There's a variety of accommodation options for students at Ulster University, most of which are located on-campus which is great for convenience and safety. Accommodation is guaranteed for first-year undergraduates, as long as the deadline and eligibility criteria are met.

You'll find en suite options, as well as apartments with shared bathroom facilities and you can also state whether you have a preference for single or mixed residences, as well as being able to apply for zero alcohol and quiet-zone accommodation.

Contracts run for 37 or 44 weeks, from mid-September to early June and you'll find a full support network to help you move in. Daily coordinators, nighttime support assistants and resident assistants are all on-hand to help.

Belfast accommodation is located in the heart of the busy Cathedral Quarter and is home to a new £250 million campus. Accommodation at Jordanstown Sports Village is also available for students at the Belfast campus. The residences at Coleraine overlook the River Bann and are less than a mile from town, while the Magee options are close to the campus.

You'll find various payment plans on offer to help with accommodation costs at Ulster.

There are numerous scholarships and bursaries at Ulster that provide funding to students who meet certain eligibility criteria. This is known as additional funding and doesn't need to be paid back. The funding is based on personal circumstances, as well as academic and extra-curricular achievements.

There are two bursaries currently available at Ulster University. To see if you meet the eligibility criteria for these, please check the uni's website.

In terms of available scholarships, several of these are dependent on what you choose to study. For example, the Evelyn Burges Scholarship in Drama is awarded each year to the student who gets the highest aggregate marks in second-year drama modules. Also, the Houzz Scholarship Programme is available to architecture, design and construction students and is worth £2,000.

You can find out about all the scholarships and bursaries available, as well as their eligibility criteria, by visiting the uni's online funding pages. Please note scholarships and bursaries are subject to change.

There are over 170 undergraduate courses to choose from at Ulster University, across a wide range of subject areas. Most undergraduate courses are studied full-time, however, over 100 can be done part-time too, to allow you to fit your studies around other life priorities. Part-time courses include civil engineering, biomedical sciences, accounting, journalism and law.

Typically, undergraduate degrees at Ulster take four years to study, but a number of courses include placement years, study abroad options or an integrated master's year. These courses usually take five years to complete.

Most degrees include optional modules, as well as core modules, meaning you can study the degree topics you're most interested in.

It's also possible to combine two or three subjects within an undergraduate degree in what's called a combined honours degree. For example, it's fairly common to study two humanities courses alongside one another, for example English and history.

Ulster University's careers team supports students and graduates by helping plan careers, find work opportunities and more. The service is available for up to three years after graduation.

Drop-in clinics can be attended and one-to-one appointments can be booked to get personal careers advice, like how to choose what industry to go into, how to prepare for an interview and how to write a CV.

At Ulster, you'll also be given the chance to study, work or volunteer abroad at one of the uni's global partners, of which there are more than 200. This means you can engage in work-based learning experiences while building your CV and professional network, which is great for your job prospects.

You'll also find loads of online tools that can help with things like developing your CV, finding job vacancies and getting information about upcoming careers events. The events include careers fairs, networking forums, employer presentations and skills workshops. These can help you improve important career skills and meet possible employers.