The University of Nottingham is the latest higher education institution to report soaring numbers of new Covid-19 cases on campus.
Figures posted on the university’s website showed 425 of its students had been diagnosed with active cases of Covid-19 within a week.
The figures, dated to the week ending last Friday, included 226 students in private accommodation and 106 others living in halls of residence.
Eight members of staff were also classed as "active confirmed cases" over the same time frame.
A spokesperson for the university, which has around 35,000 students, said that the high numbers are in part due to its own additional testing programme for asymptomatic cases.
The spokesperson said: "Alongside the national Pillar 2 testing regime for people with symptoms of Covid-19, the university has also commenced its own asymptomatic testing programme which will identify cases earlier and more quickly.
"While this will mean that our case data will be higher than other universities, we can identify cases that otherwise would remain undetected and thereby reduce asymptomatic transmission and the number of future cases."
It is the latest university to report a surge in cases.
More than 50 universities in the UK have confirmed cases of coronavirus as students return to campus, and thousands of students are now self isolating.
Large clusters have been reported at Manchester Metropolitan and Glasgow University.
Nearly 500 students and staff at Sheffield University have tested positive for Covid-19 since the start of term, with 108 new student cases reported on Monday alone, and more than 750 students are self-isolating at Northumbria University after testing positive.
On Friday, the Standard reported the first known outbreak of Covid-19 at a London university. Students are self-isolating after a “small cluster” of cases were found at the Royal College of Music. Around 50 students have been told to self-isolate in the Prince Consort Village student accommodation in Hammersmith. A spokeswoman for the university said no other buildings have been affected.
It comes as Universities UK, which represents 139 institutions, published a new checklist stating that students should be given access to basic necessities during self-isolation - including food, laundry services, cleaning materials, bin bags, tissues and toilet rolls.
The National Union of Students (NUS) has also warned that undergraduates being "trapped in halls" could exacerbate mental health issues.
Despite the outbreaks and warnings that infection rates among young people on campuses continue to rise steeply, Prime Minister Boris Johnson has pledged to get university students back to their families for Christmas.
