Student Accommodation Services
There are two main modes of student accommodation: University halls of residence and privately owned rented accommodation.
University Halls of Residence
This mode is split into three sites:
On-campus residence, which comprises halls of residence on the main campus and primarily meant for undergraduate students. The current capacity is for 154 residents – 86 male students and 68 female students. The Division of Student Affairs invites online applications. The online application opens on stipulated dates and time after which it rejects any other applications. Students apply to the Dean of Students before the beginning of the academic year only to registered students are considered
Mpilo Medical School Halls of Residence at the Mpilo Hospital complex and are for Medical students only. The current capacity is for 48 residents - 24 male students and 24 female students.
Rose Flats Complex is about one kilometre from the Central Business District (CBD) of Bulawayo. The capacity is 40 residents – 24 females and 16 males, who are Medical students.
Warden and Sub-wardens
The Warden has a loco-parentis responsibility, available to provide primary counselling and guidance to residents and to refer all cases that require special attention. There are sub-wardens for each residential site. They are appointed to serve over an academic year and are senior undergraduate or graduate students. Reporting to the Warden, the sub-wardens ensure that the day-to-day obligations of the University are carried out to fulfil the needs of residents. They also monitor the observance of regulations by residents and ensure that a clean environment is maintained.
Meals and bedding
Residents provide their linen; Meals are provided by the Catering Unit and are paid for at the beginning of the Semester together with accommodation fees.
University Halls of Residence
This mode is split into three sites:
On-campus residence, which comprises halls of residence on the main campus and primarily meant for undergraduate students. The current capacity is for 154 residents – 86 male students and 68 female students. The Division of Student Affairs invites online applications. The online application opens on stipulated dates and time after which it rejects any other applications. Students apply to the Dean of Students before the beginning of the academic year only to registered students are considered
Mpilo Medical School Halls of Residence at the Mpilo Hospital complex and are for Medical students only. The current capacity is for 48 residents - 24 male students and 24 female students.
Rose Flats Complex is about one kilometre from the Central Business District (CBD) of Bulawayo. The capacity is 40 residents – 24 females and 16 males, who are Medical students.
Warden and Sub-wardens
The Warden has a loco-parentis responsibility, available to provide primary counselling and guidance to residents and to refer all cases that require special attention. There are sub-wardens for each residential site. They are appointed to serve over an academic year and are senior undergraduate or graduate students. Reporting to the Warden, the sub-wardens ensure that the day-to-day obligations of the University are carried out to fulfil the needs of residents. They also monitor the observance of regulations by residents and ensure that a clean environment is maintained.
Meals and bedding
Residents provide their linen; Meals are provided by the Catering Unit and are paid for at the beginning of the Semester together with accommodation fees.
Off-campus Privately-owned Rented accommodation
Because of the critical shortage of space within University halls of residence, a greater percentage of the student population stays in privately owned rented accommodation. As an intervention or way of assisting these students, at the beginning of each semester the University flights an advert in the public newspaper, soliciting for accommodation from the Bulawayo community. The University is not directly involved in the management of these facilities, but only indicates where they are, to the prospective occupant. The rest is a private arrangement between the landlord and the student although the University makes regular checks, and interventions to ensure the conduciveness of all such environments in which students are housed.
Because of the critical shortage of space within University halls of residence, a greater percentage of the student population stays in privately owned rented accommodation. As an intervention or way of assisting these students, at the beginning of each semester the University flights an advert in the public newspaper, soliciting for accommodation from the Bulawayo community. The University is not directly involved in the management of these facilities, but only indicates where they are, to the prospective occupant. The rest is a private arrangement between the landlord and the student although the University makes regular checks, and interventions to ensure the conduciveness of all such environments in which students are housed.
Regulations for Out-of-Campus Accommodation : Students on Private, Rented/Leased Accommodation.
If a student identifies a place to rent, they should insist on:
- Signing a lease agreement, agreed fixed rentals and any other charges with their names, student registration number; faculty; telephone numbers including their guardians’ contacts.
- Payment only for days stayed when the semester ends before month end.
- Checking level of security, whether the house is walled, electrical/razor fenced, has burglar bars for doors/windows, and whether there are dogs and/or a security guard.
- WIFI facility and other study facilities.
- Enough clean toilets and bathing facilities.
- Rent deposit which is payable to the leasee at semester end, and;
To Note: Is That The Lease Agreement Is Between The Student And The Landlord. NUST Can Only Assist The Student In A Dispute With The Landlord If There Is A Signed Lease Agreement.
PLEASE NOTE: NUST IS CONCERNED ABOUT YOUR SECURITY
- Stay and move in groups within the premises
- Keep your property in secured rooms
- Note all strangers within premises
- Use main roads and avoid secluded pathways
- Keep NUST Security phone numbers : 0712 213 859, 0775 947 572, 0775 655 575, 0775 869 080
- Keep police post phone numbers : 09 241161
- Keep landlord’s phone numbers
- Devise a system of alerting others when under siege