Housing
Summer housing choices range from university facilities for single and married students to off-campus rentals in all areas of Boulder. These choices are available through the offices designated below.
Living On Campus in the Residence Halls
If you're a summer student applying for housing in the residence halls, complete and return the Residence Halls Application — summer 2008. Click here to print the residence halls application pdf.Your completed application should be mailed to:
Manager of Reservations
75 Hallett
University of Colorado at Boulder
154 UCB
Boulder, CO 80309-0154
Include an advance payment of $200 to complete your summer housing application (advance payment amount subject to change). All residence hall facilities are reserved on a first-come, first-served basis, without regard to race, religion, national origin, etc.
Most rooms are rented on a room and board basis. (Term M accommodations are for room only in double occupancy units.) Nineteen meals (three meals per day, Monday through Friday, and brunch and dinner on Saturday and Sunday) are served each week. Three meal plan packages are offered to accommodate differences in student schedules: the full meal plan (19 meals per week, up to four per day, Monday through Friday, and brunch and dinner on Saturday and Sunday), the “any 15 meals per week” plan, or the “any 10 meals per week” plan. Participation in the full meal plan or 15 meals per week plan is mandatory for all new freshman residents. There are a limited number of room-only accommodations for non-freshman students. (Meal plans are subject to change.)
All university residence halls are designated nonsmoking environments. This includes all residence hall public areas such as lobbies, hallways, lounges, bathrooms, and dining facilities, as well as student rooms or living space. (Smoking areas are identified outside of the building. Residents and their guests must dispose of smoking materials, after use, in the receptacles provided.)
Housing reservations (and advance payments) and university admissions confirmation procedures (and deposits) are separate transactions, one of which does not guarantee the other. For information regarding admission to the university or confirmation procedures, call the Office of Admissions at 303-492-6301.
The summer housing rates for 2007 are listed below. (Rates are subject to change for 2008.) You must pay your room and board for the entire period reserved at the time you check in.
You may move in after 10:00 a.m. on May 30 for terms A, C, and D, and on July 7 for term B. (Move-in dates are subject to change.) Unless you give advance notice, you must occupy your room no later than the first day of classes for the term in which you are enrolled, or your room may be released to another student.
You must move out of your room before 10:00 a.m. on the day after the term ends. If changes in the university academic calendar require changes in residence hall occupancy and meal service dates, notice is sent with hall assignments.
If you are taking a short-term course (less than five weeks), you may arrange to live in a residence hall on a space-available basis. The minimum length of stay for which you can apply is two weeks. For further information, send an e-mail to reservations@housing.colorado.edu, or write to the Residence Halls Reservation Center (address above).
Term M
If you are enrolled for Term M (Maymester), you are assigned to a double-occupancy room in Brackett Hall. Accommodations for Term M are for room only. No meals are served. The $200 advance payment is not required for applicants who apply for Maymester only. You must pay your room charges for the entire period reserved at the time you check in. You may move in after 1:00 p.m., Friday, May 9, and move out of your room before 10:00 a.m. on Saturday, May 31. Dates, times, payment policy, and location of assignment are subject to change.
Freshman Degree Students
If you are a freshman degree student during summer session or a freshman attending your first two academic semesters (fall and spring), you are required, subject to the availability of space, to live in a university residence hall. Exceptions include students who are married or live with parents in the Boulder area and have permission to commute.
You may request permission to live off campus for other reasons. Your request is considered on its merit, taking into account your individual circumstances. For information regarding freshman permission to reside off campus, contact:
Manager of Reservations
75 Hallett
University of Colorado at Boulder
154 UCB
Boulder, CO 80309-0154
If you are a freshman admitted for summer session 2008 and intend to continue on the Boulder campus in the fall, we encourage you to submit both your summer and fall housing reservations at the same time and as early as possible.
Residence Halls
All residence halls offer a variety of attractive and comfortable accommodations, including double and single rooms and a dining room within the building or nearby. Residence halls that will be used during summer session 2008 were not designated as of January 2008.
Freshmen and sophomores usually share a designated residence hall. Other areas are set aside for upper-division students. (This assignment schedule is subject to change.) A limited number of single rooms are available upon request; however, single rooms cannot be guaranteed.
Applicants will be notified by mail of their residence hall assignment and move-in dates before the beginning of the term(s) they plan to attend.
Family Housing
The university owns and operates a variety of apartments for students, staff, and faculty who are single, married, or single-parent families. Residents come from all over the world to form a unique and diverse community on campus. For further information, visit housing.colorado.edu/housing/fh, send an e-mail to familyhousing@housing.colorado.edu, call 303-492-6384, or write to:
Family Housing Office
1350 20th Street
Boulder, CO 80302
Off-Campus Housing
If you are looking for summer housing off campus, visit Off-Campus Student Services, a service of student government. Note: Freshman students must obtain written permission from the university housing department before obtaining off-campus accommodations for summer session, as well as for fall and spring semesters.
Off-Campus Student Services maintains listings of apartments, houses, and rooms for rent. Currently enrolled students may access rental listings at www.colorado.edu/ocss using their student identification number. Others who wish to receive an access code to available rentals, an apartment complex summary, a Boulder map, and other pertinent information on living and renting in Boulder may do so by sending $12 (within the U.S.) or $20 (outside of the U.S.) to:
Off-Campus Student Services
University of Colorado at Boulder
206 UCB
Boulder, CO 80309-0206
Checks should be made payable to the University of Colorado.
Staff in the office can advise you about leases, security deposits, effective techniques for living with a roommate, and ways to avoid landlord/tenant problems.
If you are interested in eating your meals on campus, you may choose from two meal plans. For information about the residence hall meal plan, call 303-492-3317; for information about the UMC A la Carte meal plan, call 303-492-8832.
Visit the Off-Campus Student Services Office in UMC 313, Monday through Friday between 9:00 a.m. and 4:00 p.m., or call 303-492-7053.
