Hi, I'm gong to carry out a PhD. I would like an advice about the accommodation:is better living in an apartment or in the University accommodation?Which are the advantages or disadvantages?

University accommodation: The pros - get to meet lots of students and have fun and go out a lot, can be cheap. The cons - can be quite yuk to share with other students (I think we all know that one), can get noisey especially if living with a load of undergrads. Appartment: Pros - peace and quiet (depending on who you live with), clean (ditto), no need to worry about moving out in the hols. cons - lonely and boring (if living by yourself), could get expensive with all the bills etc.

To sum that up, if you want to live in a clean place and get some work done, then live in your own place or with one or two others. If you don't mind a dump, then live in a student house, you will get drunk loads, meet loads of new mates and get laid a few times as well.

Not all student housing is a dump. A lot of places only let certain properties to postgrads and are generally nicer houses. I've just moved into a gem of a place. It's more going to be who you live with.

in ur first year move into post grad halls and meet other postgrads so u dont get 2 lonely.