The Process
You must be admission complete before applying for housing. You can apply for fall admission beginning August 1.
Admissions applications are deemed complete when all items listed as application requirements have arrived and been processed by the Office of Admissions. Recommended/suggested items do not affect completion. Items submitted electronically appear online in a couple of days; items submitted by mail can take two weeks or more to be processed and appear online.
Want to see a residence hall for yourself?
If you’re planning a trip to campus and would like to take a residence hall tour, visit the Tours page for details.
Applying to live on campus is a four-part process that involves submitting your housing application, receiving and returning/accepting your contract, submitting immunization documentation, selecting your housing preferences, and receiving your assignment.
Part 1: The Housing Application
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Application
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- Once your MyStatus page indicates that your application for admission is complete, submit your UT Austin housing application. You do not need to be admitted to apply for housing.
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Processing fee and waivers
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- Pay your non-refundable $50 housing application fee.
- Pay by credit card (MasterCard, American Express or Discover), electronic check, or mail a check.
- If you are a first-time freshman and have been approved for an admissions application fee waiver, then your housing application fee will be automatically waived. To receive the waiver for housing, the admissions application fee waiver must be posted prior to applying for housing.
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Part 2: The Housing Contract
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Contract notification
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- If you’re admitted to the university and accept your admission by satisfying your enrollment deposit, you are eligible for a housing contract offer. Housing contract offer e-mail notifications are sent in application date order based on availability.
- Update your e-mail address as needed so you’ll be sure to receive your notification.
- Add housing@austin.utexas.edu to your list of contacts to prevent e-mails from going to spam or junk mail.
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Contract review
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- Carefully review the contract and the Terms & Conditions.
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Date, sign and return
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- If you agree to the contract Terms & Conditions, accept your contract online.
- If you are not yet 18, you will need to print, and both you and your guarantor must sign and date the contract and return to Housing.
- Contracts can be sent to housing@austin.utexas.edu, faxed to 512-475-6532 or mailed to P.O. Box 7666, Austin, TX 78713.
- Contracts not received by the expiration date are cancelled. If your contract is cancelled, log in to your MyHousing account to reactivate your application or contact the Division of Housing and Food Service at housing@austin.utexas.edu to reactivate your application or with any questions.
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Advance payment
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- Once you accept your contract, be sure to satisfy your $300 advance payment, which will be applied to your housing bill.
- Students who qualify for certain types of financial aid are eligible for a financial aid deferment of their advance payment.
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Part 3: Your Preferences
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Make your housing preferences
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- After you submit your contract and advance payment, log in to submit your housing preferences.
- Your housing preferences include residence halls, special living communities, bath types, and roommate preference(s).
- Submit your housing preferences for fall by July 1.
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Part 4: Your Assignment
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Receive your assignment
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- E-mail notifications will begin rolling out in mid-July with details about room assignments and fall check-in procedures. Your Living on Campus Guide will be available online from the housing website.
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Updated
2 August 2011 |
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