The cheapest standard self-catered room Aston University publishes costs £172 a week, up to £178 for the dearest (2026/27). The maximum maintenance loan outside London is £10,830 a year — £208 a week across a full year.
| Cheapest self-catered room | £172/week |
| Dearest standard room | £178/week |
| Typical contract | 44 weeks |
| Cheapest room, whole contract | £7,577 |
| Dearest room, whole contract | £7,846 |
| Max maintenance loan (outside London, 2026/27) | £10,830/year |
| Cheapest hall as share of max loan | 70% |
Aston's on-campus stock is entirely self-catered en-suite with only two UG room types for Sept 2026 entry: Premium One en-suite in 7-bed flats £172.20 and Premium Two en-suite in 5-bed flats £178.32, both on 44-week contracts. Very narrow range because there is no budget/shared-bathroom or studio tier. Postgraduate rates are separate and lower (£145-£150/wk, 44 and 51-week contracts).
Take the maximum loan, pay for the cheapest hall, and £3,253 remains for the year — £63 a week across 52 weeks for food, transport, books and everything else. Most students don't get the maximum loan: entitlement tapers with household income, so the real gap is usually wider and made up by part-time work or family.
The 11 universities nearest Aston University on cheapest published room, plus the cheapest and dearest of all 37. The full table has every one.
| University | From | To | % of max loan |
|---|---|---|---|
| University of Sheffield | £151 | £212 | 59% |
| University College London | £154 | £403 | 57% |
| Coventry University | £154 | £232 | 55% |
| University of Reading | £166 | £227 | 61% |
| Durham University | £169 | £226 | 61% |
| Aston University | £172 | £178 | 70% |
| Imperial College London | £174 | £425 | 63% |
| Queen Mary University of London (QMUL) | £177 | £300 | 62% |
| University of Liverpool | £177 | £234 | 64% |
| University of East Anglia (UEA) | £178 | £210 | 68% |
| King's College London (KCL) | £200 | £433 | 74% |
| University of Bath | £98 | £295 | 34% |
| London School of Economics (LSE) | £226 | £391 | 79% |
University-published self-catered rooms run £172–£178 a week for 2026/27, on contracts of about 44 weeks.
The maximum loan (outside London) covers the cheapest hall with £3,253 a year to spare — but only at the maximum, which most students don't get.
No — these are the university's own halls, from its own price list. Private halls and shared houses vary more in both directions; the university figures are the ones that are actually published and comparable.
Rents read 18 August 2026 from aston.ac.uk; loan maxima from GOV.UK. Loan entitlement depends on household income and where the student lives, not where the university is.
Rents checked 19 August 2026 from each university's own pricing pages; loans from GOV.UK. This is information, not financial advice.