Getting started on your housing application
All OSU students are eligible for on-campus housing. The residence hall application will ask you questions about yourself and your living preferences to help determine the best fit for your housing assignment.
Ready to apply? Let's get started.
What type of student are you?
First Year 2025
First Year 2025
For first-year students moving to OSU in fall 2025:
The new student housing application opened Feb. 11, 2025, at 2 p.m. Pacific Standard Time.
1. Get admitted to Oregon State
Submit your application
Complete and submit your application for admission to Oregon State.
Register your ONID account
Once you have been admitted (including students enrolled in the Degree Partnership Program and Educational Opportunities Program) you’ll receive an OSU Network ID (ONID) account. Your ONID serves as your Oregon State email address and as a log-in credential for university services.
Go to the ONID website to activate your account. Remember to check your Oregon State ONID email throughout the year, as that's where we will send housing-related information and updates.
Learn about living on campus
Review Oregon State’s First-Year Experience Live-On Policy.
2. Research your options
Consider a specialized community.
Do you want to live in a Living-Learning Community or a Special Interest Community? Does your major strongly encourage you to select a certain community?
Which halls fit your budget?
Take a look at our room and dining rates.
What are your living and dining preferences?
What room types or bathroom styles are you looking for? Explore your options. (Be aware that some options, such as single rooms, have very limited availability).
Which dining plan suits your needs?
3. Apply for housing
Complete “part one” of the application: This part covers demographic and contact information along with your housing preferences. The earlier you complete part one, the better your chances are of receiving one of your top choices. Access the application through your housing portal.
Tips: 1) You can return to the application to update your answers later without affecting your part one completion date. 2) After part one is complete, you can begin to build your roommate matching profile to get ready for the online matching process that runs May through July.
4. Sign your housing contract
Complete “part two” of the application: Return to the housing portal to sign a 2025-2026 UHDS Room and Dining Contract beginning April 1, 2025. You are required to sign a contract prior to being assigned a room.
Make sure you understand your contract before you complete it. Also, if you are under 18 when you sign your contract, a parent/guardian signature is also required.
"Part two" also includes selecting your dining plan for next year.
5. Deposit
Pay your Advance Tuition Deposit confirming your intent to enroll at Oregon State.
6. Find a roommate
Oregon State offers an online roommate matching process accessible via the housing portal that allows students to select their own roommate. Participating is optional. Our staff will match you with another student if you do not select your own roommate.
Tips: 1) Even if you already know the person you want to live with, you'll use the online roommate matching process to connect with them in our system. 2) Make sure you understand how gender identity affects roommate matching.
Roommate matching for 2025-26 will be offered in assigned sessions between May and July.
7. Room assignment
Room assignments will begin in late July 2025 and continue throughout the summer. Room assignments will be sent to students' Oregon State email addresses.
The date you receive your room assignment depends in part on the following:
- Dates you completed parts one and two of the housing application.
- Eligibility criteria for communities.
- Completing all necessary steps to confirm attendance at Oregon State.
Winter + Spring 2025
Winter + Spring 2025
For students moving to OSU winter 2026:
The winter term housing application is due to open Nov. 4, 2025, at 2 p.m. Pacific Standard Time.
1. Confirm your enrollment
Learn about living on campus
Oregon State students (including students enrolled in the Degree Partnership Program and Educational Opportunities Program) who intend to take winter or spring term classes may apply to live on campus.
Review Oregon State’s First Year Experience Live-On Policy.
2. Research your options
Communities designed with you in mind
Do you want to live in a Living-Learning Community or a Special Interest Community? Does your major strongly encourage you to select a certain community?
Which residence halls fit your budget?
Take a look at our 2024-25 room and dining rates.
What are your living and dining preferences?
What room types or bathroom styles are you looking for? Explore your options.
Be aware that some options, such as single rooms, have very limited availability.
Every effort will be made to accommodate one of your housing selections; however room assignments are contingent on current room availability in residence halls.
3. Apply for housing
Check your dates
Winter term 2025: The housing application to live on campus in a residence hall starting winter term 2025 opened Nov. 5, 2024 (2 p.m. Pacific Standard Time).
Spring term 2025: The housing application to live on campus in a residence hall starting spring term 2025 opened Feb. 18, 2025 (2 p.m. Pacific Standard Time).
Log in and apply through the housing portal.
In the application, indicate your top three preferences for residence hall communities.
4. Sign your housing contract
Students are required to sign a contract prior to being assigned a room. Make sure you understand your contract before you complete it. If you are under 18 at the time your contract is signed, a parent or guardian co-signature is required.
5. Residence hall room assignment
Students must complete all items in Steps 1-4 before they can receive a room assignment.
Room assignments will be sent to your Oregon State ONID email address.
Second Year and Above 2025
Second Year and Above 2025
The residence hall application for current students opened Feb. 4, 2025, at 2 p.m. Pacific Standard Time; it remained open until March 14, 2025.
Students who attend the Second Year & Above Kickoff event on Jan. 28 received early access to the housing application on Jan. 31.1. Research your options
Residence halls:
OSU has residence hall communities that are set aside for student in their second year of college or above. Which of our Second Year and Above communities fits your needs?
Which residence halls fit your budget? Take a look at our room an dining rates.
As a residence hall resident, you'll also have a dining plan to use at food locations across campus. Which dining plan suits your needs? Remember that any unused funds from this year will roll over to next year.
What room types or bathroom styles are you looking for? Explore your options.
On-campus apartments:
There are also apartment complexes on campus reserved for students beyond their first year of college. Learn more about The Gem and 1045 SW Madison Ave., including apartment types, amenities and cost. You may join the waitlist to live in an on-campus apartment at any time.
2. Apply for housing
To live in a residence hall, complete "part one" of the application.
During part one, you will provide demographic and contact information. The earlier you complete part one, the better your chances are of receiving an assignment. Access the application through your housing portal.
Tip: You can return to the residence hall application to update your answers later without affecting your part one completion date.
To apply for an on-campus apartment, join the waitlist.
Learn more about the apartment application process at OSU; join the waitlist through the housing portal.
3. Participate in Roommate Matching
In the residence halls:
As space allows, applicants will receive a time slot for room selection with the option to participate in roommate matching. Roommate matching will occur between Feb. 7-17.
You may select up to three people to be a part of your group to fill a room. All SYA rooms are open to any gender.
4. Select your room
In the residence halls:
All students that have completed part one of the application by Feb. 13 will be notified of the current status of their application on Feb. 14.
As space allows, applicants will be given an individual time slot to select a room (as noted above). This time slot is based on the completion date for part one of the housing application. The room selection period will be Feb. 18-28 after roommate matching has concluded.
Those applicants who did not receive an initial time slot for room selection will be given the opportunity to review a room assignment offer and sign the contract on a rolling basis based on room availability.
In an on-campus apartment:
If a room becomes available and your waitlist position is next in the queue, you will be contacted through your ONID email account with an apartment and a tour offer. Due to the high waitlist volume, applicants are given 72 hours to accept or decline the apartment offer.
5. Sign your housing contract
To secure your space in a residence hall, return to the housing portal and complete "part two" of the application -- signing a 2025-2026 UHDS Room and Dining Contract. You will be given access to sign the contract once you have selected a room or accepted a room placement. Make sure you understand the contract before you complete it.
A $50 contract fee will be charged after signing the contract. The deadline to cancel your contract with no cancellation fee is May 31, 2025.
To accept an apartment offer, follow the instructions in your apartment offer email.
Transfer 2025
Transfer 2025
For transfer students moving to OSU in fall 2025:
The residence hall application for transfer students opened Feb. 4, 2025, at 2 p.m. Pacific Standard Time. You may join the waitlist to live in an on-campus apartment as soon as you are admitted to OSU.
1. Get admitted to Oregon State
Submit your application
Complete and submit your application for admission to Oregon State as a transfer student.
Register your ONID account
Once you have been admitted (including students enrolled in the Degree Partnership Program and Educational Opportunities Program), you’ll receive an OSU Network ID (ONID) account. Your ONID serves as your university email address and as a login credential for university services.
Go to the ONID website to activate your account. Remember to check your Oregon State ONID email throughout the year, as that's where we will send housing-related information and updates.
2. Research your options
Residence halls
OSU has residence hall communities that are set aside for students in their second year of college or above, including a community just for transfer students. You may also want to explore our other Special Interest Communities or Living-Learning Communities.
Which residence halls fit your budget? Take a look at our room and dining rates.
What room types or bathroom styles are you looking for? Explore your options.
As a residence hall resident, you'll also have a dining plan to use at food locations across campus. Which dining plan best fits your needs?
On-campus apartments
There are also apartment complexes on campus reserved for students beyond their first year of college. Learn more about The Gem and 1045 SW Madison Ave., including apartment types, amenities and cost.
If you have a domestic partner or dependents, explore Orchard Court, our on-campus family housing.
3. Apply for housing
To live in a residence hall, complete "part one" of the application.
Along with providing demographic and contact information, you will select top choices for communities you'd prefer to live in. The earlier you complete part one, the better your chances are of receiving an assignment. Access the application through your housing portal.
Notifications for those who complete part 1 will begin on Feb. 14, 2025.
Tip: You can return to the residence hall application to update your answers later without affecting your part one completion date.
To apply for an on-campus apartment, join the waitlist.
Learn about the apartment application process at OSU; join the waitlist through the housing portal.
Learn about entering OSU winter or spring terms.
4. Room assignment
In the residence halls
As space allows, transfer students will be able to go through room selection or verify a room placement. After you select a room, you will be able to sign the housing contract. Notification of application status will begin in March and continue through September.
In an apartment
If a room becomes available and your waitlist position is next in the queue, you will be contacted through your ONID email account with an apartment and a tour offer. Due to the high waitlist volume, applicants are given 72 hours to accept or decline the apartment offer.
5. Sign your contract
To secure your space in a residence hall, return to the housing portal and complete "part two" of the application -- signing a 2025-2026 UHDS Room and Dining Contract. You will be given access to sign the contract once you have selected a room or accepted a room placement. Make sure you understand the contract before you complete it.
To accept an apartment offer, follow the instructions in your apartment offer email.
6. Deposit
Pay your Advance Tuition Deposit confirming your intent to enroll at Oregon State.
Graduate 2025
Graduate 2025
For graduate students moving to OSU in fall 2025:
You may join the waitlist to live in an on-campus apartment as soon as you are admitted to OSU. The residence hall application for graduate students opened Feb. 4, 2025, at 2 p.m. Pacific Standard Time.
1. Get admitted to Oregon State
Learn more about graduate admissions.
Register your ONID account
Once you have been admitted, you’ll receive an Oregon Network ID (ONID) account. Your ONID serves as your university email address and as a log-in credential for university services.
Go to the ONID website to activate your account. Remember to check your Oregon State ONID email throughout the year, as that's where we will send housing-related information and updates.
2. Research your options
On-campus apartments:
OSU has apartment complexes on campus reserved for students beyond their first year of college, including graduate students. Learn more about The Gem and 1045 SW Madison Ave., including apartment types, amenities and cost.
If you have a domestic partner or dependents, explore Orchard Court, our on-campus family housing.
Residence halls:
OSU also has residence hall communities set aside for students who are in their second year of college or above.
Which residence halls fit your budget? Take a look at our room and dining rates.
What room types or bathroom styles are you looking for? Explore your options.
As a residence hall resident, you'll also have a dining plan to use at food locations across campus. Which dining plan best fits your needs?
3. Apply for housing
To apply for an on-campus apartment, join the waitlist.
Learn about the apartment application process at OSU; join the waitlist through your housing portal.
To live in a residence hall, complete "part one" of the application.
The earlier you complete part one, the better your chances are of receiving an assignment. Access the application through the housing portal.
Tip: You can return to the residence hall application to update your answers later without affecting your part one completion date.
Learn about entering OSU winter or spring terms.
4. Room assignment
In an apartment:
If a room becomes available and your waitlist position is next in the queue, you will be contacted through your ONID email account with an apartment and a tour offer. Due to the high waitlist volume, applicants are given 72 hours to accept or decline the apartment offer.
In the residence halls:
As space allows, graduate students will be able to go through room selection or verify a room placement. After you select a room, you will be able to sign the housing contract. Notification of application status will begin in March and continue through September.
5. Sign your contract
To accept an apartment offer, follow the instructions in your apartment offer email.
To secure your space in a residence hall, return to the housing portal and complete "part two" of the application -- signing a 2025-2026 UHDS Room and Dining Contract. You will be given access to sign the contract once you have selected a room or accepted a room placement. Make sure you understand the contract before you complete it.