ACET offers two excellent choices of accommodation to our students. All our accommodation options are quality controlled by our accommodation team and reviewed by our students after every stay.
Homestay
Homestay accommodation is on a half board basis from Monday to Friday with breakfast and an evening meal and full board basis (light lunch) during the weekend. Homes are included in our panel of homestays following a visit from the accommodation services administrator. Houses are located in good residential areas of Cork and on a bus route. Clients should expect an average of 35 minutes travelling time to ACET. The main selection criteria are a friendly atmosphere and clean comfortable surroundings.
- Single or twin room with adequate space for storing clothes.
- Sufficient bed linen to be warm.
- Weekly change of bed linen.
- Desk in bedroom OR a suitable place in the house to study.
- Access to bathroom and hot water at all times.
- Light laundry facilities (underwear, t-shirts etc).
- Continental breakfast, evening meal. Light lunch is provided at weekends.
- Only one client of any one mother tongue per homestay.
Quality assurance of ACET Homestays - We give our homestay hosts strict guidelines to follow and we have a "Homestay Handbook" to guide hosts and make sure cultural differences are understood. Clients fill an evaluation questionnaire on the Thursday of their first week to allow us to check the welfare of each client. If a problem necessitates a change of homestay, the client is changed within 24 hours. Clients also fill a monthly and end of course evaluation questionnaire which allows for continual monitoring of homes.
Student Residence
These apartments (30 minutes walk or 10 minutes by bus) are available from June to August. Clients have a single room in an apartment they share with other clients. Each apartment has a fully-equipped kitchen and a living room with a television. Bed linen is supplied. Clients must provide their own towels. Nationality / gender mix is not guaranteed.
- Single room
- Self catering
- 5-7 clients sharing an apartment
- 30 minutes' walk from ACET and from the city centre
- Fully fitted kitchen/living room all cooking utensils and appliances
- Internet access
- Bed linen provided
- Nationality/gender mix not guaranteed
Hotels & Guesthouses
- Gresham Metropole (3 star) - Mac Curtain Street, Cork city centre
5 minute walk to ACET - Clarion Hotel (4 star) - Lapps Quay, Cork city centre
10 minute walk to ACET - Gabriel House Guesthouse - Summerhill North, Cork
5 minute walk to ACET
What our students say
I stayed in Cork for 5 weeks and it was an awesome time. When I now look back on my time here I can’t find any faults. All the people are really friendly and I had a lot of funny moments. I have a really good class and the people are interested in the subject and it was a new experience every day. My teachers were amazing. Every week we learned new things and it was never boring.
The city of Cork is a nice lovely place. The small towns surrounding Cork are pleasant and beautiful, and there are historical places everywhere such as Charlesfort and the Cathedral in Cobh. There are many different and wonderful areas. My host family was perfect, I was just so lucky! It was a magnificent holiday and a life experience.
Jan Sarro
My overall experience of studying in ACET is really good. In the classrooms I was quite impressed with the teachers and also the students because of their similar interest to learn.
I learned many things and many new words, and I also found the additional afternoon classes to be greatly beneficial. The family that hosted me were very patient and they were a pleasure to know and talk to. I had a positive experience in Cork. I saw many new places, spectacular scenery and met people from all over the world. I think that I will be back again