Housing Selection Process

Returning Student Housing Selection 2024-2025

The housing selection application process for 2024-2025 will start Tuesday, January 16th, 2024. An email will be sent to current residents regarding the process before the application opens. The continuing student housing process is a lottery system of randomly generated dates and times by class when current residents will log onto the Seattle U Housing Portal to select a room with applicable roommate(s). Once notified of your date and time slot, continuing students will select a room using the self-service system through the SU Housing Portal.

Important Information

Housing Policy

Students are required to live on campus and purchase the Residential meal plan, at minimum, if they fall into any of the following categories:

• Freshman or Sophomore and under the age of 21
• First or Second Year SU Student and under the age of 21
• Within two years of your high school graduation date as of first day of fall quarter classes, and under the age of 21


On-campus Housing Options for 2024-2025

Rising Sophomores

Current freshmen/first-year students who will be a sophomore next academic year are directed to submit an application and will be assigned a time slot to choose a bed space.

  • Students will be required to live on campus so participation in this room selection process is mandatory.
  • This process gives the student the opportunity to choose a bed space on their own accord. If the student does not apply for campus housing or if the student does not enter the room selection process a bed space will be assigned to them on their behalf where space permits.
  • Students should submit their application by the deadline outlined below. Additionally, the campus housing application process is not a “first come first serve” priority system for lottery times. This means that an application submitted on January 16th has an equal chance at receiving any time slot as an application submitted closer to the application deadline. Logging on and applying right when the application process opens will not guarantee a better time slot, however, all Rising Sophomores will be assigned a time slot during the the process to ensure space selection.


Current and Rising Junior/Seniors

Rising Jr/Sr students who are interested in living on campus next year should fill out the housing application by the deadline to be eligible for housing selection. Rising Jr/Sr students will only be able to choose a bed space available at the time of their time slot, if any.

  • If all campus housing is filled to capacity at the time of their assigned time slot, the student will be automatically placed on a wait list for campus housing. The student will be notified by email of their wait list status.
  • The continuing student housing application is not a “first come first serve” priority system for lottery times.

Additional Note to Rising Juniors and Seniors

By University policy, freshmen and sophomores are required to live on-campus. This means there are a limited number of rooms available each year for rising junior and senior students in University-administered apartments.

Additionally, the Housing & Residence Life campus housing lottery does not guarantee housing to all 3rd and 4th year students seeking on-campus housing because of the live-on requirement for 1st and 2nd year students. Therefore, all rising juniors and seniors are strongly encouraged to consider and evaluate all housing options for the upcoming academic year beyond applying for SU housing.

Please be advised on a space available basis, rising juniors and seniors do receive priority consideration when applying for Vi Hilbert Hall and The Douglas Apartments. Both communities are student housing partners of Seattle University.

For more information about space availability, leasing information, room rates, a tour, etc., please contact:
• Vi Hilbert Hall 206-939-5677 or http://www.vihilberthall.com/
• The Douglas Apartments 206-860-3024 or http://thedouglasatseattleu.com/

NOTE: Redhawk Dining meal plans are not required of Junior/Senior/Grad students residing in either The Douglas Apartments or Vi Hilbert Hall but optional campus meal plans are available if desired.

Graduate and Law Students

Graduate/Law students will only be able to see a select grouping of rooms within the Murphy Apartment complex. Campus housing for Graduate/Law students is extremely limited. If space is not available in Murphy Apartments, they will be placed on the wait list.

Cancellation Policy

Please see Cancellation Policy.

Medical Accommodations

The deadline to submit a request to Disability Services is early March. Junior/Senior medical requests are not guaranteed, however we anticipate offering housing to all students seeking on-campus housing.

Accommodations may be requested for the students themselves only. We are not able to accommodate roommate requests in conjunction with a medical request.

Additional Information

The room assignment will be for the entire academic year: fall, winter and spring quarters.
Students should check their SU email account for Housing Selection information and appointment times!

If you have any questions contact the Housing and Residence Life Office (Campion 100) by email housing@seattleu.edu or call (206) 296-6305.