Accommodation

Joining St John's means belonging to a lively, large and multicultural community.  Making the most of stimulating diversity of activites and opportunities on offer is one of the key benefits of a collegiate environment, and essential to your personal as well as academic development.

St John’s is normally able to offer accommodation to all undergraduates for the whole duration of their course.

In the first year all undergraduates live together in Cripps court rooms, allocated before they arrive; each of eight staircases provides 7 or 8 students on each floor with their own room and shared kitchen/shower/wc facilities. This helps foster a strong group spirit and ensures you will quickly feel at home in the College. 

In the second year students have the choice of sharing with a student of the same gender and living in college or single accommodation in an undergraduate hostel out of College.  In the third year there is the choice to share or have a single ensuite room in College.  Second and third year undergraduate accommodation is allocated via a ballot system.

In subsequent years you have a wide choice of accommodation and can opt for a single room, share a set of rooms with a room-mate, or live with a group of students in one of our beautiful Victorian houses in the vicinity of the College.

Student rooms at St John's are widely acknowledged to be among the best in Cambridge, all with high-speed internet connection and a telephone point. A kitchen with a fridge and electric hob are close by and laundry facilities are available in the College for use by all members. Charges for the use of this facility are incorporated into the accommodation fee.

The new accommodation model now means that undergraduates keep their rooms during the Christmas and Easter vacations, allowing them to make use of their rooms at any time from late September to late June. Students and their parents alike will be delighted to note that possessions do not have to be transported to and from home at these times.