EMU Housing

Application Procedures

Review our residence hall options and dining plan options here.

Complete the on-line application. (Delayed: Available mid-January)

A $200 prepayment is required when submitting a contract including students who expect to be receiving financial aid funding.

If making payment with cash, check, or money order, print a copy of the contract and take or send together with payment to the Cashier’s Office located in 201 Pierce Hall.

On-line payment can be made using MasterCard, DiscoverCard, or American Express. The University does not accept Visa. Please note that a service fee is added when using a credit card.

The recommended deadline to submit a contract is May 1, 2013, however, we continue to accept contracts as long as space is available. Space is limited and many of the halls fill in early summer for the fall.

The date the application and prepayment is received establishes the order in which an assignment is made.

Room Assignment

The information that you provide helps us to place you in a hall that most closely meets your preferences based on the availability of space at the time your contract and pre-payment is received.

The preferences that a student makes do NOT constitute a contractual obligation.

It is not always possible to honor all of a student’s requests.

No guarantees can be made in terms of room type, hall, or roommate preference.

Roommate Preferences

The Residence Life/Residential Services Office makes every effort to accommodate requests for a specific roommate provided that space is available to honor the request. Both students absolutely MUST request each other on the contract and submit at the same time or a placement together will not be made.

Students who request each other must submit their contract and $200 prepayment at the same time to guarantee placement together. Contracts and payments not submitted at the same time will most likely not be abe to be placed together.

Space is not held for a requested roommate if the other student does not submit a contract and prepayment at the same time.

Assignment Notification

Students will be sent their hall assignment and roommate information in early August via their EMU email account.

Contract Cancellations

If it becomes necessary to cancel prior to moving in, the request must be made in writing to the Housing Office at housing@emich.edu using your EMU email account. Cancellation requests sent from another email account will not be accepted. Using your EMU email validates your identity and helps reduce the risk of fraudulent requests.

Cancellations, regardless of the reason, must be received prior to the dates listed below to be eligible for a credit to the student account:

Before May 1, 2013: $200 credit
Before July 1, 2013: $100 credit
After July 1, 2013: No credit given

Contracts submitted after May 1 are subject to the same schedule as above.

Contracts submitted after July 1 would receive no credit if cancellation were to occur.

Financial Aid

Students, who plan to use financial aid funds to cover college expenses, must complete a FAFSA form.

The FAFSA needs to be submitted as soon as possible after January 1, 2013 or at the very least well before the start of the fall semester to ensure that funds are available prior to classes beginning.

FAFSA information can be found at http://www.fafsa.ed.gov/

Contract Obligation

The Housing & Dining Services Contract commitment is for the combined Fall/Winter semesters.

Students are responsible for ensuring that they have enough funds to cover the costs of room and board for the full academic year prior to moving in.

Once a student moves into their assignment in the fall, a release from the contract is not granted to move off campus, to a sorority/fraternity house, or to commute from home for the duration of the academic year.

An enrolled student who moves out of the hall anytime during the contract period remains financially responsible for the full room and board costs for the remainder of the academic year.