Please find below a comprehensive list of upper-class housing options for the 2025-2026 year. This list is to be transparent about our inventory and to help students understand what may be available at the time of room selection.

Village A & B - Single bedroom four-person suites (1 student per bedroom). 62 single-bed spaces exist in these two buildings. These buildings will remain open during university breaks.

Village C, D, E, & F -Seven-person suites consist of three double rooms and one single room (2 students per double room, 1 student per single room). These buildings will remain open during university breaks.

Walton - Four-person double suites (2 students per bedroom). No single options are available in this hall. This hall will open for all university breaks.

Sellers - Four-person double suites (2 students per bedroom). No single options are available in this hall. This hall will close for all university breaks.

Wise - Two-person double suites (2 students per bedroom). 9 single rooms exist in Wise, 3 male and 6 female. This hall will open for all university breaks.

Downing - Four-person double suites (2 students per bedroom, 4 students per suite). No single options are available in this hall. Non-honors are limited to the 1st and 2nd floors, and Honors-Only on 3rd, 4th, and 5th floors. This hall will close for all university breaks.

Cornell Courts- Students MUST meet the eligibility criteria to be able to secure a space in this area. Single (1 student per apartment) and double (2 students per apartment) furnished options. There are 65 single 1-person apartments in this area. This area remains open during university breaks. 

601 West Forest - Students MUST meet the eligibility criteria to be able to secure a space in this area. 601 consists of two 4-person and one 3-person apartments. Only VERIFIED groups of 3 or 4 that can fill an apartment will be considered for these spaces. Please reach out to housing for assistance with booking. This building remains open during all university breaks.

Lakeview - Students MUST meet the eligibility criteria to be able to secure space in this area. Private bedroom (1 student per bedroom) apartments in a variety of layouts. Studio, 1-bedroom, 2-bedroom, and 4-bedroom options available.  Only 11 studio apartments and 5 1-bedroom apartments exist in Lakeview. This area remains open during university breaks.

Westview - Students MUST meet the Apartment eligibility criteria to be able to secure space in this area. Private bedroom (1 student per bedroom) apartments in a variety of layouts. Studio, 1-bedroom, 2-bedroom, and 4-bedroom options available. Only 2 studio apartments and 14 1-bedroom apartments exist in Westview. This area remains open during university breaks.

To be eligible for Cornell Courts, 601, Lakeview, or Westview for the 25/26 academic year, students must have reached 25 or more attempted credit hours at the time of room selection to secure a bed space in these areas.

First-year students are not eligible for the Village, Cornell Courts, 601, Westview or Lakeview, regardless of how many attempted credit hours they have. 

What do the above statements mean for me?

If you are classified as First year-19 or First-year 20, you are eligible for double rooms in Walton, Putnam, Phelps, Sellers, Wise and Downing only. 

If you do not know how many attempted credit hours you have, this information is displayed on the home page of the Housing Portal after you log in. Your attempted credit hours comes directly from EMU's system of record. Housing cannot modify or change your attempted credit hours, and is based on your academic record with Records & Registration.

Eligible students can renew eligible bed spaces during the priority phase only.

Students who reside in Cornell, Westview, Lakeview, and Village A and B may be eligible to renew their current assignments for the 25/26 school year. Certain bed spaces, such as ADA spaces, spaces in staff suites, and student-athlete designated spaces are not renewable. This list is not exhaustive, and other spaces may not be renewable, and it is at Housing’s discretion.

If you currently live in Cornell Courts, Lakeview, Westview, Village A house, or Village B house and want to keep your same space for 2025-2026, you MUST apply, submit your application fee, and renew your current bed space within the housing application before January 31 at 5 pm.

Please note that not all spaces in these areas are available for renewal. If your current space is not available, you will be prompted with this message within the application. 

Within the housing application, you need to work through all pages of the application until you reach the page titled "Room Renewal". If your space is available for renewal, you will be given the option to renew the space. By clicking on "Renew This Space", you will be taken through a series of pages that require you to assign yourself to the space. You must continue through the rest of the application (by completing the meal plan and GradGuard pages) to verify your renewal was successful. 

The page titled "Assignment Summary & Information" is the last page of the application and serves as confirmation and summary of all items you selected in your application. It also displays room occupancy information and contact information for your roommate and/or suitemates, if applicable. You will NOT receive confirmation of your actions in any other way.

Students who form a verified group will be assigned the same lottery time for room selection. The groups lottery time is determined by averaging the attempted credit hours of all members of the group. The value of the groups average attempted credit hours then determines where all group members will be placed in the lottery list. Make sure to discuss this with your potential group member before proceeding. 

Forming a group allows the Group Leader to assign all members of the group to a bed space during room selection.

Once students determine who they want to live with, all students need to discuss where they want to live and who will be responsible for picking the room. The person who will pick the room and book group members into bed spaces is called the Group Leader.

Students need to discuss which member will be the Group Leader. The Group Leader is responsible for making the group in the application, adding the other student(s), verifying the group once all members have been added, and booking the bed spaces for all group members.

Do NOT create a group until you have found who you want to live with. At that point, whoever is going to be the Group Leader invites students to join them, automatically creating a group in the system. Creating a group early, when you are still searching for a roommates/suitemates, or when you are not going to be the Group Leader will result in errors. If you accidentally make a group, please use the "Delete Group" to remove the group from your record.

Once you reach the "Group up with Roommates/Suitemates" page in the housing application, you MUST follow these steps to successfully create a verified group:

(1) Click on “Search for Specific Roommate” from the links listed in the upper right of the group information.

(2) Enter your group members' LEGAL first and/or last names into the text boxes. If you enter a nickname or have the spelling wrong, you won’t be able to find the other student. Click on “Search” once you have entered the required information.

(3) As long as the information you entered is correct, AND the other student is not a member of another group, you will see the student as an option to add to your group. Click on “Add to Group” to add the person to your group. This action sends an email to the other students, telling them that they have a request to join. This also auto-creates a group for you.

(4) Repeat this last step to request more people for your group, if desired.

(5) After requesting other students to join you, the application will refresh to the “Group up with Roommates/Suitemates” page. You will see the outgoing request(s) you just made. Please note that requests expire in 7 days. The other student(s) has 7 days to accept or deny your request.

If they deny your request, you will get an email stating this. If they deny your request, delete your group and restart the process to find a roommate. If the request expires and you haven’t heard from the potential roommate/suitemates, delete your group and restart the process to find a roommate. If they approve your request, you will get an email prompting you to return to the application to verify your group.

DO NOT VERIFY YOUR GROUP UNTIL ALL THE INVITED MEMBERS HAVE ACCEPTED YOUR REQUEST.

(6) Once all invited members have accepted your request, the Group Leader needs to log back into the application and click on the “Verify Group” button.

(7) Once your group is verified, a notification will be displayed at the bottom of the page. At this point, you are ready to proceed to room selection. This will take place at your assigned lottery date and time.

Please note that you will not be able to move past the "Group up with Roommates/Suitemates" page in the application until AFTER the priority phase has closed and your lottery date and time arrives.

The Group Leader is responsible for making the group in the application, adding the other student(s), verifying the group once all members have been added, and booking the bed spaces for all group members.

All the other persons in the group are Group Members. All group members must log in and complete their personal applications after the Group Leader makes bed assignments for the group. Group Members must log in and complete their application prior to Friday, February 14, at 5 pm.

When you reach the "Group up with Roommates/Suitemates" page in the housing application, you should log out of your housing application.

Do not create a group of one, as it will cause an error during room selection. If you accidentally make a group, please use the "Delete Group" to remove the group from your record.

Please note that you will not be able to move past the "Group up with Roommates/Suitemates" page in the application until AFTER the priority phase has closed and your lottery date and time arrives.

The room lottery will take place from Monday, February 10, through Friday, February 14. All those with lottery times must fully complete their applications prior to the system closing on Friday, February 14, at 5 pm.

Once the application closes on January 31 at 5 pm, we make a list of all students who applied and paid their non-refundable fee via the housing application AND did not renew their space. Only these students are eligible to move into room selection via the lottery.

First, all graduate-level students (new and returning) are identified and placed at the top of the lottery list by attempted credit hours. If multiple students have the same number of attempted credit hours, they are randomly added to the list within that attempted credit hour section.

Next, the remaining students are added to the lottery list by attempted credit hour. Only attempted credit hours are used for this - class standing, age, and date of fee submission are not considered.

For students in groups, the value for attempted credit hours is averaged out using all members. For example, if Student One has 56 attempted credit hours and Student Two has 30 attempted credit hours, the average attempted credit hours in the group is 43. Both students would be added to the lottery list at the 43 attempted credit hours section.

After a lottery list is created using the above criteria, students are assigned lottery times from the top of the list down. Lottery times will begin Monday, February 10 and run through Friday, February 14. 

Lottery emails will be sent out on Tuesday, February 4. If you believe you are eligible for the lottery and do not receive an email by 12 pm on Wednesday, February 5, please reach out to us at [email protected] so we can review your status.

The room selection portion of the application opens as of a student's lottery time. Given the demand for certain spaces, students are highly encouraged to participate in room selection at their lottery time.

If the lottery time is missed or the student is unable to log-in at that time, room selection remains open to the student from the assigned lottery time until the system closes on Friday, February 14, at 5 pm.

Housing will not change or reassign lottery times. 

If you have a housing accommodation from EMU's Disability Resource Center for 24/25 and do not renew your space, we highly recommend that you connect with Housing using the Zoom Help Session at your lottery time.

We will assist you with your housing selection and ensure that what you book meets the needs of your 24/25 LOA. Students are required to renew their LOA for the 25/26 year per the directions issued by the DRC. We honor your 24/25 LOA for assignment purposes.

If you do not connect with Housing via Zoom at your lottery time, you are responsible for your housing selection and whether it meets the needs of your LOA.

After you secure a room, you must continue through the remaining pages of the application to verify your room assignment.

You can verify/view your assignment when you reach the Assignment Information and Summary page of the application. You are NOT sent any confirmation notice. 

It depends!

Between now and move-in, students can cancel their housing application. We ask that student try to cancel their applications as soon as they know they will not be living with us, as other students who need housing may be waiting for spaces to become available. 

Once a student takes occupancy (receives access to their assigned space), they are bound to the terms and conditions of the contract.

Our cancellation policy is detailed in our Housing & Dining Contract, which all students read through as part of the housing application process.

Students may cancel the contract before the contract start date/before move in by requesting a cancellation, in writing via email only, to the Housing and Residence Life main email account ([email protected]).

Written cancellations must be sent via the student’s EMU email account to [email protected], and include the student's full legal name, EID number, and reason for cancellation.

Cancellation of the contract, regardless of the reason, will result in a forfeiture of the entire application fee amount.

Information on wait-lists will be posted after room selection begins.

Please check back later.

Students must have an active application on-file and must have submitted the $150 application fee in order to be eligible for our wait-list.

We strongly encourage all students to reserve an alternative space on campus for the Fall 2025/Winter 2026 year, as we are not able to offer spaces to the majority of students who place themselves of our wait-list. 

Be advised that our wait-list does not roll-over into the Fall semester. Once move in begins, the wait-list is no longer used and students are welcome to apply for a room change when that process becomes available.