How to pay accommodation fees

If you're a student living in university accommodation at Canterbury campus you can pay in three ways:  

Option 1: Pay the whole year in full

Payment can be made in full at the start of each academic year.  

Option 2: Pay each termly fee  

Accommodation fees may be paid in instalments at the beginning of each term. Payment in full for each term is due by the first day of each term.

Note: Home students relying on their SFE maintenance loan to pay accommodation can pay in line with the expected loan payment dates.  

• Make a one-off full year or termly payment on Payment Portal.
• For other ways to pay visit our Methods of Payment page.  

Option 3: Spread the cost

To help with budgeting we are pleased to now offer instalment plans to spread the cost of Accommodation fees more evenly across the terms or across a number of months.

• Set up an Automatic Payment Instalment Plan through our Payment Portal.
• Undergraduate students can pay in 3 termly instalments or monthly from October to May.
• Postgraduate students can pay in 4 termly instalments or monthly from October to July.
• If only staying on campus for one term this will need to be paid in full. A payment plan should not be set up online.

Pier Quays accommodation is provided by Unite Students for the University, so your contract is with Unite Students. All accommodation payments should be made to Pier Quays directly and not the University. 

Unite will tell you how you need to pay. You can go to the reception in Pier Quays to ask any queries about your accommodation fees.