Housing Process Guide

Before you start the process

Once admitted, accept your admission and pay your MU enrollment fee. You will receive your information, confirmation notices and more to your MU email. Find instructions for setting up your MU student email account on the General Info tab of your Application Status page. After this, you will be able to continue with the housing process.

Prepare for Life on Campus

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    Complete your housing and dining contract.

    University policy requires first-time college students to live in university housing. The housing and dining contract is now open in the Housing Portal with a non-refundable $100 application fee. Later in the spring, you’ll receive a room selection access time based on when you completed your contract.

    You’ll need to know your MU student ID number, username and password to complete your contract. Check your application status to find your ID number and username. Learn more about your username and password.

    After you complete this step, a confirmation will be sent to your MU email. If you don’t receive a confirmation email, go back and make sure you haven’t missed anything. If you’re still unsure, reach out to Residential Life.

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    Create your housing profile by May 1.

    Starting March 1, create your housing profile! This is how you’ll roommate match and be visible in the system when you room select. You must do the following:

    • Complete your housing profile. Having a housing profile is required to room select in June, but you can choose whether or not to roommate match.
    • Sign the values agreement. This acknowledges your understanding of your role as a Mizzou student in our community.

    The above items must be completed by May 1 to avoid housing delays.

    You’re set to room select in June! In the meantime:

    • Spend time researching. Create a list of your top halls and room types so you’re prepared in case your first choices aren’t available.
    • In a roommate pair? Discuss your options so you’re on the same page. Use the roomie worksheet to keep tabs on preferences.
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    Pick your room.

    We will email you your room selection access time at least seven days in prior to when you select your room. Your access time is based on when you completed the housing and dining contract. You’ll see available room details like bed spaces, room type, etc. on the room cards in the Housing Portal.

    Room selection order:

    • Honors room selection
    • Standard room selection

     

    In June, log into the Housing Portal during or after your assigned access time to choose your new home

    How to Read a Room Card
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Honors Student Timeline

Honors students are among the first to pick their room. This is called Honors Room Selection.

Room selection order:

  1. Honors room selection
  2. Standard room selection

Both honors and standard room selection access times will be assigned in the order of contract sign date. To select during honors room selection, you must:
  1. Apply to the Honors College by Feb. 1.
  2. Be admitted to the Honors College by March 1.
  3. Complete steps one and two of the housing process by May 1.

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Need housing accommodations?

If you need housing accommodations due to a disability, start this process as soon as possible.

You must be registered with and approved by the Disability Center by April 1 - this takes time, so we highly encourage starting now. You must complete your housing contract and housing profile by April 1 to be reviewed for assignment to an ADA accommodation prior to room selection.

More Information by Audience

International Students

International Students

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Graduate Students

Important Dates

Meet your deadlines to secure your housing and mark your calendars for important dates.