Apply for Housing: Winter Term
Winter 2026 Only Housing Application
This application is for students who wish to move on campus for the winter 2026 semester. This process will not open until late November/early December.
A $150 non-refundable fee is required at the start of the application process. The prepayment cannot be waived nor charged to the student account.
Important Winter 2026 Housing Information
Application Eligibility Expand dropdownStudents must be registered for winter classes in order to access the housing application. Undergraduate students must be registered for at least 7 credit hours and graduate student must be registered for a minimum or 6 credit hours.
Once a student registers for winter classes, they take one business day to update in our system.
We highly recommend that you reach out to your advisor NOW to schedule an appointment. Not sure where to go or who to contact with your advising and registration questions? Please use the University Advising webpage as a starting point.
Housing Eligibility & Availability Expand dropdownAll first-year students are required to live on campus unless they are commuting from their primary guardian's permanent address within a 50-mile radius of campus.
Students that require a single room for medical reasons must work with the Disability Resource Center as early as possible in order to be granted approval for this room type. Given limited spaces, we may or may not be able to accommodate your needs.
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 are classified as Returning, Transfer, or Commuter and have 24 or less attempted credit hours, you are eligible for double rooms in Walton, Sellers, and Downing, and all spaces in Wise and the Village.
If you are classified as Returning, Transfer, or Commuter and have 25 or more attempted credit hours, you are eligible for double rooms in Walton, Sellers, and Downing, as well as all spaces in Wise, Lakeview, Westview, the Village, 601 West Forest, and Cornell Courts.
All graduate-level students are eligible for any space on campus, except for Phelps and Putnam.
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.
Information on availability will not be available until late November 2025.
Room Selection Expand dropdownStudent who apply and make their prepayment before TBD will participate in a lottery room selection. Lottery times are assigned on based attempt credit hours, starting with the largest number.
The room selection lottery will take place on TBD. Eligible students will receive a lottery email on TBD with their lottery time and directions for logging into the housing application and securing a space.
Students are responsible for booking their own space during the lottery. Students who are assigned a lottery time and do not book a space will not receive an assignment.
If you have an LOA that includes a housing accommodation, you MUST connect with a housing staff member at your lottery time using Zoom Help link found in the room selection section of the application. Do not reserve a space without meeting with Housing. Meeting with us ensures that your assignment meets the needs of your LOA.
Move-In Expand dropdownMove-in for Winter 2026 will take place on Sunday, January 11. Early move in will not be available; please plan accordingly, as we will not be able to provide temp accommodations for students who arrive early. If you arrive before January 11, you are responsible for finding alternative accommodations off-campus.