Wolfson is recognised in Cambridge for offering a good standard of accommodation and meals.
Accommodation: what we can offer
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Wolfson can normally offer College-owned or College-managed single accommodation to all graduate students who are new to Cambridge for up to 3 years, providing you apply by 31 July (in the year you expect to arrive).
N.B. Your place must be confirmed by the University and the College before you can apply for accommodation at Wolfson.
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The 3 years can be taken at any time over the first 4 years of your graduate study.
'Graduate study', as defined here, includes any time spent on a one-year taught graduate course (including the MPhil, LLM, MASt, MBA, etc.) before starting a PhD.
How does this work?
- If you come to Wolfson for an MPhil. LLM, MASt, MBA, etc., and apply for accommodation by 31 July, we will aim to offer you a room for the length of your course (up to 12 months = 1 year).
- If you then decide to stay on for a PhD, we would aim to offer you a room for a further 2 years. This could be the 1st and 2nd year, or the 2nd and 3rd year, or the 1st and 3rd year of your PhD.
- If you come to Wolfson for a PhD, and apply for accommodation by 31 July, we will aim to offer you a room for up to 3 years in total, which can be taken in any combination in your first 4 years. Most students choose to live in College for their first year (although this is not compulsory, but it can help when you are new to Cambridge to live in College as you find your way around and want to meet new people), but you could then choose to live in for any combination of years 1, 2 & 3; 1, 2 & 4; 1, 3 & 4; or 2, 3 & 4.
N.B. You don't need to decide before you arrive which years you will want accommodation. It's most usual to live in for the first year, and then decide what to do later on while you're here. Students already at Wolfson apply for each year's accommodation separately, via a different process.
All students
After 3 years in College as a graduate student (including any time spent on an MPhil, LLM, MASt, MBA, etc.) you will be expected move out of College accommodation. While we make every effort to be sympathetic to exceptional circumstances, our priority has to be to make as much accommodation as possible available to new incoming students.
Accommodation for families/couples
Wolfson has some flats suitable for families and couples, but the supply is limited, so we cannot guarantee this accommodation for up to 3 years of graduate study, though we will always do our best to offer it to those needing it for as long as possible (up to a maximum of 3 years).
How much will it cost?
Please visit the Accommodation page for more information about current rent prices.
What happens if you we can't offer you a room?
We will do our very best to offer accommodation to those who apply in good time, but if your place is confirmed very late, it is sometimes impossible to satsify demand.
If we can't offer you a room on site, we will try to put you in touch with other sources of accommodation in the city, including the University Accommodation Service. It is important that you secure accommodation in Cambridge before arriving, as demand for private rooms in the city is high, especially in the autumn.
Catering
Wolfson caters well for graduate students by providing cafeteria meals seven days a week throughout the year. The kitchens close only for two weeks in August, and for ten days at Christmas, and for the rest of the year serves hot and cold food three times a day on weekdays (Monday-Friday) and once at weekends (lunch or brunch on Saturdays and Sundays).
Prices are reasonable, and, as there is no Kitchen Fixed Charge (charged in some other colleges), you only pay for what you eat!
Please visit the Catering page for more information about meal choices and sample prices.