A room of your own

Corpus is rare among Cambridge Colleges in that it is fully residential. College accommodation is available for at least three years of your time in Cambridge.

All rooms are single, none are shared. Some are study bedrooms and some have separate bedrooms; many, particularly those in Old Court, are spacious, and all have central heating.

The majority of first year students are housed either within the College's walls in New Court or Library Court, or very close by in the Beldam, Bene't Street and Botolph Court buildings. Those living here continue to take their meals in College.

This means that all of the first year students live very near to one another and in an excellent location within the city - right at its centre. The proximity of the rooms to each other also helps in the making of friendships and therefore a very strong sense of community within the College.

A room ballot is held in your first year and those coming top in the ballot have first choice of room for the second year, with the order being reversed for the choice of rooms for the third year. In the second and third year, a certain number of rooms is reserved for College Scholars and Exhibitioners. Freshers' rooms are allocated by the College.

Some rooms are available for students' guests. Students are also welcome to accommodate overnight guests in their own rooms. Camp beds for this purpose can be borrowed via JCR. The College gate closes at 11 pm, but late keys are issued to all students.

For the academic year 2011/12, termly rents range from approximately £850 - £1350. Residence out of term time is charged by the night.

"People often think it's a cliché when they hear that Corpus is 'small and friendly' simply because it's one of the first things that anyone says about it, but it's definitely one of the overriding impressions that I have of the College. The fact that it is a small College has been, for me, one of the best things about Corpus. I have been able to get to know a really wide selection of people, both undergraduates and post graduates, as well as Fellows, which I don't think would have been so easy in a larger College."- Josie Delap, Oriental Studies