Do your financial planning, taking into account that you are charged for 7 days a week for the full academic year (38 weeks). Payment dates for accommodation are in August for Semester 1 and in mid-January for Semester 2. We do not offer weekly, monthly or any other frequency of payment.
We encourage students to give careful thought to budgeting, as accommodation is likely to be the largest cost item. You may have options to commute or stay or combine the two. If you decide to stay on a 7-day basis, campus halls may be a suitable option for you.
EXAMPLE: Typical Payments for a Single Room En-Suite and the due dates:
| Date |
Fee |
Type |
| Early May (Booking) |
€450 |
Fee at booking stage |
| Late August |
€depending on room type |
Semester 1 Fee |
| Mid January |
€depending on room type |
Semester 2 Fee |
Please follow this link for the full listing of on-campus prices and booking fees.
Incoming/New CAO students who catergorise themselves in the following categories should follow an additional process for their own category:
Application Form
The application form will appear on the Accommodation Home page at 12 noon on 23rd August 2018.
As part of the application for on campus accommodation, you will be asked to complete a booking form online. Paper applications or emails will not be accepted.
The format of the application form can be found below:
Application Form templates and guidelines
How the Application form will work on the day of Booking
- On the day of booking the application form opens at 12 noon 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 at 12 noon 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 501 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 €450.00. 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 accommodation.office@mu.ie to your contacts.
Please note we will not be available by telephone until the afternoon at 2:30pm on the day of booking. However chat will be open until 13:00 and you may email accommodaiton.office if you have a query. Please do not call to the Accommodation Office on the day of booking as all our staff will be working on the booking system.
We do not operate waitlists.
All rooms are booked byincoming first year students via the online first come first served link in early May annually and, this year, again on 23 August. Quiet Zone rooms are bookable in April and are subject to completion of an E-Module. Any cancelled rooms that arise from those who booked but who are not attending Maynooth will be offered again on 23 August 2017 on a first come first served basis.
