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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? Select your application type below.
Complete and submit your application for admission to Oregon State.
For students entering Fall 2020: New student application available Feb. 5, 2020 (opens 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.
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.
Need help understanding the housing application? Watch our how-to video for a step-by-step explanation of the process.
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.
Students who complete the application by June 1, 2020 are eligible to participate in roommate selection.
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.
All students who complete their housing application by June 1, 2020, 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.
If you complete the housing application after June 1, 2020, our staff will match you with a roommate.
Make sure you understand how gender identity affects roommate matching.
Online roommate matching is available from May 15-June 15, 2020. Return to My College Roomie throughout the room selection period to search for potential roommates. Make sure potential roommates are eligible for the same communities you are. For example, pre-Business students may only match with other pre-Business students. If you wish to live in a triple or quad room, you can select more than one roommate. See more roommate matching tips.
If you have a friend you already know you would like to live with, you both must fill out the My College Roomie questionnaire and then select each other.
If you wish to select your own roommate, you must confirm your roommate matches through My College Roomie by June 15 at 5 p.m. If you do not confirm a roommate in My College Roomie, our staff will match you with a roommate.
Students must complete all items in Steps 1-4 before they can receive a room assignment.
Room assignments will begin in late June and continue until September. Room assignments will be sent to your Oregon State email address.
The first batch of room assignment notifications will be sent by 2 p.m. on June 30, 2020, and will continue in additional batches approximately every two weeks throughout the summer. The date you receive your room assignment depends on the following: