All students are guaranteed housing for all four years, as long as the student applies for housing prior to the deadline.
All Shenandoah students are required to live on campus throughout their first two years at the university.
Housing Applications for First-Year Students
New students are encouraged to apply for housing between March 16 – June 30.
For more information, visit the important housing dates page. If you have any additional questions, you can contact us via email at reslife@su.edu
Housing Applications for Current Students
Please view important housing dates for dates that outline the housing process for returning students.
Single Room Selection Process
Shenandoah has a limited number of single rooms available for an additional fee per semester. Single rooms are located in rooms without a kitchen in the unit, so you will be required to select 10, 15, or 19 meal plan. Indicating your interest in a single room on your housing application is not a guarantee your request will be granted. After approved medical singles have had an opportunity to select a room, each classification, beginning with current graduate students and ending with current first-year students, will be given a day to select their room. These rooms will be distributed first come, first served. Approved medical single residents are the only residents guaranteed a single room.
Double Room Selection Process
Room selection times are not assigned on a first-come, first-served basis. All students who submit their housing application by the deadline stated above are considered to be on time and will be assigned a random time for their room selection. The room selection time you are given is when you are eligible to log into your Housing Portal and select your room. You are also able to select a room after your room selection time, should you miss your assigned time. If you are part of a roommate group, either roommate in the group can reserve for both roommates.
Who Needs to Submit a Housing Application?
- All rising sophomore residents without housing exemption approval are required to apply for housing.
- Rising juniors, seniors, and graduate students are not required to live on campus but may apply for housing if they desire.
For information on each of the residence halls, visit the Residence Life website.
How to be Eligible to Select a Room
- Go to your Housing Portal and fill out the 2026-2027 housing application
- Sign the housing agreement within the housing application
- Place yourself in a Verified Roommate Group with your selected roommate, if you desire to do so
- If you do not know who you would like to live with, Residence Life will place you with a roommate based on your roommate profile answers that you fill out on your housing application
Rising sophomores who are required to live on campus but do not submit a housing application with be assigned a room and roommate by the Office of Residence Life and billed room and board charges.
For more information, visit the FAQ page on the Residence Life website or contact the Office of Residence Life at reslife@su.edu.
Questions pertaining to billing should be directed to Hornet Central at hornetcentral@su.edu.