Housing Contract and Rates
- Housing Rates and Services
- Housing Guarantee
- Important Dates
- Housing Contract Process
- Incoming Student Dining Plan
- Continuing Student Dining Plan
Welcome to the UCSD Housing Contract Process Guide! This webpage is your comprehensive resource for understanding and navigating the housing contract process at UC San Diego. Whether you're a new student seeking on-campus housing or a continuing student (with a guarantee) looking to return to campus, this page provides essential information and step-by-step guidance to ensure a smooth experience.
Incoming students should check the website Important Dates for deadlines.
Continuing students should check the Deadlines and Details page for timelines related to Room Selection.
Please note, that students who miss a housing deadline, opt to not live on campus their admit year, cancel or terminate their 2025-26 contract forfeit their housing guarantee.
All deadlines and requirements will be strictly enforced and can not be appealed or retroactively reinstated.
New incoming students both first-years and transfer students will be invited to complete a housing application once they have accepted their offer of admission, completed the Single Sign On process and activated their ucsd.edu email account. The initial invite is sent to your personal email and your ucsd.edu email. After the initial invitation, all further correspondence is sent to your ucsd.edu email.
Students and their supporters should bookmark the site: Important Dates for critical deadlines and details related to the housing process.
Continuing students will participate in the Room Selection process typically in February. The first step of the process is to complete a housing application.
If you successfully submitted your housing application by the deadline, you are eligible for the next stage, completing your housing contract and submitting your $450 prepayment. Both of these steps must be completed in order to successfully finish the housing contract process.
Once the contract process opens you will access the process by logging into the Housing Portal with your User ID/PID and password (for new incoming students this is the same login as the Enrollment Checklist). You will be asked to complete the following:
While we do encourage you to do this process sooner than later, there is no priority given to those who complete the process early.
The Housing Contract process consists of completing a Personal History Form, electronically signing the housing contract, and submitting the $450 housing prepayment.
Make the $450 prepayment. Decide whether you would like to pay via e-check (using your U.S. Bank account and routing number), credit card (VISA, Mastercard, American Express, Discover), or in-person via cash and check.Information about payment methods and associated service fees can be found here for e-checks and credit cards. Upon successful payment submission, you will receive an emailed confirmation of payment.
Students who wish to cancel their housing contract must cancel prior to checking in, picking up keys or prior to your housing contract start date whichever occurs first. Students should consult the UC San Diego Housing Cancellation Policy for more information.
Students must submit a termination request, once a student has checked in, picked up keys or after the housing contract start date, whichever occurs first. Students should review the housing contract for termination criteria.
Our housing program is an all-inclusive package with a Dining Plan, which is included in the cost of the room. As part of the housing contract process, you will be selecting a Dining Plan. The Dining Plan is required for all students who choose to live on campus and cannot be dropped, reduced, refunded, or transferred to another student account.
Students living in Upper Division Housing: Pepper Canyon East and Matthews Apartments, The Rita and Pepper Canyon West may opt out of a dining plan.
Students must make a final dining plan selection by October 1, 2025.
New incoming students will be asked for their room type preference (single, double, triple, mini double) and roommate requests after the housing contract process is completed. Please note: room preferences and roommate requests are not guaranteed as there are a variety of factors that are taken into consideration when you are being assigned to your space, such as college of registration, personal history form answers, gender identity and availability of space.
New incoming students will be able to view their Room Assignment in late-August.
Continuing Students: Participate in Room Selection and self-select into a space. Please review the Room Selection: Deadlines and Details page for more information on selecting spaces.
Students who do not select a space on their assigned selection date(s) will be assigned a space based on availability or have the option to cancel. Review the Continuing Student Cancellation Policy for a schedule of fees.
Continuing students can view their current apartment-mate/roommate information through Mid-May until MyRoomAssignment re-opens in Mid-August for the academic year.
In accordance with applicable Federal and State law and University policy, the University of California does not discriminate, or grant preferences, on the basis of race, color, national origin, religion, sex, disability, and/or other protected categories.
More information about Proposition 209 can be found here.
More information about the University of California Anti-Discrimination Policy can be found here.
If you have any questions regarding the housing application or contract process, please submit a Service Now request, email us at housingcontracts@ucsd.edu (be sure to include your full name and PID) or give us a call at 858.534.4010.
If your question is specific to your room assignment, please contact the Residential Services and Housing Allocations team at uscdhousing@ucsd.edu.