Deadlines & Details

Due Dates and Deadlines

For those with an active housing contract and participating in the 2026-27 academic year  continuing student housing process, the dates below represent the upcoming process.  Each student has a Room Selection Community and Category assigned to you.  Your Room Selection Community will indicate which date(s) below you are participating in Room Selection Sign-Up to select available space. Continue to use the Housing Portal for all steps of the Room Selection process.

• February 18 - February 26 - Eligible continuing students with a housing guarantee can submit a Continuing Student Housing Application and Housing Contract as part of the 2026 Room Selection process.  
  • Students will be issued an application/contract start date and time to address campus and system demand for the process.  Individual emails will be sent by February 17, 2026 after 4:30pm.
• February 26  - Housing contract and $450 prepayment must be completed by February 26, 2026 by 11:59PM.
• February 19 - March 3 - Students who completed the 2026-27 housing contract including the $450 prepayment can apply for optional Living-Learning Communities, I-House or opt into Gender Inclusive Housing.  
• March 16  - Students who are accepted into a Living-Learning Community, or I-House must opt out if no longer interested (still able to participate in the next phase in their Room Selection Community). This includes Gender Inclusive Housing.
• April  9 - April 10 - Room Selection lottery date & time and roommate group PIN for Room Selection Sign-Up will be sent to your UC San Diego email first.  Then available through the Housing Portal.
• NEW Room Selection Sign-Up Dates:  Feedback from students and staff have led to change giving students who are selecting space an extra day.  All students will receive a lottery time on the first of their community's days with the second day as a "last chance" to select their space:
  • April 16 and 17- Upper Division Room Selection Sign-Up for Pepper Canyon West 
  • April 17 and 18 - Upper Division Room Selection Sign-Up for spaces at Pepper Canyon East, Pangea Apartments and Residence Halls and Rita Atkinson Residences
  • April 20 and 21 - Marshall College (TMC) Room Selection Sign-Up
  • April 21 and 22 - Eighth College Room Selection Sign-Up
  • April 22 and 23 - Seventh College Room Selection Sign-Up
  • April 23 and 24 - Warren College (including Warren Transfer LLC) Room Selection Sign-Up
  • April 24 and 25 - Sixth College (including MCLLC & ABDLLC) Room Selection Sign-Up
  • April 27 and 28 - Revelle College Room Selection Sign-Up
  • April 28 and 29 - Muir College (including LGBTQIA+ LLC) Room Selection Sign-Up
  • April 29 and 30 - Eleanor Roosevelt College (ERC), Raza and I-House Room Selection Sign-Up
• May 15 - Last day to see current apartment-mate/roommate information until MyRoomAssignment re-opens for the 2026-27 academic year for move-in and assignments in August.

If you do not select a space on your designated Room Selection Sign-Up dates (see above) or space is not available, you will have two options:

• Choose to be on the Delayed Assignment List (see below)
• Choose to cancel based on the Cancellation Policy. 

Roommate/Apartment-Mate Selection (Optional)

• During Room Selection Sign-Up you can add roommates/apartment-mates or suitemates based on the following factors:
  • Must be in the same Room Selection Community
  • Must be in the same Room Selection Category
  • Same gendered housing preference
  • Limited to adding up to the largest apartment-size or suite-size available in the community.
• Each student participating in Room Selection Sign-Up will have a roommate group pin that can be shared with the person who will create the group. 
• Roommates or apartment-mate selection is not required.  You can participate as an individual.
• Sharing your roommate group pin means you've given consent to another student to add you as a roommate.
• The PDF demo for Room Selection Sign-Up will be posted no later than April 1st.

Gender Inclusive Housing

• Gender Inclusive Housing is an option to those who complete the housing contract and make the $450 prepayment. 
• Opting into Gender Inclusive Housing does not guarantee a single room.
• Gender Inclusive Housing does mean that you are willing to live with any student regardless of their gender, gender identity or sexual orientation (inclusive of double and triple rooms).
• Students who opt into Gender Inclusive Housing understand that gender will not be a factor in assigning students within bedrooms, suites or apartments.
• Once you opt into Gender Inclusive Housing you will be selecting from space allocated to Gender Inclusive Housing in your Room Selection Community.

What is a lottery time and how are Room Selection Lottery Times Assigned?

• A Room Selection Lottery Time is a specific date and time to login and select a 2026-27 housing space from available spaces.
• A lottery date and time are randomly assigned to individuals for the Room Selection Sign-Up. Lottery date and times are emailed April 9 or 10th and available in the Housing Portal after that.
• Lottery times will not be adjusted.
• NEW for the 2026 Room Selection process!
  • Students will have an additional day to select a space!  For example, if you are issued a lottery date/time on April 22nd, you have that day and the next day (April 23rd) to select space after your assigned lottery time.  Students will need to select space no later than 11:59PM on the second day of their designated Room Selection Sign-Up Dates (see schedule above).

Selecting a Room

• Students will select their room from available spaces during Room Selection Sign-Up.  No need to provide a preference - the choice is yours based on what is available at your designated lottery time.
  • You'll be able to see who selected into a space already and their roommate matching preferences.  The choice is yours to look at it before you confirm your space.
• You will need to select space between your designated lottery date and the end date posted of your designated Room Selection Sign-Up day. 
• Once you’ve selected or been assigned to a space, visit the Room Selection portal and click on the “2026-27 Room Assignment” link for your assignment or to view your roommates/suite-mates/apartment-mates.
• All space selections are final! Once you select a space and confirm it, or are part of a group and assigned to a space, that is your assigned room or apartment. There are no room changes during Room Selection. 
• You will be sent a confirmation to your UCSD email account. This confirms your room assignment for the 2026-27 academic year. 
• Gender Inclusive Housing will not be available in  Thurgood Marshall College @ Ridge Walk Living Learning Neighborhood.  They will instead have All Gendered Housing.

Room Selection Choices

• A finite number of spaces are available for Room Selection.  Students will choose from available space allocated to their room selection community and category.  Due to space limitations, the type or location of housing you prefer may not be available during your Room Selection Sign-Up time.
• Available space may be allocated at your College, other Colleges or other housing communities when you select a space.  What is shown is what is available.  Additional spaces will not open up.
• If you do not select space at your designated date and time or there are no spaces available, you have two options:
  • Do nothing and you'll be considered a delayed assignment and HDH will assign you to the next available space. 
  • Submit your housing contract cancellation online by the last day of your Room Selection Sign-Up day to receive your full $450 prepayment.

Delayed Assignment

If you do not select a space on your Room Selection Sign-Up date, you will have two options:  choose to remain on the delayed assignment list and be housed in any remaining available space by HDH staff. Or you can choose to cancel your housing contract.

If you choose to be on the delayed assignment list, you will receive an email confirmation by May 16th.  You will remain on the list with the understanding that you will be assigned to the next available space.  A detailed email will be sent once you are assigned which could be at any point in time. Those on the delayed assignment list will be subject to the cancellation policy.  

Room Selection Interest List

Submit Your Interest:  February 18th – 26th   

Follow the steps below to submit your interest via the Housing Portal by the deadline February 26, 2026, 11:59 p.m. (PST) 

• Click on the Housing Portal (login with your campus credentials) 

• Click on the “2026 Continuing Student Housing Application & Room Selection Process” category 

• Click on “2026 Room Selection Interest Form for Non-Guaranteed Students” to begin

   

Once completed, an email confirmation will be sent to your ucsd.edu email account. We anticipate updating students on the next steps for the Room Selection Interest List via email with the schedule below: 

• March 3rd – email update on receiving a housing contract offer based on availability.  

• March 5 - 10 – contract process and $450 prepayment to those receiving a contract offer.   

• April 9 - 10 - Lottery date/time email sent.  

• April 16 - 30 – Room Selection Sign-Up. 

Students who do not receive an offer for a contract will receive updates the week of May 4th. 

Room Selection Interest List Video  

 A video explaining the Room Selection Interest List process will be available on the Room Selection website the week of February 16th.   

Room Changes

• Please check after the 2026 Room Selection process ends on the next steps to submit an interest in a room change. Room changes are not guaranteed and may not be available.