Please note that places will be limited and cannot be guaranteed. In addition, they are likely to be required to move, for the duration of the vacation , from their termtime room. Accommodation is not normally available to students of other universities, or to the general public, during the Christmas vacation , although special arrangements may apply over the Hogmanay period. Accommodation is available, however, during the Easter vacation . During the Summer vacation , self-catering accommodation is available for Edinburgh University and other students in University Flats and Student Houses .
Evening meals are available, if required.
A large number of University Flats is also available to groups and families as self-catering holiday accommodation. A system of preferential tariffs operates during the summer in all the above types of accommodation. Edinburgh University students pay the basic rate, with students from other institutions and members of the general public paying slightly higher rates. During the peak month of August, some types of accommodation become slightly more expensive.