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All students are eligible for on-campus housing. The housing application will ask you questions about yourself and your living and dining preferences to help determine your best fit for on-campus housing.
What type of student are you?
Complete and submit your application for admission to Oregon State.
For first-year students moving to in Fall 2021: The new student housing application opens February 10, 2021, at 2 p.m. Pacific Standard Time.
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 e-mail address and as a log-in credential for university services.
Go to the ONID website to activate your account; select “Sign Up for ONID” on the left hand side.
Review Oregon State’s First Year Experience and Live-On Policy.
Do you want to live in a Living-Learning Community or a Special Interest Community? Does your major require or strongly encourage you to select a certain community?
Students who have majors in the College of Business are required to live in College of Business communities. Business students who would like to live outside these communities or with a non-Business roommate can contact us for more information.
Take a look at our 2020-21 room and dining rates. (Rates for the 2021-22 academic year will be released in spring 2021.)
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?
Your application is also your contract; make sure you understand your housing application and contract before you complete it.
The earlier you complete your application, the better your chances are of receiving your top choices.
Select your top choices for buildings and dining plan. You can return to the application to update your answers without affecting your application completion date.
May 1, 2021, is the priority housing deadline for new students.
Students who apply for housing and pay their Advance Tuition Deposit by May 1, 2021, are eligible to select their own roommate.
Pay your Advance Tuition Deposit confirming your intent to enroll at Oregon State.
Before you can receive a room assignment, you must register for a START orientation session.
During spring 2021, students who have completed their housing application by May 1, 2021, will receive an email with a login invitation to My College Roomie, an online roommate matching system we use to help you find potential roommates. Filling out OSU's My College Roomie questionnaire will help you find someone in our online roommate matching system if you want to choose your own roommate, and will help our staff match you if you do not choose your own roommate.
Participating in roommate matching is optional. Our staff will match you with another student if you do not use the My College Roomie system to find your own roommate.
Make sure you understand how gender identity affects roommate matching.
Learn more about the roommate matching process.
See dates and deadlines for participating in roommate matching. For new students entering in fall 2021, roommate matching takes place from May 5 - June 1, 2021.
Students must complete all items in Steps 1-4 before they can receive a room assignment.
The first batch of room assignments will be sent on June 30, 2021. Assignments will continue throughout July, August, and early September, 2021. Room assignments will be sent to your Oregon State email address.
The date you receive your room assignment depends on the following: