Campus & Rooms

Approximately 200 rooms are single-occupancy, standard rooms. They are situated in a traditional “dorm” style with rooms on both sides of a corridor and shared toilet amenities. All rooms in the buildings adjacent to the courtyard are standard rooms. All first-year students and most second-year students live in standard rooms.

Each standard room contains a bed, desk, wardrobe, fan, lamp, and window. Some standard rooms also include a washbasin.

About one-third of rooms include ensuites. Ensuite bathrooms are typically shared between two students and connect the bedrooms.

The rooms themselves are almost identical to standard rooms, with the same furniture provided.

Given the limited availability of ensuite rooms, they are typically allocated to senior students holding leadership positions. 

Student rooms are cleaned (bins are emptied, floors vacuumed, and surfaces disinfected) by professional housekeeping staff on a weekly basis.

Housekeeping staff are not permitted to touch student belongings; if personal effects impede the cleaners’ ability to complete their tasks, cleaning/vacuuming may not occur.

Between services, students are expected to keep their rooms neat and tidy and residents may request cleaning supplies as needed from the RAs in their block.

All bathrooms, corridors, and common areas are also cleaned weekly. Toilets are cleaned several times a week. Again, cleaners do their best to service these areas, but work around residents’ belongings if they are left out.

Parking at St John’s College is limited; however, we do our best to accommodate as many students as possible with car parks. Car parks are allocated on a seniority, leadership and first-in, best-dressed basis.

Given the desire of students to bring their vehicles to College, first-year parking is not available. Street parking is available in the areas surrounding St John’s College, but daily fees are accessed.

For the second- and third-year students who are offered a car park at College, a fee is levied on their student accounts.

All rooms contain a bed, desk, wardrobe, fan, lamp, and window. The top drawer of each desk can be locked with a key provided to you on Move-in Day.

Some students elect to bring a mini-fridge and/or lamp, but aside from that, there is no need for much else beyond your personal items.

Linen service is NOT provided at College. Students must bring their own sheets, pillows, and towels. 

There are washing machines and dryers are located across the College. There are hanging lines around the College perimeter on which to dry clothes. Laundry is paid for using an online student account app and you provide your own washing detergent.

The top drawer of each desk can be locked with a key provided to you on Move-in Day.

All students have access to wireless internet enabling them to connect and study wherever they like. 

Printing and scanning equipment are available in the Morgan Centre and tutorial rooms are equipped with smart screens for shared learning and presentations.