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Housing Registration

Be part of our Cowboy family! Registration begins Saturday, February 1 for incoming first-year freshmen, transfer students, those applying for Living Learning Programs, and other students needing OSU housing for the 2025-2026 academic year.

 

Note: Visit Financial Responsibility for more information about fines, fees, charges and refunds.


What's new for 2025-2026

Note: Information below may be updated as needed. All activities close at 11:59 p.m. unless otherwise noted.

  • Priority Deadlines
    • Priority consideration deadline for Living Learning Programs application by Saturday, February 1. 
    • Tuesday, April 1 is the priority deadline for new residents to have their roommate pairs created and preferences ranked. Roommate pairs should match their housing preference rankings with each other. Afterward, students will not be able to come back to change their preferences. 
  • Housing Preferences (Housing Styles and Room Type Codes)
    During your housing registration, you'll be asked to rank housing preferences.
    • Housing styles refer to halls that are traditionalsuitesdeluxe suites or apartments.
    • Room type codes refer to the type of floor plan and can be found for each hall in the Hall Finder. For example, the code 2B/1B means two bedrooms and one bathroom. The room type code for the traditional housing style is also called "traditional." 
  • Freshman Residency Requirement
    • While the Freshman Residency Requirement is not new, the deadline for requests and the exemption requirements and documentation have been adjusted for 2025-2026..
    • The exemption request (form) opens on Sunday, December 1 and closes Wednesday, September 3. 
  • Request to Cancel (form)
    • To request a housing registration cancellation, complete the new Request to Cancel (form) by the stated deadlines below.
    • Once the form is processed, you will receive an email notifying you of its status.
    • If approved, we will cancel your registration. If declined, we will let you know of any further steps you need to take. See fee schedule.  
  • Housing Registration for Learning Learning Programs
  • Auto-allocation
    • This year, room assignments will be auto-allocated with assignment emails going out the week of April 21.
    • Assignment will prioritize the roommate pairs first, and then housing preferences. 
  • Ready-To-Be-Assigned List
    • If you are not assigned a room the week of April 21, your housing registration will be on the ready-to-be-assigned list.
    • When a space becomes available, you will be assigned and notified of an assignment by Friday, August 1.  
  • Assignment and Waitlist Dates after the week of April 21
    • Unassigned registrations will be pulled from the standby list every two weeks and assigned rooms.
  • Room Swap and Waitlist Functions
    June 1 to Aug. 1, students with room assignments (who would like different rooms) can log into the OSU Housing Portal to create a room-swap request or join a waitlist.
    • Room swap is handled completely by two residents to "swap" rooms.
    • Waitlist allows students to put their name on a waitlist for their desired housing style. This process is handled by the Assignments Team.

Timeline for 2025-2026


 » Housing Accommodations

If you need housing accommodations based on disability or health-related issues or need to register service dogs and emotional support animals (ESAs), visit Student Accessibility Services or call phone (voice/TTY) at 405-744-7116.

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