Room Selection 2025
UPDATE: May 15, 2025
We are getting to kickoff the self-selection process for those students on the Room Selection Interest List! Emails are heading out on May 15th with their lottery date and time along with the roommate group PIN if you are interested in creating a group!
Lottery date and time will also be available in the Housing Portal beginning May 16th. Students will have the opportunity to select space based on their randomly assigned lottery date and time through May 23rd, 2025 at 11:59PM. You can login to select space at your designated lottery date and time or after.
Tips For Room Selection Interest List Self-Selection
- Available spaces: As a reminder, this will be based on what is currently vacant across campus and will include res hall spaces, apartment spaces, double/triple room spaces, mini-doubles and limited single spaces. We encourage you to view our general neighborhood information and layouts: Undergraduate Neighborhoods - Pepper Canyon West is not going to be an option to select space into.
- No one is guaranteed a single space. If one is available you can select it. If not, please select from other options.
- Please make sure you watch our videos below in preparation to select space!
- Review the Cancellation Policy in case you decide you want to cancel either during the process or after.
- Room changes are not allowed during the process.
We will send a general reminder email on Monday, May 19th!
Room Selection is for current continuing students with a housing guarantee to participate in the housing process for the 2025-26 academic year. Students with a housing guarantee are notified via email beginning February 3rd of their status to participate and the steps needed to secure on-campus housing for the next academic year.
Continuing students with no housing guarantee will also receive an email about available options. We normally can accommodate some non-guaranteed students each year as we receive contract cancellations, and we’d love to see if you are interested in coming back for 2025-26. Students can express interest and will be updated at a later date and time if there are available spaces.
We will continue to make updates to our website as the process moves forward. Please check your UC San Diego email account for reminders. Should you have a question, please reach out to us at:
Eligibility/Contract/Billing - housingcontracts@ucsd.edu or by phone at 858-534-4010
Room Selection Process/Layouts/Self-Selection - roomselection@ucsd.edu
Include your PID and name with any communication so that the team's can best assist you.
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FAQ's & Room Selection Demo
UPDATED information that we've put together to assist you with Room Selection Sign-Up.
- 2025 Room Selection Demo - Individual Room Selection Sign-Up Demo - Available now - See below!
- 2025 Room Selection Demo - Group Room Selection Sign-Up Demo - Available now - See below!
- 2025 Room Selection Roommate Group Guide
Individual Room Selection Demo
UC San Diego Continuing Student Room Selection Sign-Up Process as an Individual – this video we will take you through selecting a space as an individual during the Room Selection Sign Up Process as well as show you some common things you may run into along the way and what steps should be taken to move forward.Group Room Selection Demo
UC San Diego Continuing Student Room Selection Sign-Up Process as a Planned Group – this video we will take you through selecting a space as a planned group during the Room Selection Sign Up Process as well as show you some common things you may run into along the way and what steps should be taken to move forward.Who is eligible for Room Selection?
Please refer to the 2024-25 housing guarantee for eligibility.