Accommodation support
- Do you have a room spare?
- Commuting from outside Dublin
- Deferral
- Accommodation advice for tenants and providers
- Off-campus accomodation
- On-campus accomodation
Find accommodation on DCU Student Pad
Sourcing accommodation can be tricky, so we've built DCU Student Pad to make it easy!
Do you have a room to spare?
By renting out a room in your home, not only will you be helping our students, but you will also earn some extra money, which is now more important than ever with the cost of living on the rise.
We have an easy to use FREE platform (dcustudentpad.ie) that you can advertise your property on, with an easy step by step guide below.
Benefits
- Earn up to €14,000 p.a. tax free through
- Rent-a-room relief (now open to council tenants)
- No need to cook - you can offer students a self-catering option
- Social Welfare benefits are not impacted
Commuting to DCU from outside Dublin
If your home is within a commutable distance of DCU, this may be an option and while it is not ideal, it may be the only solution, either for the short or long term.
Many students commute from not only neighbouring counties like Kildare, Meath, Louth and Wicklow but from Cavan, Wexford, Roscommon and Monaghan and even as far away as Sligo and Galway. Check with your local bus company for options to DCU or explore:
We understand that commuting to and from college can be challenging and you may feel that you don’t have the same opportunities as students who can live on or close to the campus. Over the past couple of years, DCU and DCUSU have worked together to put some measures and facilities in place to help students make use of the commuting time and to minimise the disadvantages commuters’ experience. Here are some tips which may help commuters in DCU on a daily basis.
Deferral
In extreme circumstances a student may choose to defer a year. Again you should speak with the student advice centre, the SU, a lecturer or programme chair before taking this decision.
