Amity Global Institute — housing guide for new students

October 2026 intake · Suggested move-in: mid-September to early October 2026

What this budget actually rents

• Budget S$900–1,100 — Burlington Square Common room · shared bathroom S$1,000–1,300; Sunshine Plaza Common room · shared bathroom S$1,050–1,350
• Budget S$1,200–1,500 — Sunshine Plaza Large common room S$1,200–1,500; Parc Emily Common room · shared bathroom S$1,200–1,500; Sophia Hills Common room · shared bathroom S$1,300–1,600; Parc Emily Large common room S$1,350–1,650
• Budget S$1,700+ — Sophia Hills Master room · en-suite S$1,900–2,400; Sophia Hills Studio · en-suite + kitchen S$3,300–4,100; Burlington Square 2-bedroom & up · whole unit S$3,300–4,200; Sunshine Plaza 2-bedroom & up · whole unit S$3,600–4,600

Buildings within a 20-minute walk of this campus. Room rents come mainly from current public listings; official rental data is used to place the area's overall level · updated August 2026. Actual rent moves with the room type, the building, when you move in and how long you take it for.

Where the campus is, and the commute

The nearest MRT station to campus is Somerset (NS Line), about a 3-minute walk. In Singapore what matters is the number of interchanges, not the distance on a map — the same 3 km is a very different journey direct versus with two changes. Every building page carries the actual public-transport route and time to campus.

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Choosing the type of housing

• School / student accommodation: Amity has a very small hostel at 480 River Valley Road and publishes its room types and prices. Because it has only six rooms, live availability and minimum-stay terms should be confirmed directly before booking. The school’s own accommodation page (read 2026-08-22) →
• A private room: A room inside a private unit: the campus is on Orchard Road, and what is within a short walk is the most expensive residential stretch in Singapore — small rooms at high prices. Walk fifteen minutes towards Dhoby Ghaut or Little India and the same budget buys noticeably more room.
• A whole unit, shared: Take a whole unit with classmates: around Orchard the whole units are mostly two-bedders at high prices, so three or more sharing is the realistic shape.

Sharing a whole unit is not automatically cheaper than a single room, nor automatically dearer. What it buys is the whole place, roommates you chose, and more freedom in how you live. Whether it works out comes down to the headcount and the actual whole-unit rent at the time — your housing plan works that through for your case.

Areas worth looking at

• Somerset — A 2-minute walk to campus, right on Orchard Road · ≈ 2-min walk from campus
• Orchard — A 6-minute walk, towards Orchard MRT — a little quieter · ≈ 6-min walk from campus
• Sophia — One we hold prices for — a bigger room for the same budget · ≈ 13-min walk from campus
• Little India — One step further out — the cheapest of these, and priced as well · ≈ 15-min walk from campus

Three traps to avoid first

• Read the lease before you pay anything. If someone wants a deposit before showing you the tenancy agreement, stop there.
• Getting your deposit back comes down to the move-in inventory — photograph every item on the day you move in.
• There is a legal cap on how many people may occupy a unit. Confirm it before sharing; do not just count bedrooms.

The full anti-scam checklist →

A housing plan for Amity Global Institute

What you get is not a pile of listings but a plan you can decide from: for your school, your intake, your move-in date and your budget, it puts student accommodation, a private room and a shared whole unit side by side — rent, commute, lease term, utilities, the total for the year, the risks and a recommendation.

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