Housing - Summer 2012
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
Only single persons enrolled on the Boulder campus or in the Division of Continuing Education for three (3) or more credits may reside in the residence halls during summer school. (All university guests/visitors, conference participants, faculty/staff, research and internship students, should contact Conference Services at confreg@colorado.edu or phone 303-492-5151.) If you're a summer school student applying for residence halls accommodations, please complete and return the Residence Halls Application — Summer 2012. Click here to print the residence halls application pdf. Your completed application should be mailed to:
Occupancy Management
Center for Community, Room S300
University of Colorado Boulder
159 UCB
Boulder, CO 80309-0159
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. (Session 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 meals 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.)
Application for residence hall accommodations (and advance housing 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 2011 are listed below. (Rates are subject to change for 2012.) You must pay your room and board for the entire period reserved at the time you check in.
You may move in after 10 am on Sunday, June 3, 2012, for Sessions A, C, and D, and on Monday, July 9, 2012, for Session 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 session in which you are enrolled, or your room may be released to another student.
You must move out of your room before 10 am on the day after the session 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-session 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@colorado.edu, or write to the Occupancy Management (address above).
Session M (Maymester)
If you are enrolled for Session M (Maymester), you are assigned to a double-occupancy room in the hall designated for Maymester. Accommodations for Session 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 prior to check in; payment instructions will be sent to you via e-mail in late April. You may move in after 1 pm, Friday, May 11, 2012, and move out of your room before 10 am on Saturday, June 2, 2012. (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 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:
Occupancy Management
Center for Community, Room S300
University of Colorado Boulder
159 UCB
Boulder, CO 80309-0159
If you are a freshman admitted for summer session 2012 and intend to continue on the Boulder campus in the fall, we encourage you to submit both your summer and fall housing applications at the same time and as early as possible.
Residence Halls
Summer residence halls offer a variety of attractive and comfortable accommodations, including double and single rooms and a dining center within the building or nearby. Residence halls that will be used during summer session 2012 were not designated as of January 2012. Freshmen usually share a designated residence hall. Other areas are set aside for non-freshman 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 session(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, same gender couples, 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/residences/graduate-family, send an e-mail to familyhousing@housing.colorado.edu, call 303-492-6384, or write to:
Graduate & Family Housing Office
1350 20th Street
Boulder, CO 80302
Off-Campus Housing
Off-Campus Housing & Neighborhood Relations (a service of CUSG) maintains listings of apartments, houses, and rooms for rent in the Boulder area. Currently enrolled students may view housing option at offcampushousing.colorado.edu. Students searching for apartments may also stop by the office and pick up a detailed list of complexes and management companies in the Boulder area.
The department has a staff attorney available on Tuesdays and Fridays to advise students about leases and security deposits, as well as ways to avoid landlord/tenant problems. Office assistants can help students locate properties, answer questions about the surrounding neighborhoods, and suggest effective techniques for living with roommates. During the spring semester the office sponsors two off-campus housing fairs where landlords, property managers, and related businesses offer their services to students in a trade-show fashion.
For additional information about our services call 303-492-7053 or visit offcampushousing.colorado.edu. Off-Campus Housing & Neighborhood Relations is located in the University Memorial Center, Room 313. We are available Monday–Friday 8 am–5 pm during the school year and 7:30 am–4:30 pm during the summer.
Note: Freshman students must receive written permission from the university housing department before obtaining off-campus accommodations for the fall and spring semesters of their first year, as well as the summer session preceding their fall start date.