Each year Campus rooms are made available to Current Students of Maynooth University and St Patrick's College. Students included in this "Current Students" category are as follows:
- Students going into their second or subsequent year in an undergraduate full time course
- International Students going into a second or subsequent year (at Maynooth) of a full time undergraduate course
- Postgraduate students (domestic and international) going into a second or subsequent year of a postgraduate course
Students not included in this category are prospective first year undergraduates, new to Maynooth international students, and prospective postgraduates who hope to start a new course in September. There are separate designated booking days for these students and you should refer to your process under your own specific student category for details.
In general rooms for Current Students are available to book online on a first come first served basis on a published date in March/April each year. An email is send to all students after the January exams to remind students about booking their Campus room for the following September and to publish the date and time of the general booking date.
Additionally there are a number of schemes which current students may wish to consider as follows:
Scéim Chónaithe
The Quiet Zone
Access Office recommends Campus for Students with a disability
First year Post Graduate rooms
Sports Scholars
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| A first come, first served booking normally in August |
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| A small number of rooms are reserved for New Postgraduate students each year to meet demand. Login to the website www.maynoothuniversity.ie/accommodation and under the "Booking Links" you will find the link to book on a first come first serve basis. |
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| The booking link will open online on our website. Normally in early May annually but may be postponed until after the CAO offers in August. To be Confirmed.
Dates for each year will be published on the accommodation landing page under "Booking Links" |
| The link to book a room will be published on the accommodation web site along with full details of our process on www.maynoothuniversity.ie/accommodation. Cannot be seen on a phone so please use a laptop or desktop. |
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| 1) You will be asked to pay a booking fee to book your room.
2) You will need to have your CAO number ready and it must be accurate on the booking form to retain the booking.
3)The process is usually very busy and we advise that you make progress through the website without delays so have everything you need ready before you start. |
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International Students bookings are often made via the Home University co-ordinator. Check with you Home University Co-ordinator before you start. Please then make contact with accommodation.office@mu.ie or homefinder.service@nuim.ie to use the appropriate service. Always quote your student number in all correspondence with the accommodation services. We can only assist eligible students.
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Partner University Students
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| Ask our International Office if you are eligible and to get your student number and confirmation of your academic place |
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First Come First Served
By invitation depending on your student category (Designated dates for each universtiy). |
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Application Form
The booking form will appear on the Accommodation Home page on the "Booking Links" icon when we next open.
The online form of booking is the only one accepted. Paper, email, personal callers, telephone etc. applications will not be processed.
Please ensure you use a laptop or desktop only for booking on the day as the website is not compatible with a phone or tablet.
The format of the application form can be found below:
How the Application form will work on the day of Booking
On the day of booking the application form opens at TBC(IST) on a first come first served basis. The first group of students to click on the form and based on a time and date stamp generated by the system (the time stamp will be in milliseconds as demand is high when it opens), will be given automatic access to the form for booking.
- Not all students who gain automatic access to the application form are guaranteed a room.
- All other students who click on the link will be placed in a Queuing system behind the first group of bookers. For example if you are number 1 on the queue you are potentially the 501st person to click on the link (as judged by the booking engine).
- Should any of the first group of students not complete the booking, the first students in the Queue will get access to the booking form and so on until all the rooms are booked.
- The chances of booking a room from the Queue are low, especially if you are a higher number.
I am in the Queue, how will I know when all the rooms are booked?
Once all the rooms are booked a message will appear on the Queuing screen on your browser to advise all rooms are fully booked.
Important: It may be the case that this message does not appear on your screen if your browser settings do not allow the message to update or if pop up's are blocked on your internet browser. If this is the case or you are unsure whether to remain in the queue, please check on the Accommodation Office homepage HERE where we will publish all messages. Please do not call the Accommodation Office during booking as we will be unable to answer.
How will I know if my application was successful?
Once you receive access to the application form and choose a room, you will be given 15 minutes to make payment of the refundable booking fee of €500. On completion of the payment, a message will appear to advise that the payment was successful. Where a successful payment is made a transaction number will appear on your screen and a confirmation email will be generated to the email address you put on the booking form. Please note that when the booking is complete the timer may still keep counting down. However once a successful payment has been made and a transaction number received the accommodation is secure. Should you wish to confirm your booking, please log into your self-service accommodation account the login details of which will be in your confirmation email.
Important - It is very important to input your email address correctly in order to receive a confirmation email. To ensure that the confirmation email does not go into spam add residence.office@mu.ie to your contacts.
Please note we will not be available by telephone until the afternoon at 4.00pm on the day of booking. However ASK will be open and you may email residence.office@mu.ie if you have a query.
Due to Irish Government restrictions relating to travel into Ireland you may need to restrict your movements for your first 14 days after your arrival into Ireland. Here is a link to the government website for details -https://www.gov.ie/en/campaigns/75d92-covid-19-travel-advice/.
Last year in September Maynooth University Student Residences offered full board accommodation for this first 14 days where necessary to assist students travelling from outside Ireland to comply with the restricted movement obligations in place at that time. We do not yet know what restrictions will be in place from September 2021 and what countries will be involved or how it will work. You may be required (depending on what country you are travelling from) be required to use a Government operated Restricted Movement/Quarantine Hotel. Again depending on what country you are travelling from you may be required to restrict your movement in your student accommodation. We will keep this site updated so please check back here from time to time if this is likely to affect you.
Restricted Movement Rooms will incur an additional cost which is payable in full when you book and will be separate service to your term time room booking.
If this service goes ahead you will be asked to let us know if you wish to avail of a Restricted Movement Room on Campus by filling the Expression of Interest Form. Here is how it worked last year and will (if relevant) similar next September:
- This service is available to all students - not just those who have booked a term time room in Student Residences but is limited by availability and arrival dates.
- Once a room is booked the arrival date cannot be changed only canceled (which must be done at least 7 days in advance of your arrival to get a refund). You would, in that case, need to fill another expression of interest form for the new arrival slot and we will offer that arrival time to you provided a room is available for that date.
- For your convenience we may be able to offer this service (to those who have a room booked on campus for the academic year/semester) in your term time room, provided the other residents are arriving at the same time as you, with the same requirements for restricted movement or where the other residents are not arriving until after your 14 days has expired. We will be able to let you know in advance of your arrival if we can provide this for you. Priority in the apartment will be given to as many people as possible so if 4 residents can arrive together the fifth person may be refused the use of the term time room and if possible offered an alternative if they need to arrive on a different date.
- Those booking Restricted Movement Rooms on Campus (which are not pre-booked term time rooms) should be aware that the room is available only for the required RM days and must be vacated promptly on the date specified for your departure by 10am to allow for cleaning and preparation for the next student's arrival. Please therefore make sure you have your term time accommodation arranged for the correct date (your departure date from the Restricted Movement Room) or make a booking with MCCA (front.desk@mu.ie) as an interim solution. (Please note MCCA have asked us to let you know that they cannot provide rooms unless "restricted movement" obligations can be evidenced as completed).
Before arrival please ensure that you have read and are aware of the current guidelines for Covid 19 - https://www2.hse.ie/coronavirus/?source=banner-www
Indicative costs:
Costs for Restricted Movements Rooms:
~€230 for 7 nights
~€165 for 7 nights in your own term time room earlier than term time commences - this is slightly lower than the cost of accommodation fees (additional cost for a bed pack €30).
~€186 for 3 catered meals per day for 7days
~€130 for residents who arrive after term commences and have to restrict their movements in an alternative room
Please note that we can only offer term time rooms for restricted movement obligations if we can arrange for all residents to arrive at or about the same time (within 2 days of each other) or if you arrive early enough to have completed the restricted movement before the others arrive and you can then leave. You will not have any control over the other residents' arrival dates and we cannot share their information with you. This will be adhered to very strictly because of the risks involved in relation to Covid19 - please do not ask for exceptions.
Fees will be payable in advance in full by bank card to the accommodation account online while booking. Please note we will not give out the university bank details for bank to bank or wire transfers. Cash, cheques and invoices are not supported. Please take account of these terms before you book.
