Graduate Housing Application Procedure
Eligibility
Residential Services offers three residence halls for graduate students: Engelhart Hall, Garrett Place Apartments, and McManus Center. All three residence halls are open to all graduate students. All graduate apartment facilities are open year-round. To apply for housing, you must be accepted into your specific program.
Rates for Graduate Housing
Contract Information/Renewal
Housing contracts are for the academic year (Fall, Winter, and Spring Quarters) with an option to renew for the summer and/or another academic year. Current residents are given an option to recontract in March, before assignments are offered to new students. More information for current student recontracting can be found below.
Residency Limitations
Occupancy is limited to eight years (96 months) from the original date of your admission to your program.
Cancellations
All cancellations can be handled through this site.
2025-2026 Housing Process
Important Dates for the 2025 Process
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PROCESS |
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Wednesday, March 19 at 9:00 a.m. (Central) |
Contract Available for Returning (current) Resident AND New Incoming Residents Returning residents can recontract for their current space during this process. |
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Friday, April 4 |
Last Day for Returning (current) Residents to Recontract for this Current Space |
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Tuesday, April 7 |
Room Change Requests for Returning (current) Residents Processed |
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Tuesday, April 29 |
New Resident Assignments Processed |
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Friday, May 2 |
New Resident Assignments Sent via Email |
New graduate student assignments will continue to be made on an ongoing basis after May 2 and notification emails will be sent following the processing of those assignments.
Recontracting For Current Students
Recontracting is the process by which returning residential graduate students secure on campus housing for the upcoming academic year. All current residential graduate students will need to submit a contract between March 19 - April 4 in order to guarantee a space in graduate housing for the following year.
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Contract for Summer only. You must be enrolled in summer classes for this option.
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Contract for Summer and the 2025-26 Academic Year in your same apartment.
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Contract for Summer and the 2025-26 Academic Year requesting a different apartment.
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Contract for 2025-26 Academic Year (with no summer booking) in your same apartment.
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Contract for 2025-26 Academic Year (with no summer booking) requesting a different apartment.
Current residents who will not be here in Summer 2025 but are seeking a late stay to extend their contract until June 30, 2025 will complete a Late Stay Request in May.
Get Started!
The 2025-2026 graduate contract will open on March 19, 2025, at 9:00 a.m. (Central). To get started after that date, access the contract via the Housing Portal. Please review the returning graduate student flowchart to understand how to complete your application. (pdf)
New Student Housing Assignment Process
Residential Services is excited to welcome you to the first step in choosing your campus residence for the next academic year. Residential Services will assign you a building and apartment type based on the preferences you share in the housing contract. While every effort will be made to fulfill your preferences, assignments to specific buildings, rooms, or roommates cannot be guaranteed.
The 2025-2026 contract for new graduate students will open on March 19, 2025, at 9:00 a.m. (Central) in the Housing Portal. New graduate students can submit an application anytime after that date. Please note that we will notify students of their assignments on May 2, 2025 but assignments will continue to be made on an ongoing basis after May 2. You will be notified of your graduate housing assignment via e-mail.
Please do not submit a housing deposit in CAESAR. Our application for 2025-2026 now includes a $100 application fee that must be paid before you complete the application. This step is included in the housing application itself and not in CAESAR.
Get Started!
The 2025-2026 graduate contract will open March 19, 2025. To get started after that date, access the contract via the Housing Portal. Please review the new graduate student flowchart to understand our housing application process. (pdf)