Housing Application

Fall/Spring 2025-2026 Application Process

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Continuing students:
fall/spring 2025-2026 Application timeline

Applications to live on campus for the Fall/Spring 2025-2026 semester will open in the Housing Portal on Tuesday, December 10, for continuing USF students. To ensure all continuing students have an equal opportunity to secure on-campus housing, USF Housing and Residential Education has implemented an application deadline of January 28 for continuing students. Continuing students who apply between December 10 and January 28 will receive a randomized room selection timeslot that is not based on the day the student applied. Students who apply on December 10 will have the same opportunity to receive a spot on campus as a student who applies on the January 28 priority deadline, as room selection timeslots will be randomized for all students who apply between December 10 and January 28. To participate in room selection, continuing students MUST apply before the January 28 deadline. 

After January 28, the Fall/Spring 2025-2026 housing application will temporarily close to continuing students to allow the students who have applied to form roommate groups and go through the room selection process beginning on February 25. Randomized room selection time slots will be sent out to all continuing students who applied before the deadline on February 17.

Once the room selection process is complete, the housing application will reopen for continuing students who did not apply before the January 28 deadline. Due to limited availability, continuing students who apply once the application reopens will most likely be redirected to join the standby list once their application is complete.

Fall/Spring 2025-2026 Application Launches

December 10

The Fall/Spring 2025-2026 housing application opens in the Housing Portal on December 10 at 10 a.m. 

Deadline to Apply for Continuing Students

January 28

Continuing students who want to participate in the room selection process for the Fall/Spring 2025-2026 semesters must apply before the housing application deadline of Tuesday, January 28 at 11:59 p.m. After the January 28 deadline, the housing application will temporarily close to all continuing students. Students who apply before the January 28 deadline will have from January 29 through February 16 to form roommate groups in preparation for the room selection process.

Roommate Groups Open

Jan. 29 - Feb. 16

Continuing students who apply before the January 28 deadline and are interested in forming a roommate group will have from January 29 through February 16 to form roommate groups in the Housing Portal in preparation for the room selection process.

Room Selection Time Slots Emailed Out

February 18

Continuing students who apply before the January 28 deadline will receive a randomized room selection timeslot to participate in room selection. The room selection timeslot will be emailed to the student's USF email by the end of the day on Tuesday, February 18.

Continuing Student Room Selection Begins

February 25-March 6

Continuing student room selection will begin on Tuesday, February 25 in the Housing Portal. Students should log into the Housing Portal during their room selection timeslot in order to select their room.

Please note: on-campus housing is limited. Any continuing student who applied before the January 28 deadline and does not get the opportunity to select a room during their room selection timeslot will be added to the top of the standby list. A standby list does not mean USF Housing is out of beds. Students on the standby list will be assigned to a room as spaces become available.

Housing Application Reopens

March 11

After room selection concludes, the Fall/Spring 2025-2026 housing application will reopen to continuing students who did not apply before the January 28 deadline. Please note that continuing students who apply after the application reopens will most likely be directed to join the standby list once their application is complete.

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new students (transfer & ftic):
fall/spring 2025-2026 Application timeline

Applications to live on campus for the Fall/Spring 2025-2026 semester will open on Tuesday, December 10, and will be available to new USF students in the Housing Portal once they are admitted to the university. 

To be eligible to participate in room selection, new students must complete the Steps to Living on Campus, including registering for orientation, which will open on Monday, February 24. You will not be able to participate in room selection until all Steps to Living on Campus are complete. 

To ensure new & transfer students have an equal opportunity to secure on-campus housing, USF Housing and Residential Education has implemented a priority application deadline of April 7 for new & transfer students. New students who apply between December 10 and April 7 will receive a randomized room selection timeslot that is not based on the day the student applied. Students who apply on December 10 will have the same opportunity to receive a spot on campus as a student who applies on the April 7 priority deadline, as room selection timeslots will be randomized for all students who apply between December 10 and April 7.  To participate in room selection, new students must complete their application and form a roommate group (if applicable) before the April 7 deadline. New students who are interested in forming roommate groups will be able to begin creating roommate groups in the Housing Portal beginning on January 29 in preparation for room selection.

Between April 8 - 11, randomized room selection time slots will be sent out to all new & transfer students who applied before the priority deadline of April 7. Room selection will begin for new & transfer students on April 15.

Fall/Spring 2025-26 Application Launches

December 10

The Fall/Spring 2025-2026 housing application opens on December 10 at 10 a.m. New & transfer students will be able to apply for housing in the Housing Portal once they are admitted to the university.

Roommate Groups Open

January 29

New students who are interested in forming a roommate group will be able to do so beginning on January 29 in the Housing Portal in preparation for the room selection process.

Orientation Registration Opens

February 24

Registration for USF First Year & Transfer Orientation will open on February 24. New & transfer students must register for orientation in order to be eligible to participate in room selection.

Priority Deadline to Apply

April 7

In order to participate in room selection, new & transfer students must complete a housing application, register for orientation, and form their roommate group (if applicable) by Monday, April 7 at 11:59 p.m. New & transfer students who apply after April 7 will not be able to participate in the first round of room selection and may be redirected to join the standby list as we do not anticipate having many available beds after the first round of room selection is complete.

Room Selection Time Slots Emailed Out

April 8-11

Randomized room selection timeslots will be emailed out to new and transfer students who completed their application and registered for orientation before the April 7 deadline.

New Student Room Selection Begins

April 15

New student room selection will begin on Tuesday, April 15 in the Housing Portal. Students should log into the Housing Portal during their room selection timeslot in order to select their room.

Please note: on-campus housing is limited. Any new student who applied before the April 7 deadline and does not get the opportunity to select a room during their room selection timeslot will be added to the top of the standby list. A standby list does not mean USF Housing is out of beds. Students on the standby list will be assigned to a room as spaces become available.