Selection process

If you’re applying to stay at the University, we need to make sure:

• You meet (or have met) University Entrance requirements.
• You’ve applied for full-time study at the University of Auckland.
  • You must be enrolled full-time at The University of Auckland to reside in University of Auckland Halls and Residences.

If you are not in one of the aforementioned priority groups, your application will still be considered for selection.

When there are more priority applicants than places available, offers will be made to those applicants on a randomised basis. We also reserve the right to offer more places than we have beds available in the expectation of some students withdrawing and cancelling their places in accommodation.

If we are not able to offer you accommodation in your preferred choice of residence, we may offer you a place in an alternative residence. You can choose to accept this guaranteed place (which we strongly advise) or remain on the waitlist for your preferred residence. You cannot accept an alternative offer and remain waitlisted.

First offers for the Halls of Residence are sent out in early October for the following year, or May for semester two applicants. Students who have been selected to receive a first offer will be notified via email, and will have until stipulated due date to accept the residential agreement online and pay the required deposit. Both must be completed in order for the accommodation offer to be confirmed. There will be no extensions given.

As we receive far more applications for accommodation than we have spaces, offers are made to applicant types based on a selection process.

If you are a current resident who is reapplying, we take into consideration:

• Your financial history and behavioural record from your previous hall or residence. Students with a history of debt or high level of incidents may not be considered for a place.

If you are a new student to the University of Auckland, your application will be assessed based on the answers you provide in the ‘About you’ section.

• If we are not able to offer you accommodation in your preferred choice of residence, we may offer you a place in an alternative residence. You can choose to accept this guaranteed place (which we strongly advise) or remain on the waitlist for your preferred residence.

• We receive for applications than we have beds available. 
• After first offers are made in October or May, applicants who do not receive an offer of a place will be waitlisted for ongoing offers.  
• As students decline their offers or withdraw between October and the beginning of Semester One, or May and the beginning or Semester Two - offers are then made to applicants on the waitlist to fill the vacancies.
• If you are made an offer for a residence that you had not originally applied for, we strongly recommended that you accept that offer. While you may decline the offer and stay on the waitlist for your preferred residence it is unlikely that a new offer will be made, as applicants who have had not received an offer will be prioritised.
• To ensure our waitlists operate as efficiently as possible, please withdraw your application via your Accommodation Portal if your plans change and you no longer require accommodation.