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.
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 7 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 7, 2021 | 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 17, 2020 | January 22, 2021 | March 2021 |
| Students who do not choose a room through Fall Selection will be assigned through the PAWS process throughout the summer. Students who choose housing during Fall selection and later cancel will choose a new space during Spring Selection in October 2021. | |||
| NUterm | December 17, 2020 | March 2021 | — |
| Summer II | December 17, 2020 | May 1, 2021 | Preference Form |
| Spring 2021 (Students NOT in Boston for Fall) |
December 19, 2020 | 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 17, 2020 | Both terms by January 22, 2021 | Both terms by February 16, 2021 | two $200 deposits one for each term | February/March |
| Students with a selection number who do not choose a room through Fall Selection will be assigned through the PAWS process throughout the summer. Students who choose housing during Fall selection and later cancel will choose a new space during Spring Selection in October 2021. | |||||
| Summer I | December 17, 2020 | March 1, 2021 | March 1, 2021* | $200 | — |
| Summer II | December 17, 2020 | May 1, 2021* | May 1, 2021 | $200 | Preference Form May |
| Spring 2022 (Students NOT in Boston for Fall) |
December 17, 2020 | January 22, 2021 | February 16, 2021 | $200 | Starting October 2021 |
| *Deposits and Applications for Summer are 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:
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 (Fall-Spring)
Graduate/Law housing is limited. Graduate/Law Students interested in university housing for the upcoming Fall semester must submit a housing application, which will open in early April and are due by May 31st. Anyone who applies after the May 31st deadline will automatically be placed on the waitlist. Please submit applications for each of the semesters, 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(s).
Graduate and Law Assignment Process
For students who have completed the application by May 31st:
- Students will be randomly selected and 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 via their Northeastern email address.
- Students who receive an offer for housing will be required to submit non-refundable $200 housing deposits for all semesters requested. Failing to submit housing deposit(s) by the communicated deadline will forfeit your housing placement.
- 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.
- If you need a medical accommodation for housing, you must complete your registration with the Disability Resource Center before the May 31st application deadline. More information on this process can be found here. Students must also Select “Yes” to having a housing accommodation on their housing applications.
- 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 dates can be found here.
CONTINUING RESIDENTS AND RETURNING GRADUATE/LAW STUDENTS
Graduate/Law Housing for full Academic Year (Summer-Spring)
Eligible students will be contacted directly by Housing and Residential Life no later than mid-March. Interested students who wish to continue living in university housing can apply and submit housing deposits for their desired semesters.