Housing Application

Fall/Spring 2025-2026 Application Process

Apply for Fall/Spring 2025-2026 Housing!

New Application Process!

Please be aware the USF Housing & Residential Education is implementing a new housing application process for Fall/Spring 2025-2026 for both continuing and new students who want to live on campus. This means you do not need to apply on the day that the application opens to have your best chance of getting a space on campus. Housing applications will open in the Housing Portal on Tuesday, December 10.

If you are a continuing USF student, click here for more information on the Fall/Spring 2025-2026 Application and Room Selection Process.

If you are a new USF student (transfer or FTIC), click here for more information on the Fall/Spring 2025-2026 Application and Room Selection Process.

Continuing students:
fall/spring 2025-2026 Application timeline

Applications to live on campus for the Fall/Spring 2025-2026 semester will open in the Housing Portal on Tuesday, December 10, for continuing USF students. To ensure all continuing students have an equal opportunity to secure on-campus housing, USF Housing and Residential Education has implemented an application deadline of January 28 for continuing students. Continuing students who apply between December 10 and January 28 will receive a randomized room selection timeslot that is not based on the day the student applied. Students who apply on December 10 will have the same opportunity to receive a spot on campus as a student who applies on the January 28 priority deadline, as room selection timeslots will be randomized for all students who apply between December 10 and January 28. To participate in room selection, continuing students MUST apply before the January 28 deadline. 

After January 28, the Fall/Spring 2025-2026 housing application will close to continuing students to allow the students who have applied to form roommate groups and go through the room selection process beginning on February 25. Randomized room selection time slots will be sent out to all continuing students who applied before the deadline on February 17.

Due to limited availability, once the room selection process is complete, the Fall/Spring 2025-2026 standby list will launch for continuing students who applied before the January 28 deadline. 

Learn More About Continuing Student Room Selection 

  • Fall/Spring 2025-2026 Application Launches

    December 10

    The Fall/Spring 2025-2026 housing application opens in the Housing Portal on December 10 at 10 a.m. 

  • Deadline to Apply for Continuing Students

    January 28

    Continuing students who want to participate in the room selection process for the Fall/Spring 2025-2026 semesters must apply before the housing application deadline of Tuesday, January 28 at 11:59 p.m. After the January 28 deadline, the housing application will close to all continuing students. Students who apply before the January 28 deadline will have from January 29 through February 16 to form roommate groups in preparation for the room selection process.

  • Roommate Groups Open

    Jan. 29 - Feb. 16

    Continuing students who apply before the January 28 deadline and are interested in forming a roommate group will have from January 29 through February 16 to form roommate groups in the Housing Portal in preparation for the room selection process.

  • Roommate Group Selection Times Released

    February 21

    Randomized roommate group room selection times will be emailed to students participating in roommate groups. If you do not receive a roommate group selection time from the randomized lottery process, you will be placed in the lottery for a timeslot during the general room selection process. 

  • Roommate Group Room Selection

    February 25-28

    Roommate groups can log into the Housing Portal during their selection time to choose a room. Only one student in each roommate group will need to select a room for their entire roommate group.

  • General Room Selection Times Released

    February 28

    Randomized room selection times will be emailed to students not participating in roommate groups or students who did not receive a timeslot during roommate group room selection. If you do not receive a room selection time from the randomized lottery process, you will have an opportunity to join the standby list on March 10. 

  • General Room Selection

    March 4-7

    Students can log into the Housing Portal during their selection time to choose a room. All students who receive a general room selection timeslot will go through general room selection as an individual and will not be able to pull in additional roommates. 

  • Standby List Launches

    March 10

    Students who did not select a room during their timeslot or did not receive a room selection timeslot will be added to the standby list.

    Please note: On-campus housing is limited. A standby list does not mean USF Housing is out of beds. Students on the standby list may be offered a room as spaces become available.


  • new students (transfer & ftic):
    fall/spring 2025-2026 Application timeline

    Applications to live on campus for the Fall/Spring 2025-2026 semester will open on Tuesday, December 10, and will be available to new USF students in the Housing Portal once they are admitted to the university. 

    To be eligible to participate in room selection, new students must complete the Steps to Living on Campus, including registering for orientation, which will open on Monday, February 24. You will not be able to participate in room selection until all Steps to Living on Campus are complete. 

    To ensure new & transfer students have an equal opportunity to secure on-campus housing, USF Housing and Residential Education has implemented a priority application deadline of April 7 for new & transfer students. New students who apply between December 10 and April 7 will receive a randomized room selection timeslot that is not based on the day the student applied. Students who apply on December 10 will have the same opportunity to receive a spot on campus as a student who applies on the April 7 priority deadline, as room selection timeslots will be randomized for all students who apply between December 10 and April 7.  To participate in room selection, new students must complete their application and form a roommate group (if applicable) before the April 7 deadline. New students who are interested in forming roommate groups will be able to begin creating roommate groups in the Housing Portal beginning on January 29 in preparation for room selection.

    Between April 8 - 11, randomized room selection time slots will be sent out to all new & transfer students who applied before the priority deadline of April 7. Room selection will begin for new & transfer students on April 15.

    Learn More About New Student Room Selection 

  • Fall/Spring 2025-26 Application Launches

    December 10

    The Fall/Spring 2025-2026 housing application opens on December 10 at 10 a.m. New & transfer students will be able to apply for housing in the Housing Portal once they are admitted to the university.

  • Roommate Groups Open

    January 29

    New students who are interested in forming a roommate group will be able to do so beginning on January 29 in the Housing Portal in preparation for the room selection process.

  • Orientation Registration Opens

    February 24

    Registration for USF First Year & Transfer Orientation will open on February 24. New & transfer students must register for orientation in order to be eligible to participate in room selection.

  • Priority Deadline to Apply

    April 7

    In order to participate in room selection, new & transfer students must complete a housing application, register for orientation, and form their roommate group (if applicable) by Monday, April 7 at 11:59 p.m. New & transfer students who apply after April 7 will not be able to participate in the first round of room selection and may be redirected to join the standby list as we do not anticipate having many available beds after the first round of room selection is complete.

  • Room Selection Time Slots Emailed Out

    April 8-11

    Randomized room selection timeslots will be emailed out to new and transfer students who completed their application and registered for orientation before the April 7 deadline.

  • New Student Room Selection Begins

    April 15

    New student room selection will begin on Tuesday, April 15 in the Housing Portal. Students should log into the Housing Portal during their room selection timeslot in order to select their room.

    Please note: on-campus housing is limited. Any new student who applied before the April 7 deadline and does not get the opportunity to select a room during their room selection timeslot will be added to the standby list. A standby list does not mean USF Housing is out of beds. Students on the standby list may be offered a room as spaces become available.