The cheapest standard self-catered room University of Kent publishes costs £128 a week, up to £263 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 | £128/week |
| Dearest standard room | £263/week |
| Typical contract | 38 weeks |
| Cheapest room, whole contract | £4,860 |
| Dearest room, whole contract | £9,994 |
| Max maintenance loan (outside London, 2026/27) | £10,830/year |
| Cheapest hall as share of max loan | 45% |
Canterbury campus. Low = Darwin College £127.89, but that rate is on a 52-week contract; the cheapest room on the standard 38-week UG contract is Park Wood 5-bed houses £138.95. High = £262.99 for standard en-suite rooms at Keynes Flats, Tyler Court B/C and Woolf College (38wk); Tyler Court A £249.62. Studios excluded: up to £287.77 (38wk) and £290.15-£314.79 on 52-week PG contracts. UG agreements range 31-52 weeks starting 26 Sept 2026, with 38 weeks (to 19 June 2027) the standard self-catered year; PG usually 52. Rent includes all utilities, Wi-Fi, insurance and sports membership; no deposit.
Take the maximum loan, pay for the cheapest hall, and £5,970 remains for the year — £115 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 University of Kent 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 Sussex | £123 | £236 | 44% |
| University of Exeter | £125 | £261 | — |
| University of Leeds | £125 | £225 | 48% |
| Loughborough University | £126 | £237 | 48% |
| University of Essex | £128 | £238 | 46% |
| University of Kent | £128 | £263 | 45% |
| University of Warwick | £128 | £255 | 47% |
| Keele University | £128 | £232 | 45% |
| University of Glasgow | £130 | £225 | 47% |
| Cardiff University | £132 | £200 | 49% |
| University of Strathclyde | £133 | £182 | 48% |
| University of Bath | £98 | £295 | 34% |
| London School of Economics (LSE) | £226 | £391 | 79% |
University-published self-catered rooms run £128–£263 a week for 2026/27, on contracts of about 38 weeks.
The maximum loan (outside London) covers the cheapest hall with £5,970 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 kent.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.