When to pay your fees
We will email you with an offer of accommodation. Once you receive this you can accept your contract and pay your fees at the same time.
You can log in and check your balance online at any time.
Your acceptance of your accommodation contract is only valid if you supply payment details. You cannot accept without them.
Invoice due dates for 2024/25 are:
- 21 September 2024
- 04 January 2025
- 19 April 2025
- 01 August 2025 (Postgraduate accommodation contracts only)
If you are paying by direct debit, payment collection dates are:
- 09 October 2024
- 08 January 2025
- 23 April 2025
- 05 August 2025 (Postgraduate accommodation contracts only)
Invoice due dates for 2025/26 are: - 20 September 2025 - 03 January 2026 - 11 April 2026 - 01 August 2026 (Postgraduate accommodation contracts only)
If you are paying by direct debit, payment collection dates are: - 08 October 2025 - 07 January 2026 - 15 April 2026 - 05 August 2026 (Postgraduate accommodation contracts only)
Advanced rent payment
In order to confirm the room allocation, Postgraduates and returning Undergraduates are required to make an advance rent payment of £500 when they accept their accommodation contract.
If we are notified before 18 September 2025 this advance rent payment can be refunded if you are unable to take your place in Bath due to VISA problems or failure to meet the conditions of your course offer.
To make payment sign in to your accommodation portal. You can then decide on the payment method to use.
How to pay your fees
The following payment options are available:
- direct debit
- credit card
- debit card
- bank transfer
- international payments
Depending on your method of payment, you can choose to pay your fees in full or in instalments.
As an undergraduate student, if you do not pay your fees in full you will pay them in three instalments.
As a postgraduate student, if you do not pay your fees in full you will pay them in four instalments.
Find out more about the payment methods.
Moving Rooms
Applications for room transfer open mid-October.
You can request to move rooms by completing our online form.
About the Accommodation Bursary
Students with a household income of up to £30,000 are eligible for a Bath Bursary or Gold Scholarship, and can receive £750 off their first-year accommodation costs as part of their funding packages.
Students with a household income of between £30,000.01 and £62,343 are eligible for an accommodation fee reduction of up to £1,300.
Learn more about the Accommodation Bursary.
Paying for casual let accommodation bookings
If you are a student, and wish to pay by credit or debit card, you will be able to make payment via your accommodation portal.
If you are a student that needs to pay by bank transfer you can pay by Flywire.
If you are an external guest and need to pay by credit or debit card, or bank transfer, you will need to pay Flywire. You will need to use your email address to make payment and use the student number 000000000.
Using Flywire to make a casual payment you will need to select University of Bath Accommodation as the institution you want to pay.
You will also need to provide your country and if you prefer to pay by bank transfer or debit card.
You will not need to list your room number unless you have been provided with this, you will just need to enter the name of the accommodation building you will be staying in which you will find in your provisional booking email.