St Paul’s College Graduate House is a thriving academic community offering fully catered postgraduate accommodation at the University of Sydney. Located right on campus, Graduate House forms part of St Paul’s College, Australia’s oldest residential college.
Places are available for University of Sydney students and academics.
2026 fees start at $872 per week and include accommodation, meals, academic support, pastoral care, internet, gym access, utilities, cleaning and more.
St Paul’s College is located at 9 City Road, Camperdown. It is approximately a 3–5-minute walk to USYD’s main campus.
Masters, Honours, PhD, JD, and Medicine students, and research fellows or visiting academics affiliated with the University of Sydney.
Residents can choose from either a 41-week or 52-week contract period to best suit their circumstances.
2026 residency fees are all-inclusive, and start from $872 a week. Residents have a choice of different room size options, ranging from 19sqm-57sqm.
Fees include furnished accommodation, 21 meals p/w, internet, utilities, academic and wellbeing support, room cleaning and facilities (e.g. the gym and laundry).
Postgraduate applications are now open for Semester 1, 2027. There is an application fee of $200. Places are selective and limited.
Members of Graduate House live in the McMillan building, overlooking the extensive gardens and heritage buildings of the older college buildings. Opened in 2019, the McMillan building features modern, furnished rooms designed to maximise the quality of study and rest time for postgraduate residents. For visiting academics, there is a separate Academic Wing with a choice between a super studio and 1 bedroom apartment.
Several room types are available, with most rooms 29 square metres or larger.
All rooms come with:
Graduate House is more than university accommodation. It is a distinguished community where ambitious men and women live and study together, foster lifelong friendships and build strong professional networks for the future.
Set within an inspiring environment modelled on the traditions of Oxford and Cambridge, Graduate House provides a vibrant and intellectually rich setting where postgraduate students and academics live and work together.
Members of the House engage in communal meals, traditions like weekly Formal Dinner, attend seminars with distinguished scholars, participate in a variety of recreational and cultural activities, and build a lasting network of peers and mentors.
Our members are united by a shared commitment to academic excellence and a desire to make the most of their degree.
St Paul’s created a warm and welcoming atmosphere where I felt supported throughout my degree. As an interstate student, Graduate House made the move from Western Australia much easier and provided me with the support network I needed to thrive in my postgraduate studies.
Mariska Ackerman (Medicine)
Postgraduate residency fees are all-inclusive and start at $872 per week, with different room sizes and contract periods available.
Residency fees include:
St Paul’s College Graduate House is a richly diverse co-residential community, with members from across Australia, New Zealand, and around the world. Full-time postgraduate students at the University of Sydney and visiting academics affiliated with the University are invited to join the community at Graduate House.
Applications for Semester 1, 2027 are now open. Places are selective and limited.
Our accomplished community includes:
Private student accommodation is designed primarily around providing a room to live. Residential colleges offer more than that, with accommodation offered as part of a broader academic and community experience.
Residential colleges like St Paul’s College are located on campus and are fully catered, with shared meals, academic programmes, and social and cultural activities designed to foster community.
Residency fees include furnished, air conditioned accommodation, meals, wifi, utilities and room cleaning. Residents also have access to all the College’s facilities. Fees also include an extensive academic programme to support postgraduate studies.
Postgraduate study can be demanding and all-consuming. Residential colleges like St Paul’s College enrich this experience—offering convenience, personal support, academic inspiration, and a community that nurtures the whole person.
Convenience
Living on campus in a residential college provide practical benefits that save time and make postgraduate life easier. At St Paul’s College, residents have daily meals and amenities provided, so they can focus on their studies.
Academic support
At St Paul’s College, the Academic Dean oversees the academic life of the College, with academic support, tutorials, workshops, guest speakers, and opportunities to engage with ideas outside of their own discipline.
Community away from home
For students who have moved to Sydney, building a new community can be one of the biggest challenges of postgraduate life. While colleges provide accommodation, their most important role is bringing people together.
A residential college is a community on campus that provides university students accommodation and meals alongside academic support, pastoral care, leadership opportunities and structured social activities.
Any postgraduate student studying full-time at the University of Sydney can join the Graduate House community. Our members include honours, master’s and doctoral students, research fellows and career academics, as well as visiting scholars affiliated with the University of Sydney. We also welcome clinical staff working across medicine, veterinary science, and related fields.
Postgraduate residency fees are all-inclusive and start at $872 per week, with different room sizes and contract periods available. While more than just a room, this fee includes accommodation, meals, utilities, academic support, pastoral care, internet, gym, laundry and use of all college facilities.
St Paul’s College is located at 9 City Road, Camperdown. It is located within the main campus of the University of Sydney, approximately a 3-5 minute walk to Eastern Avenue, the university’s primary walkway. Students can access the university from City Road, or behind the College where the university’s Western Avenue is located.
No, St Paul’s College only offers places to students studying at the University of Sydney. Places are also limited to students carrying a full-time study load.
