The 50 unis with the most expensive halls, according to the Good University Guide

Every single poly-educated Dad dropping their child off at a fancy new-build student halls this month will, without fail, say the same thing: “Phwoar, it wasn’t like this back in my day!”

And it wasn’t – for tuppence ha’penny our ancestors lived in squalid, probably ratty, uni “digs”. Now we get to do the same, except for over £100 a week.

The cost of living at uni has become crazy. How crazy? The Times and Sunday Times Good University Guide has worked out the minimum you’ll be paying for a room at every university in the country..

Topping the list is Westminster – with its cheapest room a shocking £787 per month.

The top five unis are all London universities, unsurprisingly. But the presence of Arts University Bournemouth at eighth place is a shock inclusion

The 50 unis with the most expensive halls (minimum weekly cost)

1. University of Westminster: £181
2. St George’s, University of London: £172
3. London School of Economics and Political Science: £168
4. University of West London: £161
5. City, University of London: £160
6. Royal Agricultural University: £156
7. King’s College London: £155
8. Arts University Bournemouth: £155
9. Middlesex University: £151
10. University of the Arts, London: £150
11. Goldsmiths, University of London: £149
12. University of East London: £148
13. Heriot-Watt University: £147
14. SOAS University of London: £147
15. Royal Holloway, University of London: £145
16. University of Liverpool: £143
17. Ravensbourne University London: £143
18. University of St Andrews: £142
19. Durham University: £142
20. Aston University: £141
21. Hartpury University: £136
22. London South Bank University: £135
23. University of Dundee: £134
24. Queen Mary, University of London: £133
25. University College London: £131
26. University of Reading: £131
27. Bournemouth University: £129
28. Cardiff University: £129
29. University of Kent: £128
30. University of Glasgow: £128
31. University of Hull: £125
32. Harper Adams University: £122
33. University of Winchester: £122
34. Bath Spa University: £122
35. Queen Margaret University, Edinburgh: £121
36. Brunel University London: £121
37. University of Buckingham: £121
38. Leeds Arts University: £120
39. University for the Creative Arts: £120
40. University of Southampton: £119
41. University of Sussex: £119
42. Birmingham City University: £119
43. University of Greenwich: £118
44. Canterbury Christ Church University: £118
45. Cardiff Metropolitan University: £118
46. Falmouth University: £116
47. University of Gloucestershire: £115
48. Wrexham Glyndwr University: £115
49. University of Lincoln: £114
50. Bishop Grosseteste University: £113

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