Student Accommodation Near Queen Mary University of London
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Student housing near Queen Mary University of London
Queen Mary sits in Mile End, east London, which makes the search for student housing near Queen Mary University of London simpler than most. There's one main campus, one obvious postcode to start looking in, and a stretch of the Central and District lines linking it straight into the city centre. Housr lists student houses and studios around the university so you can filter by price, room type and bathrooms, then check the walk to campus before you book a viewing.
About Queen Mary University of London
Queen Mary is a Russell Group university built around the old Mile End campus, a green, canal-side site that houses most of its humanities, social science, and science and engineering departments. Medicine and dentistry teaching runs from Whitechapel, Charterhouse Square and West Smithfield, while postgraduate law sits at Lincoln's Inn Fields through the Centre for Commercial Law Studies.
The university has climbed fast in recent years. It's ranked 103rd in the QS World University Rankings 2027, having gained 42 places in three years, and sits 40th out of 130 UK universities in the Complete University Guide 2027, with General Engineering and Materials Technology both ranked in the UK's top ten for their subjects. It's also a strong research name, ranked 31st in the world for research quality in the Times Higher Education World University Rankings, according to the university's own figures.
Student life runs through Mile End campus itself: Queen Mary Students' Union sits right on site, along with the campus library, gym and green space backing onto Regent's Canal.
Popular student areas near Queen Mary University of London
Most students end up within a short walk or a couple of tube stops of Mile End, rather than commuting in from further out.
Mile End is the obvious choice, given the whole campus sits inside it. Expect a five to fifteen-minute walk to lectures depending on where the house is, plus the Genesis Cinema, Mile End Park and a run of takeaways and cafés along Mile End Road. Browse student housing near Mile End directly.
Bow, just east along the Central and District lines, is quieter and generally cheaper, with easy access to Victoria Park.
Bethnal Green trades a slightly longer commute for one of east London's better nights out, with Broadway Market and Columbia Road within reach at weekends.
Stepney Green, one stop from Mile End on the District and Hammersmith & City lines, sits close enough for a short cycle or tube ride to campus.
For the full spread of student housing across the city, including areas further out with a longer commute in, the London student accommodation hub covers every neighbourhood Housr lists.
Getting to campus
Mile End Underground station sits on the doorstep of the main campus, served by the Central, District and Hammersmith & City lines, so most students never need a bus for the daily commute. Whitechapel campus, used for medicine and dentistry, is two stops away on the District or Hammersmith & City line, usually under ten minutes including the walk from the platform. Students living in Bow or Bethnal Green add a stop or two but rarely more than a fifteen-minute journey, and cycling is a genuine option too: Mile End Park runs a traffic-free route most of the way into the campus from the east.
Accommodation near Queen Mary University of London
Housr's listings cover studios, en-suite rooms and shared houses, so you can filter by weekly price, number of bedrooms and bathrooms depending on whether you're after your own space or a house split with mates. If you're comparing every Queen Mary University London accommodation option side by side, the list view makes that easy; switch to tile view or the interactive map to see exactly how far a property sits from Mile End or Whitechapel before you request more info or book a viewing.
Living further out in Bow or Bethnal Green and still hunting for student housing near Queen Mary University of London that fits your budget? The same filters work across all four areas, so you can compare rent against commute time in one pass.
