Gender Section of the Housing Application
As you prepare to complete your housing application, the text below is what you can expect to see in the section where you select preferences and needs related to gender. Please contact our office at housing@northwestern.edu if you have any questions.
Does gender play a role in your housing preference?
Residential Services offers a variety of options to meet your needs:
- All Gender floors
- Mixed-gender floors
- Single gender floors in mixed-gender buildings
- Single Gender buildings
All Gender Housing refers to an arrangement whereby students, regardless of sex, gender, or gender identity, may share a room/suite/apartment in select areas of residence halls and residential colleges. All Gender Housing is intended to ensure a safe and comfortable environment for all students and provide housing options for varying identities and preferences. It is not intended – and is highly discouraged – for romantic relationships.
LEARN MORE ABOUT ALL GENDER HOUSING OPTIONS TO INFORM YOUR BUILDING PREFERENCES
In suite-style buildings (560 Lincoln, Kemper, and Slivka), each floor is mixed-gender though residents have more private bathrooms.
Single Gender buildings are available in a few small houses across campus. Students who identify as a woman are eligible to apply for the Women’s Residential College at Hobart or can live in special interest housing at Sigma Alpha Iota at 720 Emerson. Students who identify as a man are eligible to preference Lindgren. Aside from Single Gender buildings, the following mixed-gender buildings have floors that are single gender as determined by the number of bathrooms on each floor:
- North Area
- 2347 Sheridan
- 2349 Sheridan
- Northeast Area
- 2307 Sheridan
- 2335 Sheridan
- Bobb-McCulloch Halls 1st Floor
- Goodrich House
- South Area
- 636 Emerson
- 640 Emerson
- Rogers House
- Southwest Area
- 710 Emerson
- 1856 Orrington
- Chapin Hall
Buildings, floors, or wings that are not designated as All Gender or Single Gender are mixed-gender. Assignments are made considering gender by room and bathrooms are labeled men or women. In most cases, rooms on mixed-gender floors or wings are grouped male or female based on proximity to the associated bathroom. The following buildings have mixed-gender floors:
- North Area
- Elder Hall (except where All Gender)
- Northeast Area
- 2303 Sheridan (except where All Gender)
- Ayers Hall
- Bobb-McCulloch Halls 2nd-4th Floors
- Sargent Hall
- South Area
- 1838 Chicago
- Allison Hall (except where All Gender)
- East Fairchild
- Jones Hall
- Shepard Hall
- West Fairchild (except where All Gender)
- Southwest Area
- Foster-Walker Complex
- North Mid-Quads
- South Mid-Quads
- Willard Hall (except where All Gender)
Needs and preferences related to gender will take precedence over building preferences if there is misalignment – for example, if you indicate that you need single gender housing and put your first building preference as Elder then your need for single gender housing will overrule your preference for Elder.
Please select the statement that fits best with your needs or preference:
- I need to live in All Gender Housing.
- I am open to living in All Gender Housing.
- I need to live in a Single Gender building.
- I am open to living in a Single Gender building.
- I prefer to live in a location that is not designated as All Gender or a Single Gender building – my assignment will be in a building that is mixed-gender and could be on a mixed-gender or single gender floor.
In order to inform assignments, please indicate your gender identity:
- Woman (cis or trans)
- Man (cis or trans)
- Gender fluid/gender queer/trans
- Non-binary/gender non-conforming
- Prefer not to answer
- other (explain below)
*Students who select “Prefer not to answer” will have their gender identity in the Housing Portal match the gender on their student record.