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 required or preferred housing?
Northwestern University is committed to providing positive and respectful housing for all residents and Residential Services offers a variety of options in Residence Halls & Residential Colleges 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 or gender, 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 preferences. It is not intended – and is highly discouraged – for romantic relationships.
Mixed-Gender Floors have students of any gender living as neighbors with at least one community style bathroom assigned to men and women.
Single-Gender Floors in Mixed-Gender Buildings are floors with one bathroom assigned to men or women.
Single Gender Buildings are available in a few small houses across campus. Women 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. Men are eligible to preference Lindgren.
LEARN MORE ABOUT ALL GENDER HOUSING OPTIONS TO INFORM YOUR HOUSING PREFERENCES
Which best describes your living requirement for All Gender or Single Gender Housing?
- 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 designated for Women*
- I need to live in a Single Gender Building designated for Men*
- I am open to living in a Single Gender Building
- I prefer to live on a Single Gender Floor of a Mixed Gender Building
- I prefer to live in a location that is Mixed Gender / I do not have a Gender Housing Requirement
*Selecting an option with an asterisk guarantees you will be assigned to this housing type
Please note if you elect to live in a location that is not designated as All Gender or a Single Gender Building your assignment will be in a building that is designated as mixed-gender.
In order to inform assignments, you will then be asked to select your gender.