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Residential Experience, a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to fully immerse in the Terrapin community and be within steps of everything you need for a successful transition to college life.</p> </div> </div> <div class="section section-umd_terp_basic_page section-ut_button_set"> <div class="btn-set" id="umd_terp_paragraph--3881"> <a href="https://starrez.umd.edu/" class="btn btn-primary" target="_self"> Housing Portal </a> <a href="https://reslife.umd.edu/terp-housing/apply#housingcommitmentspolicy" class="btn btn-primary" target="_self"> Housing Commitments Policy </a> </div> </div> <div class="section section-umd_terp_basic_page section-ut_divider"> <div> <hr class="divider spacing-medium rule-small" id="umd_terp_paragraph--3565"> </div> </div> <div class="section section-umd_terp_basic_page section-ut_text"> <div> <div class="editor-content" id="umd_terp_paragraph--3574"> <h2>New Students</h2> </div> </div> </div> <div class="section section-umd_terp_basic_page section-ut_card_group"> <div class="card-group-bg card-group-bg-default" id="umd_terp_paragraph--3577"> <div class="card-group"> <div class="card-wrap card-wrap--2"> <div class="card" id="umd_terp_paragraph--3576"> <div class="card-img-top card-img"> <img src="/sites/default/files/styles/optimized/public/2020-06/Students_Outdoors_02052019_7578.jpg?itok=OUu0Wzi3" alt="Students outdoors on the Mall on an unseasonably warm February day."> </div> <div class="card-body"> <h2 class="card-title">2025 Spring Semester </h2> <div class="card-text"><p><em>Housing Agreement for January 2025–May 2025</em></p><p>Spring-only housing for incoming new and transfer students or current commuters who want to live on campus for the spring semester.</p></div> <a href="/terp-housing/apply/spring-only" class="card-cta fancy-link" target="_self"> Apply for Spring Only housing </a> </div> </div> </div> <div class="card-wrap card-wrap--2"> <div class="card" id="umd_terp_paragraph--3575"> <div class="card-img-top card-img"> <img src="/sites/default/files/styles/optimized/public/2022-10/mixed-gender-students-room.jpg?itok=TvSdzSw4" alt="four students hanging out in residence hall room"> </div> <div class="card-body"> <h2 class="card-title">2024-2025 New Students</h2> <div class="card-text"><p><em>Housing Agreement for August 2024–May 2025</em></p> <p>Residence hall housing for newly admitted students (full academic year).</p> </div> <a href="/terp-housing/apply/new-students" class="card-cta fancy-link" target="_self"> Apply as a New Student </a> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="section section-umd_terp_basic_page section-ut_divider"> <div> <hr class="divider spacing-xlarge rule-none" id="umd_terp_paragraph--3579"> </div> </div> <div class="section section-umd_terp_basic_page section-ut_text"> <div> <div class="editor-content" id="umd_terp_paragraph--3578"> <h2 id="returning">Returning Students</h2> </div> </div> </div> <div class="section section-umd_terp_basic_page section-ut_card_group"> <div class="card-group-bg card-group-bg-default" id="umd_terp_paragraph--3564"> <div class="card-group"> <div class="card-wrap card-wrap--2"> <div class="card" id="umd_terp_paragraph--3561"> <div class="card-img-top card-img"> <img src="/sites/default/files/styles/optimized/public/2022-01/transfer-students.jpg?itok=kvIo_Nui" alt="two students sitting on a blanket on the grass"> </div> <div class="card-body"> <h2 class="card-title">2025-2026 Returning Students</h2> <div class="card-text"><p><em>Housing Agreement for August 2025–May 2026</em></p><p>Current on-campus residents must submit an agreement to be eligible for Room Selection. Deadline to apply is February 24, 2025.</p></div> <a href="/terp-housing/apply/returning-students" class="card-cta fancy-link" target="_self"> Apply as a Returning Student </a> </div> </div> </div> <div class="card-wrap card-wrap--2"> <div class="card" id="umd_terp_paragraph--3569"> <div class="card-img-top card-img"> <img src="/sites/default/files/styles/optimized/public/2022-09/SouthCampusCommons_05122009_001%20fixed.JPG?itok=a6LtpMKL" alt="exterior view of south campus commons"> </div> <div class="card-body"> <h2 class="card-title">South Campus Commons & The Courtyards</h2> <div class="card-text"><p><em>2025-2026 Leasing Application</em></p><p>A separate application and leasing process applies to these apartment communities, which are owned and operated by a private management company.</p></div> <a href="/terp-housing/additional-housing-options/scc-courtyards" class="card-cta fancy-link" target="_self"> Apply for SCC/CTY </a> </div> </div> </div> <div class="card-wrap card-wrap--2"> <div class="card" id="umd_terp_paragraph--3563"> <div class="card-img-top card-img"> <img src="/sites/default/files/styles/optimized/public/2022-10/Washington%20Quad-BBQ.jpg?itok=BuXWjThq" alt="students at a bbq on washington quad on a sunny day"> </div> <div class="card-body"> <h2 class="card-title">Summer Housing</h2> <div class="card-text"><p>Students taking Summer Session courses are invited to stay in one of our single or double-bedroom apartments on campus. </p></div> <a href="/terp-housing/additional-housing-options/summer-housing" class="card-cta fancy-link" target="_self"> Summer Housing Information </a> </div> </div> </div> <div class="card-wrap card-wrap--2"> <div class="card" id="umd_terp_paragraph--5587"> <div class="card-img-top card-img"> <img src="/sites/default/files/styles/optimized/public/2024-10/53237314413_07c639e993_c_0.jpg?itok=iSANnsAu" alt="Two people walking outdoors"> </div> <div class="card-body"> <h2 class="card-title">Break Housing Options</h2> <div class="card-text"><p>Housing request for break periods, including Thanksgiving, Winter, and Spring Breaks</p></div> <a href="https://reslife.umd.edu/terp-housing/thanksgiving-break" class="card-cta fancy-link" target="_self"> Thanksgiving Break housing options </a> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="section section-umd_terp_basic_page section-ut_divider"> <div> <hr class="divider spacing-xlarge rule-small" id="umd_terp_paragraph--3583"> </div> </div> <div class="section section-umd_terp_basic_page section-ut_text"> <div> <div class="editor-content" id="umd_terp_paragraph--3584"> <h2>Information for Specific Student Groups</h2> </div> </div> </div> <div class="section section-umd_terp_basic_page section-ut_accordion"> <div class="accordion" id="accordion-3822"> <!-- test comment --> <div class="card"> <div class="card-header" id="accordion-3822-header-16"> <button class="btn" data-toggle="collapse" data-target="#accordion-3822-content-16" aria-expanded="false" aria-controls="accordion-3822-content-16"> LGBTQ+ Students </button> </div> <div id="accordion-3822-content-16" class="collapse" aria-labelledby="accordion-3822-header-16" data-parent="#accordion-3822" > <div class="card-body"> <div> <div class="editor-content" id="umd_terp_paragraph--3813"> <p>We are committed to making the residence halls a welcoming place where each person has a rightful place within our community. We support the academic and social success of all our residents.</p> <p>Our staff works closely with students who bring different identities to their residence hall experience on housing assignments. Please contact Michelle McCubbin directly at (301) 314-9555 or via email at <a href="mailto:mmccubbi@umd.edu">mmccubbi@umd.edu</a> to understand the options available to you and to explore different housing options. </p> <p><strong>Campus Housing Options</strong></p> <p>Students can choose among three gender options for their residence hall housing assignment:</p> <ul> <li><strong>Single Gender:</strong> Rooms, floors, wings, semi-suites, suites, and apartments that are assigned by sex. Students residing in these assignments share a bedroom and bathroom with students of the same sex or gender.</li> <li><strong>Mixed Gender:</strong> Students live in a room with a student of the same sex or gender, but the room may be next to a room that is occupied by students of different sex or gender. On traditional hall floors, community bathrooms are designated as male or female. Suite and apartment bathroom designations are determined by residents. </li> <li><strong>Gender Inclusive:</strong> A housing option where students, regardless of sex, gender, or gender identity, share the same bedroom. Gender-inclusive traditional hall rooms and semi-suites have a private bathroom. Suite and apartment bathroom designations are determined by residents.</li> </ul> <p>We also offer the following housing types across campus:</p> <ul> <li><strong>Traditional Hall Rooms with Community Bathrooms</strong>: traditional residence halls have single, double, triple and quad rooms that are shared with other residents. Residents share one large community bathroom with several toilet stalls, shower stalls, and sinks. Most first year students live in traditional halls.</li> <li><strong>Suites and Apartments</strong>: suites and apartments have several bedrooms (single, double, and a small number of triple rooms) in an individual unit, with a common room shared by all residents. Most bathrooms in suites and apartments are single use bathrooms that are shared among all the residents in that unit. Apartments have a kitchen in addition to the common room. Most suites and apartments are occupied by second, third, and fourth year students.</li> <li><strong>Semi-Suites</strong>: semi-suites have two adjoining double rooms and a shared bathroom. Residents have access to a semi-private bathroom shared by no more than four students. Most semi-suites are occupied for second and third year students.</li> <li><strong>Mixed-Gender Apartment Living in Campus Affiliated Apartment Communities</strong>: eligible students (typically third and fourth year students) can select <a href="https://reslife.umd.edu/terp-housing/additional-housing-options/scc-courtyards" title="mixed gender apartments at SCC and CTY">mixed gender apartments at South Campus Commons and The Courtyards</a>.</li> </ul> </div> </div> <div> <hr class="divider spacing-medium rule-none" id="umd_terp_paragraph--4602"> </div> <a href="https://reslife.umd.edu/terp-housing/programs-communities#mixed-gender" class="btn btn-primary" target="_self"> More Details on Mixed Gender & Gender Inclusive Housing </a> </div> </div> </div> <div class="card"> <div class="card-header" id="accordion-3822-header-17"> <button class="btn" data-toggle="collapse" data-target="#accordion-3822-content-17" aria-expanded="false" aria-controls="accordion-3822-content-17"> International Students </button> </div> <div id="accordion-3822-content-17" class="collapse" aria-labelledby="accordion-3822-header-17" data-parent="#accordion-3822" > <div class="card-body"> <div> <div class="editor-content" id="umd_terp_paragraph--3815"> <p>Our community provides a strong support system to help you settle into campus life and your new home away from home. Most first-year students live in residence halls in doubles, triples or quad rooms, shared with one or more roommates. Returning students typically live in single rooms, apartments or suites.</p> <p>Over Thanksgiving, Winter Break and Spring Break, international students can request to stay in the residence halls. We have many halls that remain open for the break periods. If your hall is closed during breaks, you will be temporarily reassigned to a floor lounge in another residence hall.</p> <p>We work closely with the International Student & Scholars Services (ISSS) office to organize an orientation that covers housing options for all incoming international students. Please visit the ISSS website for additional resources.</p> <p>We recommend that international students purchase a dining plan and explore the wide variety of delicious and healthy food in the dining halls, cafés, convenience shops, concession stands, and food courts on campus.</p> <p>Check out our YouTube videos about what it’s like to live on campus and to find more information on moving in, roommate relationships, and more.</p> </div> </div> <div> <hr class="divider spacing-small rule-none" id="umd_terp_paragraph--3823"> </div> <a href="https://www.youtube.com/c/umdreslife/videos" class="btn btn-primary" target="_self"> Res Life YouTube Channel </a> </div> </div> </div> <div class="card"> <div class="card-header" id="accordion-3822-header-18"> <button class="btn" data-toggle="collapse" data-target="#accordion-3822-content-18" aria-expanded="false" aria-controls="accordion-3822-content-18"> Graduate Students </button> </div> <div id="accordion-3822-content-18" class="collapse" aria-labelledby="accordion-3822-header-18" data-parent="#accordion-3822" > <div class="card-body"> <div> <div class="editor-content" id="umd_terp_paragraph--3818"> <p><a href="http://www.graduatehousing.net/" title="Graduate Student Housing">Graduate Gardens and Graduate Hills</a> are two graduate student apartment communities located on University property and managed by Southern Management Corporation.</p> <p>Many apartment complexes and homes near campus rent bedrooms to University of Maryland students. Visit the <a href="http://www.och.umd.edu/" title="Off-Campus Housing Services office">Off-Campus Housing Services office</a> website for resources, information, and online tools to search for housing in the greater College Park area. Additionally, the <a href="https://thestamp.umd.edu/Graduate_Student_Life" title="UMD Graduate Student Life office">UMD Graduate Student Life office</a> also offers a wide range of resources for graduate students.</p> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="card"> <div class="card-header" id="accordion-3822-header-19"> <button class="btn" data-toggle="collapse" data-target="#accordion-3822-content-19" aria-expanded="false" aria-controls="accordion-3822-content-19"> Veteran Students </button> </div> <div id="accordion-3822-content-19" class="collapse" aria-labelledby="accordion-3822-header-19" data-parent="#accordion-3822" > <div class="card-body"> <div> <div class="editor-content" id="umd_terp_paragraph--3820"> <p>Most veterans at Maryland live in their homes or in housing they find in our local area. Veterans who need to locate housing in the College Park vicinity are encouraged to visit the <a href="http://www.och.umd.edu/" title="Off-Campus Housing Service">Off-Campus Housing Service</a> website for resources. Veterans who will enroll as full-time undergraduate students at the University of Maryland, College Park campus may apply to live in the on-campus residence halls upon their admission or readmission.</p> <p>We guarantee residence hall housing for veterans who are admitted to the University of Maryland as first-year students following their military service.</p> <p>Veterans can also contact an admissions counselor at (301) 314-8385, Maryland's Returning Students Program office at (301) 314-7693, and Maryland's Veterans Affairs office at (301) 314-8239 for additional support.</p> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="section section-umd_terp_basic_page section-ut_divider"> <div> <hr class="divider spacing-large rule-small" id="umd_terp_paragraph--3790"> </div> </div> <div class="section section-umd_terp_basic_page section-ut_text"> <div> <div class="editor-content" id="umd_terp_paragraph--3791"> <p> </p><h2 id="housingcommitmentspolicy">Housing Commitments Policy</h2><p>The following is the order in which available spaces in the on-campus residence halls at the University of Maryland are allocated for any given Fall semester.</p><p>Questions may be directed to Resident Life's Assignments and Public Inquiry staff at (301) 314-2100 or <a href="mailto:reslife@umd.edu">reslife@umd.edu</a>.</p> </div> </div> </div> <div class="section section-umd_terp_basic_page section-ut_button_set"> <div class="btn-set" id="umd_terp_paragraph--5110"> <a href="https://issuu.com/umdreslife/docs/fallhousingoutlook-brochure-2025" class="btn btn-secondary" target="_self"> Fall 2025 Housing Outlook </a> </div> </div> <div class="section section-umd_terp_basic_page section-ut_text"> <div> <div class="editor-content" id="umd_terp_paragraph--3840"> <div class="section section-umd_terp_basic_page section-ut_table"><div data-quickedit-entity-id="paragraph/1270"><table class="table table-stacked table-striped table-default" data-tablesaw-mode="stack" id="umd_terp_paragraph--1270"><thead><tr><th colspan="2">Housing Commitment Groups</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>Exempted Pre-Approvals</td><td>Resident Students Exempted and Pre-Approved in the On-Campus Student Housing Strategic Plan.*</td></tr><tr><td>1st<br>(First-Year Students)</td><td><ul><li>New Fall First-Time Freshmen meeting enrollment confirmation and housing application deadlines of June 1.</li><li>New Spring First-Time Freshmen participating in Freshmen Connection and meeting enrollment confirmation and housing application deadlines of June 1.</li><li>New Fall Transfers or Other New-to-Housing with Freshman class-standing (less than 15 credits at time of admission offer) and meeting enrollment confirmation and housing application deadlines of June 1.</li></ul></td></tr><tr><td>2nd<br>(Second-Year Students)</td><td><ul><li>Returning Residents for a Fall semester for <strong>whom the previous Spring was their first or second semester </strong>of enrollment at any college or university and at least their first semester in a University of Maryland residence hall and meeting all housing eligibility requirements and established housing application deadlines.</li><li>New Fall Transfers who have Sophomore class-standing (between 15-44 credits at time of admission offer) and meeting enrollment confirmation and housing application deadlines of June 1.</li><li>Other New-to-Housing students with Sophomore class-standing meeting a June 1 housing application deadline.</li></ul></td></tr><tr><td>3rd<br>(Third-Year Students)</td><td><ul><li>Returning Residents for a Fall semester for whom the previous Spring was their third or fourth semester of enrollment at any college or university and at least their first semester in a University of Maryland residence hall and meeting all housing eligibility requirements and established housing application deadlines.</li><li>New Fall Transfers who have Junior class-standing (between 45-74 credits at time of admission offer) and meeting enrollment confirmation and housing application deadlines of June 1.</li><li>Other New to Housing students with Junior class-standing meeting a June 1 housing application deadline.</li></ul></td></tr><tr><td>4th<br>(Fourth and Fifth-Year Students)</td><td><ul><li>Returning Residents for a Fall semester for <strong>whom the previous Spring was their fifth or sixth semester</strong> of enrollment at any college or university and at least their first semester in a University of Maryland residence hall and meeting all housing eligibility requirements and established housing application deadlines.</li><li>New Fall Transfers who have Senior class-standing (between 75-104 credits at time of admission offer) and meeting enrollment confirmation and housing application deadlines of June 1.</li><li>Other New to Housing students with Senior class-standing meeting a June 1 housing application deadline.</li><li>Returning Residents for a Fall semester for <strong>whom the previous Spring was their seventh or eighth semester</strong> of enrollment at any college or university and at least their first semester in a University of Maryland residence hall and meeting all housing eligibility requirements and established housing application deadlines.</li></ul></td></tr><tr><td>5th</td><td>All other housing applicants, including part-time undergraduates, post-baccalaureate students and graduate students.</td></tr></tbody></table></div></div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="section section-umd_terp_basic_page section-ut_text"> <div> <div class="editor-content" id="umd_terp_paragraph--3841"> <h3>* Students Exempted with Pre-Approved Housing Status</h3><ul><li>Banneker-Key Scholars (3rd and 4th Commitment Group)</li><li>Students in the Maryland Incentives Program (3rd and 4th Commitment Group)</li><li>DRL Resident Assistants & Desk Operations Supervisors</li><li>Students assigned to designated athletic spaces (3rd and 4th Commitment Group)</li><li>Students assigned to Language 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