Housing Policies

Philosophy

Learning is promoted through the community which is built when students live and study on campus. The University of Dallas is committed to establishing the continuity between intellectual and residential life. Living on campus contributes to the intellectual, spiritual, social, and emotional growth of the individual student as well as to the other students in residence.

Policy

The University normally requires matriculated undergraduate students under the age of 21 or with fewer than ninety earned credit hours (senior standing) to live on campus. However, the residency requirement has been temporarily suspended for official juniors with sixty or more credit hours under the age of 21 for the 2008-2009 academic year. Students who fall under the residency requirement must actually reside on campus. Married students, veterans, and commuter students living with their parents at home are exempt from this policy. Students that wish to apply for one of the on-campus student apartments should have a minimum of 30 credit hours for the 2008-2009 academic year. Only complete groups will be considered for the student apartments during Housing Registration week each semester.


Every effort is made to honor all room/roommate requests. However, The Office of Student Life reserves the right to reassign a student to a comparable room or apartment, or to move students together who hold double room contracts and are without roommates. Requests for private rooms will be considered on the basis of space availability and seniority. All apartments must be filled to their designed occupancy or the Office of Student Life will determine specific charges for variations in space occupancy.

Liability for Property

The University is not responsible for loss or damage to personal property of residents in the residence halls or campus apartments. It is strongly recommended that students or their parents contract for personal property insurance for the student's belongings. Usually the cost of this insurance is minimal and can be purchased as a 'rider' to the parents household property.

Room and Apartment Assignments

New incoming students are matched according to personal preferences marked on the housing contract and with MBTI (personality type test) scores. Freshmen are not housed with upperclassmen. Every effort is made to honor mutual roommate requests for both incoming and continuing students. However, the Office of Student Life reserves the right to reassign a student to a comparable room or apartment, or to move students together who hold double room contracts and are without roommates.

Rooms and apartments must be filled to their designated occupancy. In the event of a vacancy, the occupants may find a replacement, the Office of Student Life can require consolidation to fill the vacancy, or the occupants might request to keep the spot vacant and pay an additional charge.

Each spring all continuing students that fall under the University of Dallas Residency Requirement MUST complete some type of paperwork (housing contract, commuter form, etc.) establishing their official housing status for the following academic year.

See the Housing Registration Guidelines submenu link for the 2008-2009 academic year.

On Campus Housing Options at the University of Dallas

RESIDENCE HALLS

The University of Dallas has eight undergraduate residence halls.

Six of the eight air conditioned residence halls have two floors, common hallways on each floor, common bathroom and shower facilities, a lounge/TV area and a laundry room with card operated washers and dryers. Cards may be purchased outside the Office of Student Life. Two halls consist of one floor each with one common corridor and bathroom facilities. All halls (except Anselm) have common kitchen facilities.

Halls vary in size from 31 to 96 students. The halls are directly supervised by Resident Assistants and Residence Coordinators. Most are double occupancy. However, single, triple and quads rooms are available for non-freshmen.

All incoming freshmen are placed in standard double rooms with a roommate.

All rooms have standard twin-size (39"x76") beds, desks and closet and drawer space for each resident. Rooms also have wash basins with storage space beneath, a medicine cabinet and limited book shelving. Luggage may be kept in the common storage room. Housekeeping service is provided for the common hallways, bathrooms and lounges. Residents are responsible for the upkeep of their own rooms. All rooms are equipped with one telephone jack and network jacks for each resident to access the Internet through the University server.

Period of Lease

The residence hall contract is for one academic year but does not include holiday break periods when all undergraduate halls are closed (Christmas break and spring break). Any resident that qualifies for and decides to take an automatic exemption from the residency requirement may do so at semester break. However, since the student will be breaking their contract, there is a $600.00 contract breakage fee (as listed on the back of the contract) for the spring semester which will be placed against the account of the student in the Business Office. Contracts broken mid-semester are also subject to the REFUND RULES below:.

• Before move-in, 100%
  
• After move-in and through last add/drop date, 80%
  
• First week after the close of the add/drop period, 60%
  
• Second week after the close of the add/drop period, 40%
  
• Third week after the close of the add/drop period, 20%
  
• From the 4th on after the close of the add/drop period, 0%

Each week is calculated from the last day of the academic add/drop period. A week is seven calendar days long beginning immediately after the closing of the add/drop period. Refer to the General Bulletin for the official ending date of the add/drop period for the semester of withdrawal.

What to Bring

Photos of typical residence hall room

Virtual tour of typical residence hall room

STUDENT APARTMENTS

The University offers to current students with a minimum of 30 credit hours two-bedroom (four student occupancy) units, a few one-bedroom (two student occupancy) units and 1 (one student occupancy) efficiency unit. The complex has a common laundry area, a central courtyard and parking. The apartments are interconnected with a unique system of exterior catwalks on the second and third levels. This design allows each apartment to occupy the entire floor of any given building, thus eliminating common walls and entrances in the complex. The concrete structure is fireproof. Each apartment has a sheltered balcony, fully operable blinds, and walk-in closets. The floors are carpeted except for the kitchen and shower/commode areas, which are vinyl. All apartments have basic furniture. Students must provide their own microwave ovens and cookware.

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