Current undergraduate residents of University Residences - please read the Contracting for Current Residents FAQ
While assignments are not made based on the application signed date, we encourage everyone interested in living with University Residences to apply as early as possible. Housing assignments are made based upon availability and four general areas:
If you plan to attend Purdue University for the 2023-24 academic year, you should sign a housing application by the new student application deadline, currently scheduled for May 5, 2023 at 11:59 p.m. ET. If you later decide not to attend Purdue University for the 2023-24 academic year, you may cancel your signed housing application by the new student application cancellation deadline of May 5, 2023 at 11:59 p.m. ET. After May 5, 2023, your signed housing application becomes legally binding and may only be cancelled if you are not attending Purdue University at the West Lafayette campus during the contract term. However, you will not receive a refund of the housing application processing fee.
If your plans have changed and you will not attend Purdue University for the 2023-24 academic year, you will need to cancel your housing application online on the housing portal.
After May 5, 2023, you will need to send an email message that includes your name, your Purdue University ID Number, and a note that you are not attending Purdue University for the 2023-24 academic year. Your email message should be sent to our Housing email address here.
As the University payment plan is administered by the Bursar's Office, requests to change a payment plan will need to be directed to the Bursar's office.
The following residences provide air conditioning in their student rooms:
Of the University admission acceptance deposit you have already paid, $200 will be applied as your nonrefundable housing application processing fee – after you sign a housing application. This will be reflected in your MyPurdue portal beginning in July. Transfer, re-entry and re-admit students: If space is available and you are offered a housing application, you will be assessed a nonrefundable $200 housing application processing fee after you sign a housing application. This charge will be reflected in your MyPurdue portal beginning in July. The housing application processing fee will be waived for students returning to University Residences from Industrial Co-op, Study Abroad, Military, or for a medical reason.
The housing portal is currently scheduled to be open until May 5, 2023 at 11:59 p.m. ET, as housing demand and space permits. We encourage everyone interested in living with University Residences to apply as early as possible.
Students who do not have an accepted roommate request will be assigned with a roommate considering the responses to the Personal Preference questions you and other new incoming students have answered.
Roommate requests submitted by the priority deadline of April 15, 2023 will be approved as space permits and are subject to completed signed applications, approved housing accommodations and medical AC requests, educational programs, and personal preferences respectively; however, roommate requests received after the priority deadline will be considered but are not guaranteed.
It is possible that roommate requests may be assigned together, but in a triple, quad or apartment.
Students in Learning Communities will not be assigned with a requested roommate who isn’t also in the same Learning Community.
Once you enter your Purdue University ID Number to sign a housing application, this is considered a legal electronic signature. You may cancel your signed application online until May 5, 2023 at 11:59 p.m. ET. Beginning May 6, 2023, your signed application becomes legally binding and may only be cancelled if you do not attend Purdue University during the contract period. Students will not be released from their housing contract to live in a sorority, fraternity, apartment, cooperative housing, private home, or other place of residence or as a result of a change in financial status.
If your plans have changed and you will not attend Purdue University for the 2023-24 academic year, you will need to cancel your signed housing application online on the housing portal. After May 5, 2023, you will need to send an email message that includes your name, your Purdue University ID Number, and a note that you are not attending Purdue University for the 2023-24 academic year. Your email message should be sent to: housing@purdue.edu.
Students may make changes to their selections in the housing portal until May 5, 2023 at 11:59 p.m. ET.
Once new student assignments are released on or around July 15, 2023, students will have another opportunity to make changes to their meal plan. The deadline to lower your meal plan is Thursday, August 17, 2023 at 11:59 p.m. ET. Students assigned to Hawkins Hall and Hilltop Apartments who want to change to a room-only plan also must change their meal plan selection to room only no later than Thursday, August 17, 2023 at 11:59 p.m.
Students may choose to upgrade their meal plan any time during the semester. For more information regarding all of the meal plans offered by Purdue Dining & Culinary, visit the meal plan website.
If any of your personal information is incorrect, you must change your personal information within the myPurdue website. If your gender is not correct, you will need to contact the Admissions Office at (765) 494-1776. Please allow up to 72 hours for the housing contract portal to reflect any changes made to your personal information on the myPurdue website.
You will receive specific information about installing a loft in your room along with your Notice of Assignment. You will receive this information on or about July 15, 2023, at your Purdue email address. View Our Loft Guidelines and Options page here.
You will be notified of your residence assignment information on or about July 15, 2023, at your Purdue email address.
New students to University Residences who sign a housing application by the new student application deadline, currently scheduled for May 5, 2023 at 11:59 p.m. ET will be prioritized in the housing assignment process. Housing assignments are made based upon availability and four general areas:
The following residences provide air conditioning in their student rooms:
There isn't a deadline for students to sign a spring semester housing contract. However, priority for room assignment will be established by the date the spring semester housing contract is signed.
We cannot guarantee all students wanting to sign a spring only contract will be able to do so. We will monitor the numbers and may have to close the portal if space is no longer available. If this occurs, we will start taking requests for a waitlist.