Step 1: Once admitted to the university as a freshman (if admitted by April 15th) you are guaranteed housing on-campus and automatically offered a housing space. Complete the application process online by selecting the link below. After completing the online application you will need to accept your housing offer. If you are unable to complete the application process online, please contact our office to request materials to be sent to you in the mail. Contact us by phone 410.455.8832 or via email reslife@umbc.edu.

*The guaranteed housing deadline has past. Therefore once you apply you will immediately be placed on the Housing Wait List. As spaces become available students will be notified when if we are able to offer them a housing space for fall 2009.

• Log in to apply for housing - SPRING ONLY (You must have upgraded your myUMBC account and selected a personal username to be able to log in.)
• If you have problems logging in: You can download the application and mail it in.
• ***Guide to help new students to apply. You must upgrade your myUMBC account to access the Housing Application.
• Availability of Housing

Step 2: To accept this offer, you must first complete your online Housing Application. Once submitted, you will need to read and accept the terms of the Housing License online. Upon agreeing to the terms of this license, you will need to print the License Signature Page, sign and return with your $200 Housing Deposit (check or money order made out to UMBC) by the indicated deadline. For guaranteed housing space offers, all materials must be received by May 1, 2009. If you are under 18 years of age a parent or guardian must also sign your License Signature Page.

*The guaranteed housing deadline has past. Therefore once you apply you will immediately be placed on the Housing Wait List. As spaces become available students will be notified when if we are able to offer them a housing space for fall 2009.

• 2009-2010 Sample Housing License

What You Need to Move-In
You'll want to personalize your space so it feels like Home. For your reference here is a What to bring List.

• Living Learning Community descriptions and applications

Communities
Freshmen students have the option to live in Susquehanna, Patapsco, Chesapeake, Erickson, or Potomac communities. Freshmen may live in other communities only as an approved participant in a living-learning program.

Roommates
After May 1st freshmen will be able to log back into their Housing Application to request a roommate. Once you request a roommate that person will need to log into their Housing Application to either accept or deny the roommate request. Only students eligible for housing are able to request roommates.

• Log in to your Housing Account to request a roommate

vIEW OTHER lIFESTYLE oPTIONS
Nine-month continuous occupancy, Quiet Lifestyle floors