The move, which follows consultation with the Students’ Association, ensures Edinburgh will provide a good balance of rental options that cater for a range of budgets and needs.
The student body has been working with Edinburgh’s Accommodation, Catering and Events team to establish a manageable rent for students facing the greatest financial challenges; often no income beyond their student maintenance loan.
Room options
As a result, it will provide 934 undergraduate rooms at less than £105 per week, from September 2017.
This is a significant increase - some 80 per cent - in the rooms available at this price range, representing almost one in every six rooms provided by the University.
Options in this price range include rooms in self-catered flats but also 100 rooms in catered accommodation at Pollock Halls.
The University also offers a range of automatic scholarships to Scottish, English, Welsh and Northern Irish domiciled students from low income households.