The University of Kerala provides hostel accommodations for residential students, male and female for all its campuses. There are six hostels that are available at the Kariavattom campus and Thycaud in Thiruvananthapuram: two are for men (postgraduate and research students) and three are for women (two for postgraduate students and one for research students). Research, M.Phil., postgraduate, and undergraduate students are all eligible to be admitted to these hostels.

While Thycaud Women's Hostel admits students from government colleges at all levels, including research and degree programmes, Kariavattom only allows admission to university departments.

Furthermore, the International Youth Hostel, which is situated in the heart of Trivandrum, provides faculty and students with short-term housing. Every year, routine maintenance is done of all the hostels.