Here are some general rules, tips, and expectations to help you become accustomed to your new home!

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CISabroad students are housed in a fantastic central location called Bainfield that is only a 10-minute walk to the Edinburgh city center. Check out pics here!

Students live in apartments with single bedrooms and shared kitchens. Located in your residence hall is a cafe and bar run by the Student Union that offers weekly coffee breaks, quiz nights, and poker games. Most flats are single gender flats. You will find that many of the students living in your vicinity are also visiting students with short-term leases.

All flats have shared, fully fitted and furnished kitchen and living areas with Wi-Fi and 40″ wall-mounted smart TVs. There is also a secure bike storage area on each site.

You’ll need to purchase your own towels, bedding, crockery, cutlery, pots and pans. CISabroad will order you a bedding pack (duvet, pillow, flat sheet, duvet cover and pillowcase).

All sites have central laundry rooms, which incur an additional charge for usage.

All accommodation is non-smoking in the flats and stairwells.

Please note that although CISabroad makes every effort to provide your preferred form of housing, we cannot guarantee that all personal preferences are met. We have carefully selected safe and adequate housing for each student and each living arrangement is distinct and special in its own way.

Every housing placement is different with different pros and cons. Your accommodations will be different than what you’ve come to expect in your home country.Now is the time to open your mind and get ready to experience something different; this attitude is in the spirit of your decision to study abroad. Please also remember, that when you are abroad, you will be representing your home institution and your home country; behave appropriately.

Cleanliness:
Keep your room and the common areas clean; this is especially important when you are sharing an apartment and residence hall.

Noise:
In order to avoid disturbing the neighbors or housemates, please use headphones when listening to music, or keep the volume low, and please keep your voices down.

Safety:

You should lock the apartment door at all times. Also, when leaving the apartment, make sure the windows are closed and locked. Neither the study abroad company nor the housing company will not be responsible for any stolen items.
If the keys to the apartment are stolen, lost or misplaced, all locks to the apartment will have to be replaced at the student’s expense, including key copies for all apartment members.
If the keys are left inside the apartment/bedroom and the locksmith has to open the door for the you, you will have to pay for this service.
It is strictly forbidden to throw any object or substance from windows, balconies, terraces or roofs. This includes keys, cigarette butts or anything else big or small.

Guests and Alcohol Policies:

Disrespectful behavior related to alcohol consumption will end up in dismissal from the housing and you will have to find your own housing at your own expense.
Smoking is not allowed anywhere inside the apartment.
The consumption of drugs, as well as keeping or dealing with them, is absolutely prohibited

Financial Liability:

You will have to pay for any damage done to the apartment (doors, walls, floors, furniture, kitchen supplies, washing machine, etc.).
If extra time is needed to clean the apartment, or if items are damaged or missing, you will be charged and those charges will be deducted from your housing deposit. Housing deposits will be returned 8-12 weeks after the program has ended

Helpful tips for living with other people:

Respect your hosts and the other people that live in the building.
Remember that you are not on a college campus and not in your own home. Respect the property and get out of the “college campus” mentality.
Talk to your roommates if they do something that bothers you. Talking it through is the easiest way to solve a small problem before it gets bigger.
Talk to the staff if a problem arises and you cannot work it out with your roommates.

Warning process:

If any of the above rules are broken, you will receive a first verbal warning. This warning will also be written and sent to your sending study abroad program and your home school.
The second infraction of any of the above rules will result in you being evicted from your apartment. You will need to find a new place to live at your own expense.
Please read through all of our behavior policies noted in the CISabroad Policy Handbook, linked inside of the attachment to your acceptance email

Welcome to Semester in Edinburgh

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Semester in Edinburgh