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, the Claverton 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 additional accommodation requirements and will be a new home undergraduate student starting in 2025 we will contact you after 1 July with further details so that you can decide whether you are eligible and need to apply.
As part of the application process, we will ask you to provide confirmation of your Student Loans Company Entitlement Letter. This will enable us to determine your eligibility, before the Student Loans Company share your household income data with us in the autumn.