The cheapest standard self-catered room University of Southampton publishes costs £118 a week, up to £236 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 | £118/week |
| Dearest standard room | £236/week |
| Typical contract | 41 weeks |
| Cheapest room, whole contract | £4,858 |
| Dearest room, whole contract | £9,686 |
| Max maintenance loan (outside London, 2026/27) | £10,830/year |
| Cheapest hall as share of max loan | 45% |
Low = Lucia Foster Welch basic shared bathroom £118.50; next cheapest Wessex Lane standard shared bathroom £139.09. High = Southampton Crossings enhanced-plus en-suite £236.25 (highest standard non-studio room). Studios excluded: £252.56-£281.12; 1-bed couples flats £284.48. Part-catered rooms exist only at Highfield Hall (£223.30-£270.06). Contracts offered at 38, 41 and 51 weeks; 41 is the most widely available, most UGs take 38 or 41.
Take the maximum loan, pay for the cheapest hall, and £5,972 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 Southampton 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 Nottingham | £99 | £235 | 40% |
| University of Birmingham | £107 | £212 | 41% |
| University of Aberdeen | £111 | £191 | 41% |
| University of Portsmouth | £115 | £200 | 42% |
| Newcastle University | £118 | £243 | 43% |
| University of Southampton | £118 | £236 | 45% |
| University of Manchester | £122 | £246 | 46% |
| University of Sussex | £123 | £236 | 44% |
| University of Exeter | £125 | £261 | — |
| University of Leeds | £125 | £225 | 48% |
| Loughborough University | £126 | £237 | 48% |
| University of Bath | £98 | £295 | 34% |
| London School of Economics (LSE) | £226 | £391 | 79% |
University-published self-catered rooms run £118–£236 a week for 2026/27, on contracts of about 41 weeks.
The maximum loan (outside London) covers the cheapest hall with £5,972 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 southampton.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.