Accommodation
What type of accommodation can students entering the third year of medicine look for?
Many universities nowadays only offer hostel privileges to the first year students, and students in the second year onwards have to search for their own private accommodation, however, students at the University of Aberdeen in any year are entitled to apply for university accommodation. The University Halls of Residence are all located close to the main campus at Kings in Old Aberdeen and further away from the Foresterhill Campus, where your teaching will take place. However, there is a regular free bus service from the University Halls of Residence to the Foresterhill Campus.
The student accommodation at Spring Gardens, Causeway View and Farmers Hall Lodge is much closer. Students who will start in September will have to commit to a full academic year accommodation contract. IMU students will have to enter into a private agreement if they want to live there with Unite, and will be competing with students from other Universities and Colleges in Aberdeen so if you would like to stay here, you will have to contact them as soon as you can. More information can be found at the Unite website.
The other option is to look for privately rented accommodation and one of the best sites to do this is on the Student Association website https://www.ausa.org.uk/ausaadvice/accommodation/ or on public websites like Gumtree or ASPC.
Very often the seniors who are already here will be able to help the new students to find accommodation and it is worthwhile getting in touch with them.