduate student may choose not to accept College accommodation. If you intend to do this please
let College know as soon as possible (and in any event no later than 1st September) so that the
accommodation can be reallocated.
Rent Guarantee Information
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A private landlord will sometimes require tenants to provide a rent
guarantor, before entering into a rental agreement. This policy is often
automatically applied to those whose status is "student", irrespective
of income from grants or certain types of savings. The best solution to this is
clearly to ask someone appropriate to be a guarantor. However, whilst most
people will have someone suitable they can ask (eg parents), there can be
difficulties for others; for example where the only suitable guarantors live
abroad or are retired with no income.
As the college does not control or monitor the personal finances of its
members, it is not usually in a position to offer this type of guarantee
either. However, in the case where a college member can prove to the college
that they definitely have the financial means available to fund their rent
for the duration of the proposed contract, the college will be prepared to
pass on this guarantee. Those wishing to seek assistance in this way should
contact the Bursar (bursar@emma.cam.ac.uk), to
discuss their specific circumstances.
When the time comes for you to leave College accommodation, it is your
responsibility to inform College of your departure by using the
Emmanuel College Exeat System.
Failure to do so will result in your paying additional rent! In some
circumstances you can give two weeks' notice but in general you must give
one month's notice before you leave College housing. The full details
are laid out here, in a memo from
Dr Leeper from April 2008.
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