Hi, welcome to the accommodation 
page for Van Mildert College, Durham.
Hopefully this page should answer any questions you have about the nature of accommodation at Mildert,however if you do have any further questions feel free to email the Vice President, vp@mildert.co.uk.
For those of you who have secured your place at Mildert, you should recieve a Freshers Pack which includes an accomodation application - make sure you fill it in and send it back so we can assign you a suitable room.
Here at Mildert we have around 515 networked study bedrooms on-site (fully-
catered option only) and college accommodation is available to all First year students. Mildert is the only catered college where no one shares a room.
The majority of students live in for the duration of their first year. Similarly, most (but not all) second years ‘live out’ in various locations throughout Durham for their second year with some then choosing to move back into college for their final year(s).
At Van Mildert there are seven accommodation blocks:
De
rwent, Middleton and Wear
Each of these blocks (although they contain different types of decor and are structured differently) are made up of between 55-65 single rooms with shared facilities. Every room has internet access and there is a kitchenette on every floor. Laundry facilities are available on the ground floor of each block.
Tees and Tyne
Each of these blocks have views across the lake. Each block has 105 rooms with shared shower/WC facilities on every corridor. Every room has internet access, with laundry facilities on the first floor and communal lounges on the first, second and third floors of both blocks.
Tees is split into two sections (North and South) and is traditionally a fresher populated block (with student tutors – either sabbatical staff or selected postgraduates on many floors), whilst Tyne (also split into North and South) is normally inhabited by finalist
Deerness
Contains 97 ensuite rooms. All rooms have television points, internet access and an ensuite WC/Shower. Each corridor has a kitchenette/lounge and there are coin operated laundry facilities on the ground floor.
Typically, Deerness has one corridor of freshers whilst the other 3 floors are populated by finalists and postgraduate students
Tunstall
Tunstall is a block of 30 ensuite rooms reserved for finalists. All rooms have an ensuite bath, shower and WC and internet access. Tunstall also has a communal coffee lounge, a kitchenette and laundrette facilities.
Van Mildert has some of the best standard of accommodation in the university and no matter where you live nearly everyone loves their experience of living in college.
The table below details the facilities available in each block:
Block Facilities Internet Access Communal Facilities
Deerness Ensuite WC/Shower Yes Kitchenettes/Lounges
Tyne/Tees Shared WC/Shower Yes Kitchenettes/Lounges
Middleton Shared WC/Shower Yes Kitchenettes
Wear/Derwent Shared WC/Shower Yes Kitchenettes
Tunstall Ensuite Bathroom Yes Lounges
(Finalist Only)
What is included in your 38 week rental:
- Fully catered during term time: breakfast, lunch (brunch on weekends) and dinner.
- Internet access.
- Cleaning of room (and ensuite bathrooms) – bins are emptied 3 times a week and room is cleaned once a week.
- Use of all facilities in college (small yearly fee for use of gym facilities).
- Christmas and Easter vacation - accommodation (room only, no catering) - excludes Christmas closure period.
- Coin operated laundry facilities are available for use on each block (The typical price is £1.50 per wash cycle and 50p per drying cycle).
All “livers in” move in at the beginning of the academic year and vacate your room at the end of the academic year. Students are not required to move their belongings out of their room until the end of the academic year.
Subject to availability, you are then able to book additional night's accommodation during the summer vacation which will be charged at £16 per night (room only).
Students who are resident during the Christmas and Easter vacations can purchase individual meals in Van Mildert or one of the other hill Colleges. Some blocks have self-catering facilities for preparing vacation meals.
