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On-Campus Housing

Approximately two weeks after you apply, the Department of Housing and Residence Education will mail you information about applying online for campus housing. All applicants receive this information regardless of their housing plans. If you are interested in on-campus housing, complete the online housing application and submit the $25 non-refundable application fee as soon as possible. Campus housing is assigned on a first-come, first-served basis. Once admitted, the Housing Office will send you a housing contract and more information for obtaining on-campus housing. There are more than 7,330 on-campus residence spaces, of which 70 percent are reserved for freshmen.

If housing space is available, the Department of Housing and Residence Education will offer a residence hall contract, which is legally binding and must be completed and returned with your advance rent payment to the Department by the date specified.

If no housing space is available, you will receive information about being placed on the housing wait list.

  • Residence hall contracts cover one academic year, fall and spring semesters. They also are available for the summer and/or spring only.
  • The advance rent payment must accompany the signed contract ID form unless you are participating in the State of Florida Prepaid Program. That office will be billed directly for all rent payments (except summer) after UF receives the signed housing contract ID form.
  • Campus housing is billed by the semester, not by the month or year.
  • Rent statements for the initial term are billed to the permanent home address. Subsequent billings are mailed to the student's local address.
  • Students who do not attend UF must notify the Department of Housing and Residence Education in writing to request cancellation of their residence hall contract. There is a cancellation fee.
  • Residence hall contracts cannot be canceled unless you successfully petition and can provide written documentation to the Department of Housing and Residence Education of severe medical or financial hardship.
  • Residence hall contracts cannot be canceled to live in a fraternity or sorority house unless a special release is approved by the director of Housing and Residence Education. Special releases generally occur only in the first two weeks of September.
  • Residence hall contracts beyond the freshman year are limited to accommodate the incoming freshman class. Returning residents generally take part in a housing lottery early in spring semester to vie for those spaces.
  • All freshmen who enter the university in the summer must live on campus that term if they desire campus housing in the fall.
  • The university offers on-campus apartments and villages that vary from one to two bedrooms, as well as flat and townhouse units for graduate students and students with families.

    • Floor plans, dimensions, photos and additional information are available online at www.housing.ufl.edu.