Room Selection 2026
UPDATE: April 9, 2026
Room Selection Lottery Date/Times: Check for an email on April 9, 2026 (after 5pm) for your personalized lottery date and time to select space. If you are pre-assigned to a space, you'll be noticed via email next week with your assignment information.
Please note that there will be delayed assignments. This means that space may not be available to select. If that is the case, you will automatically become a delayed assignment and we will reach out via email regarding next steps. You do have a housing contract for the 2026-27 academic year and will be assigned to an available space by staff at a later date.
Additional supporting guides/PDFs are being finalized to be posted by end-of-day on Monday, April 13, 2026. Review the adjusted Room Selection dates here: Deadlines & Details.
Please review the videos or PDFs posted below to better get yourself ready for self-selection. Additional quick videos for Gender Inclusive Housing or All Gendered Housing (Marshall College) are posted in our Helpful Tips section below along with the updated Living Learning Community pdf.
Room Selection is for current continuing students with a housing guarantee to participate in the housing process for the 2026-27 academic year. Students with a housing guarantee are notified via email beginning the first week of February 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 to sign up for the Room Selection Interest List. 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 2026-27. Students who express interest will be updated at a later date about the next steps.
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.
FAQ's & Room Selection Demo
UPDATED information that we've put together to assist you with Room Selection Sign-Up.
- 2026 Room Selection Roommate Group Guide
- 2026 Room Selection Demo - Individual Room Selection Sign-Up Demo - see below!
- 2026 Room Selection Demo - Group Room Selection Sign-Up Demo - see below!
Room Selection Demo
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.
General Room Selection Webinar
Room Selection 2026 Webinar
The UC San Diego Housing team hosted a webinar to answer all of your questions about room selection for next year. If you are a student with a housing guarantee for 2026-27, watch the recording to learn more!
Recording from Wednesday, February 11
Helpful Tips
LLC and I-HOUSE - Room Selection 2026
Interested in Living Learning Communities or I-House? Check-out the information provided by the host Colleges. Those that have completed the contract including the promissory note or $450 prepayment can apply by March 5, 2026 by 11:59PM.
Living Learning Communities - Room Selection 2026
GENDER INCLUSIVE HOUSING
Interested in Gender Inclusive Housing and need help with the process? Watch this quick video to help you better understand the steps to select it.
Gender Inclusive Housing - Quick Video
ALL GENDERED HOUSING - MARSHALL COLLEGE
Marshall College students are automatically part of All Gendered Housing. Please review the quick video to better understand your options and how to opt-out to Gendered Housing.
Who is eligible for Room Selection?
Please refer to the 2025-26 housing guarantee for eligibility.