If you enrol on our St Christopher summer course, rooms are available at Ridley Hall, (one of Cambridge University's most beautiful traditional colleges) and other Cambridge University residences. Summer residential accommodation is ideal if you want to experience English-style student life.

We also have residential rooms available to students on our adult courses during July and August (see below for details). Please contact us for details in advance, as supply is limited

From September to June we have access to several other residential rooms in Cambridge. Please contact us for details in advance, as supply is very limited.

Student lodging houses are a good choice if you are more interested in independence than a family atmosphere. These are larger homes with only students living there and therefore offer a more communal atmosphere than traditional homestays.

Homestay is Studio's most popular accommodation option. Living with a Cambridge host is the best way to experience British life at first hand and provides you with a friendly and secure English-speaking environment.

There are three types of homestay accommodation: Homestay ***, Homestay **** and Homestay *****:

Advantages

• A fully English-speaking environment
• Half-board (bed, breakfast and evening meals) Monday to Friday
• Full-board (bed, breakfast, lunch and dinner) at weekends
• Laundry is washed at least once a week

The Cost
Please note that the Accommodation/Student Life Fees quoted in the course prices on these pages includes accommodation in a Homestay ***

What can you expect from your Homestay accommodation?

Single Rooms - For your privacy and comfort, we provide only single study bedrooms (although twin rooms are available if requested).

Meals and Laundry - Your hosts will provide you with breakfast and dinner each day from Monday to Friday and all meals at weekends. (Lunch is served from Monday to Friday in the Studio cafe, at a small additional cost). Your host will change your bed linen and wash your clothes at least once per week.

Other students in the Homestay - Often, there will be another Studio student staying with the same host as you. However, that student will be of a different nationality.

How we select our hosts - Studio hosts are selected because they are friendly people who enjoy hosting international students. They provide a warm, welcoming environment where you will feel at home.
Our Accommodation Office uses established criteria in selecting homestays. Each host is visited at least once a year when we gather, and then continuously up-date, the following information about each host:

Personal details - names of all members of the family; their occupations and personal interests; the ages, school details and interests of the children, if any; if anyone in the house smokes and their attitude to smoking; if they have pets; whether they can cater for special diets, such as vegetarian or gluten-free; whether any other languages are spoken at home

The Home - Location; distance from school; walking, cycling or bus routes to school; type of home (house, apartment); size and style; number of bedrooms; type of bedrooms and facilities; number of bathrooms; facilities (garden, TV etc)

Our host's commitment to you - In receiving Studio students, our hosts:

• Welcome you to their home when you arrive and help you find your way in Cambridge
• Make you feel part of the family, rather than just a paying guest
• Encourage you to speak English, involve you in their normal daily life and invite you to take your meals with them
• Provide a good, nutritious and balanced diet, taking particular care if you have an allergy or dietary restriction
• Provide a change of bed linen, and wash your clothes at least once per week
• Show concern for your welfare, safety and security and stay in close contact with the school

This is an alternative to homestay accommodation. Student lodging houses are a good choice if you are more interested in independence than a family atmosphere. You will have a single or shared room with 4 or more other students in the house. Lodging houses offer half-board accommodation (full-board at weekends) with no laundry service.

The Advantages

• Mixing with international students in a communal environment
• Half-board (bed, breakfast and evening meals) Monday to Friday
• Full-board (bed, breakfast, lunch and dinner) at weekends

The Cost