Kingston offers more than 2,000 halls rooms across five halls: Chancellors Hall and Walkden Hall (Kingston Hill, en suite), Clayhill in Surbiton (714 standard en suite rooms from £184/week, four-person shared kitchens), Middle Mill (Knights Park, walking distance to the town centre) and Seething Wells, the largest and recently refurbished hall. First-year, full-time students get priority booking through a self-selection accommodation portal; all halls sit under the Universities UK Code of Practice. Most students move to private renting from second year, concentrated around Kingston, Surbiton and New Malden, with an accommodation team offering private-housing guidance and a dedicated cost-of-living support page.

Kingston town centre has supermarkets (Tesco, Sainsbury's, Waitrose), a weekly historic Market Square and halal, vegetarian, vegan and South Asian grocery options around the Fairfield and Norbiton areas. The Bentall Centre and surrounding streets carry cafes and restaurants across most cuisines and budgets. A free intersite bus links all four campuses, and Kingston railway station reaches London Waterloo in about 30-40 minutes; an Oyster or contactless card covers local buses and trains.

Kingston runs four campuses linked by a free intersite bus: Penrhyn Road (sciences, pharmacy, computing, civil engineering, Students' Union), Kingston Hill (Kingston Business School, near Richmond Park), Knights Park (Kingston School of Art, architecture and art/design, opened 1939 on the Hogsmill River) and Roehampton Vale (aerospace, automotive and mechanical engineering, opened 1993). More than 20,000 students from 140+ countries study here, with Gold ratings across all three 2023 TEF categories.

Kingston is a Royal borough with lower reported crime than inner London. Halls provide 24/7 on-call security and an accessible intersite bus service after dark, plus adapted rooms for disabled students. The university runs a Report and Support tool for harassment or safety concerns and campus security on all four sites, plus arrival and safety guidance for international students before term starts. The International Student Advice team supports visa, CAS and immigration queries, and Head Start/Welcome events help new arrivals settle before term. Academic support runs through the Learning and Teaching Enhancement Centre, subject librarians and disability/mental-health advisers. All students can join Kingston Students' Union at Penrhyn Road, which runs 100+ clubs and societies alongside welfare and academic casework support.

Kingston offers more than 2,000 halls rooms across five halls: Chancellors Hall and Walkden Hall (Kingston Hill, en suite), Clayhill in Surbiton (714 standard en suite rooms from £184/week, four-person shared kitchens), Middle Mill (Knights Park, walking distance to the town centre) and Seething Wells, the largest and recently refurbished hall. First-year, full-time students get priority booking through a self-selection accommodation portal; all halls sit under the Universities UK Code of Practice. Most students move to private renting from second year, concentrated around Kingston, Surbiton and New Malden, with an accommodation team offering private-housing guidance and a dedicated cost-of-living support page.

Kingston town centre has supermarkets (Tesco, Sainsbury's, Waitrose), a weekly historic Market Square and halal, vegetarian, vegan and South Asian grocery options around the Fairfield and Norbiton areas. The Bentall Centre and surrounding streets carry cafes and restaurants across most cuisines and budgets. A free intersite bus links all four campuses, and Kingston railway station reaches London Waterloo in about 30-40 minutes; an Oyster or contactless card covers local buses and trains.

Kingston runs four campuses linked by a free intersite bus: Penrhyn Road (sciences, pharmacy, computing, civil engineering, Students' Union), Kingston Hill (Kingston Business School, near Richmond Park), Knights Park (Kingston School of Art, architecture and art/design, opened 1939 on the Hogsmill River) and Roehampton Vale (aerospace, automotive and mechanical engineering, opened 1993). More than 20,000 students from 140+ countries study here, with Gold ratings across all three 2023 TEF categories.

Kingston is a Royal borough with lower reported crime than inner London. Halls provide 24/7 on-call security and an accessible intersite bus service after dark, plus adapted rooms for disabled students. The university runs a Report and Support tool for harassment or safety concerns and campus security on all four sites, plus arrival and safety guidance for international students before term starts. The International Student Advice team supports visa, CAS and immigration queries, and Head Start/Welcome events help new arrivals settle before term. Academic support runs through the Learning and Teaching Enhancement Centre, subject librarians and disability/mental-health advisers. All students can join Kingston Students' Union at Penrhyn Road, which runs 100+ clubs and societies alongside welfare and academic casework support.