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CUSU Mail Service

The CUSU Mail Service delivers post within 24 hours for students to all 31 colleges every day. Unlike the University Messenger Service, it can be used by students.

CUSU Poster and Flyer Delivery Service Information For External Advertisers:

We offer an authorised promotional mail, flyer and poster service which covers all 31 colleges here at Cambridge University.

CUSU is the only authorised mail distributor in Cambridge with access to the personal mailbox of each student in the University.

Our Collegiate Mail Service Network allows you to promote your message directly to the people who matter to you - the students in their colleges.

With direct access to the mailrooms of each and every Cambridge College, our clients are always impressed by the high conversion rates achieved.

Flyers, promotional material, discount booklets, or posters, will all be hand delivered to the best locations in each student accommodation site.

Deliveries are daily, Monday to Friday during full term.

For information regarding our corporate promotional mail, product sample, flyer and poster distribution service please download the following information pack and booking form here:

Flyer & Poster Distribution Service & Booking Form

Information For Cambridge Students:

The Cambridge University Students Union Mail Service is a FREE service set up by CUSU to allow students and societies to send mail between colleges.

It provides a similar service to the University Messenger Service (UMS) which students are not allowed to use.

It is run from the CUSU offices at the New Museums site, under the direction of the CUSU Business Manager.

Mail Rules

  • This service is for students only.
  • Please mark your envelope "CUSU-MS" and clearly write the name and college of the recipient. Put the envelope in the CUSU-MS box at your college.
  • Mail can be sent to: All 31 Colleges, CUSU, the Graduate Union and Girton Wolfson Court.
  • Mail cannot be sent to University Departments
  • Mail is normally delivered within one working day.
  • Please use envelopes or secure pieces of paper with tape or a staple.
  • Letters larger than A4 size, posters and parcels cannot be sent via CUSU-MS.
  • Do not send cash or any items of value.

Bulk mailing – (sending more than 50 mail items at a time) will incur a surcharge of 15p per item (e.g.: £7.50 for each 50 items of bulk mail that you send). Any bulk mailings must be dropped off to the CUSU offices for despatch or cleared with the CUSU Business Manager in advance.

If you require any further information or assistance then please contact Mark Curtis, CUSU Business Manager – 01223 761687.