Applying for Housing-Housing Services - Carnegie Mellon University

Applying for Housing

All first-year students must submit the online New Resident Housing Application and Housing License Agreement before May 31. First-year students who were admitted off of the admissions waitlist after May 31 should submit the Housing Application and Housing License Agreement as soon as they have accepted their admission.

Applying for housing is easy, but before you start the housing application, make sure that you take some time to read through this site, become more familiar with the buildings and set up your Andrew ID. Do you have specific person(s) that you would like to room with? If so, make sure that you have their Andrew IDs so that you can request them on the application.  You'll also have the opportunity to browse through potential roommates as part of the application process.

Residents who are under the age of 18 when completing the First-year Housing Application will need to submit a paper Housing License Agreement (which you can print out directly from the application) signed by a parent or guardian. Be sure to allow extra time before the May 31 deadline to submit this paperwork.

Housing applications are not considered to be "complete" until the Housing License Agreement is signed and received by the Housing and Dining Services office. You will receive a confirmation e-mail once your Housing License Agreement has been received by our office, whether it is the electronic Housing License Agreement or the paper version. Once your application is "complete" you will no longer be able to make changes to your application, so make sure that your requests and preferences are final before submitting you agreement.

First-Year Housing and Dining Application

  • for new, incoming first-year residents
  • for new College of Fine Arts transfer students
The first-year housing application requires the use of your Andrew User ID.

Upper-Class Housing Application

  • for new, incoming transfer students
  • for new, incoming exchange students
  • for current upper-class students living off-campus
  • for current upper-class students living in Greek housing