If you have a disability or medical condition, we offer accommodation options designed to meet your needs. This can include adjustments for wheelchair usage or extra space for special equipment.

Should you need help with your accommodation requirements please contact  Student Accommodation and find more information about applying for University accommodation.

We also encourage you to discuss your requirements with the Disability Service when you apply to Bath.

Financial support for students with additional accommodation requirements

Students with additional accommodation requirements who meet the following criteria are eligible to apply for financial support if:

• your additional accommodation requirements result from a disability or medical condition
• you are a home undergraduate student whose household income is under £62,377 (we will verify this via the Student Loans Company)
  
• you indicate that the additional cost associated with your additional accommodation requirements will place you in financial hardship
  
• you will be living in University managed accommodation

If you are made an award you will receive a total of £2,000 per year towards accommodation costs while living in University accommodation. This award includes the accommodation specific financial support included within our means-tested scholarships and bursaries (the Bath Bursary, the Gold Scholarship programme, and the Accommodation Bursary) plus funding via the Additional Requirements Financial Support Fund, to provide a total level of support of £2,000.

If you are not eligible to apply for this support and find during your time at university that you are experiencing financial difficulties, please contact Student Money Advice..

How to apply

If you have applied for accommodation with Additional Rrequirements and will be a new home undergraduate student starting in 2025, we will contact you after 1 July, once we have received your accommodation application, with further details so that you can decide whether you are eligible and need to apply.

As part of the application process, we will assess your household income which we receive from the Student Loans Company (SLC). This information is shared directly with the university through a secure portal.

You will be informed of the outcome of your application from mid September, once you have accepted your room allocation,

If your application for the Additional Requirements Support fund is approved, this will be applied to your accommodation account prior to the second instalment due in January 2026.