Every year thousands of students of all ages come to Dublin from elsewhere in Ireland and abroad and can often find it very difficult to find suitable accommodation. There are two thousand-plus beds available through on-campus accommodation but this unfortunately does not come close to meeting the needs of UCD’s twenty two thousand-strong student body.

With this in mind, over the summer months, UCD Students’ Union will be coordinating a campaign to compile a resource detailing all available accommodation in the area. Once published, this list will be available to all students from the Student Centre and via the Student Union website, www.ucdsu.net.

The Students’ Union will organise the distribution of postcards to all home-owners in the locality, (up to ten thousand homes, in South County Dublin). The purpose of which is to invite home-owners to advertise accommodation, including digs, for students during the academic year, beginning in September.

The Students’ Union employs a full-time accommodation officer, whose role includes the maintenance of this accommodation list for UCD students. For further information contact 01 7163108.