Application Process
Please contact the Housing Office with any questions. Students receive all e-mail communication to their Husky e-mail account with the information that pertains to them.
Housing Application & Selection
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INCOMING FIRST YEARs
First-year students live in one of our popular Living Learning Communities (LLCs), themed housing environments that connect students of similar academic and personal interests. LLCs are a great way to enrich your academic experience outside the classroom and to form long-lasting bonds with other students who share the same values and enjoy the same activities. After your first year, you are guaranteed university housing if you follow any application and deposit deadlines for your full four years.
Which LLC is right for you? Take the quiz!
APPLYING FOR FIRST YEAR HOUSING
Once you have set up your myNortheastern and paid your enrollment deposit (which includes the housing deposit) you will be able to fill out the Housing Application under Self Service and Housing Online. It can take 24-48 hours from when you pay your deposit to have access to Housing Online. As long as you have paid the enrollment deposit by May 1 you will be able to fill out the housing application. Housing Applications are due by May 20 and can be edited until that date.
Assignments for first year students are done in enrollment deposit date order.
| Term | Application Date | Assignment Date |
| Spring 2021 | NUin Preference Due November | mid-to-late December, in enrollment deposit date order. |
| Fall | May 20, 2020 | During the summer, in enrollment deposit date order. |
TRANSFER Students
Housing for transfer students both incoming and continuing is not guaranteed or required.
Incoming Transfer Students
We do not anticipate being able to offer university housing to newly admitted transfer students and at this time we do not have a waitlist.
Continuing Transfer Students
After your first semester, please refer to the Upperclassmen Application and Selection Process listed below.
CURRENT FIRST YEARS/RISING SECOND YEARS
If you were admitted as a traditional first year you are required to live in university housing for your first two years.
The chart below is meant as an overview of our processes. Please click on the specific term for more information.
| CLICK EACH TERM FOR MORE INFO | Application Posted |
Application Due | Selection |
| Fall & Spring |
December 12, 2019 | January 17, 2020 | March 2020 |
| Students who do not choose a room through Fall Selection will be assigned through the PAWS process throughout the summer. | |||
| NUterm | December 12, 2019 | March 2020 | — |
| Summer II | December 12, 2019 | May 8th, 2020 | Preference Form |
| Spring 2021 (Students NOT in Boston for Fall) |
December 12, 2019 | January 17, 2020 | Starting October 2020 |
Upperclassmen (THIRD YEAR+)
The chart below is meant as an overview of our processes. Please click on the specific term for more information.
| CLICK EACH TERM FOR MORE INFO |
Application Posted | Application Due | Deposit Due |
Deposit Amount | Selection Dates |
| Fall & Spring |
Both terms by December 12, 2019 | Both terms by January 17, 2020 | Both terms by February 10, 2020 | two $200 deposits one for each term | February |
| Students with a selection number who do not choose a room through Fall Selection will be assigned through the PAWS process throughout the summer. | |||||
| Summer I | December 12, 2019 | January 17, 2020* | February 10, 2020* | $200 | — |
| Summer II | December 12, 2019 | May 8th, 2020* | —- | Preference Form May |
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| Spring 2021 (Students NOT in Boston for Fall) |
December 12, 2019 | January 17, 2020* | February 10, 2020* | $200 | Starting October 2020 |
| *Deposits and Applications due but are accepted on a rolling basis until we reach capacity at which point students will be added to a waitlist. | |||||
For information on our cancellation policies please see here.
GRADUATE/LAW STUDENTS
Eligibility
Housing is available for eligible full-time students enrolled in a Graduate/Law program at Northeastern. Graduate/Law housing space is limited. Northeastern does not provide accommodations for the College of Professional Studies – CPS, married couples, spousal equivalents, or dependent children. The majority of our Graduate/Law students do not live in university housing. You may obtain information about alternative housing from Off Campus Housing and Support Services, located at 151 Speare Commons, website: www.northeastern.edu/offcampus, e-mail: offcampus@northeastern.edu or phone: 617.373.8480.
For Newly Admitted or First Time Housing Applicants
Graduate/Law Housing for full Academic Year (beginning with Fall)
Graduate/Law housing is limited. By applying, students will participate in the Graduate/Law housing process, once the application becomes available in April. Graduate/Law Students who would like to apply for university housing for the upcoming Fall semester/quarter must submit a housing application by May 31st. Anyone who applies after the May 31st deadline will automatically be placed at the end of the housing waitlist. Please indicate on the application all the semesters/quarters, you are applying for. You will be required to accept the terms and conditions of the Residence Hall and Dining License Agreement before completing your application.
Graduate and Law Assignment Process
For students who have completed the application by May 31st:
- Housing applications will be randomly selected. Students will receive an offer or be placed on a waitlist for housing.
- All students who applied will be notified of their application status by mid-June.
- Students who receive an offer for housing will be required to submit non-refundable $200 housing deposits for all terms requested.
- Students placed on the waitlist will be provided with information about next steps and resources available to you through Off Campus Housing and Student Support.
- Housing will be assigned based on available vacancies, using the preferences listed on the application.
- For students who receive a housing assignment move-in details will be provided at that time; move in date can be found here.
CONTINUING RESIDENTS AND RETURNING GRADUATE/LAW STUDENTS
Graduate/Law Housing for full Academic Year (Summer-Spring)
Graduate/Law students who have lived in university housing can renew their license agreement. Those eligible students will be contacted directly by Housing and Residential Life no later than mid-March; applicable housing deposits will be due upon request.
ANY MID-YEAR HOUSING APPLICANTS
Graduate/Law Housing for start after Fall term (mid-year)
Graduate/Law Housing will be on a waitlist after the start of the Fall term. Waitlists are not active at this time, complete the application if you are interested in university housing