Housing for Seniors, Juniors and Sophomores

If you have questions about whether you are approved for a waiver to the housing deposit, you must check with Financial Aid.  Residence Life and Housing does not make determinations on who is approved for a waiver and can not waive the housing deposit for students. If approved for one, you will be given access to the housing application and able to participate in room selection. You do not need to accept the waiver; however, if you are assigned to a room and leave housing, the amount of the deposit will be charged to your Student Account.

If you want to participate in room selection and pick a room for the next school year, the housing deposit of $300 must be paid by by the specified deadline.

All pre-assigned students, including Resident Assistants (RA), RA roommate(s), and students in Gender Flexible Housing must pay the housing deposit by the specified deadline.

If you do not pay the housing deposit and want housing for next year, email Taylor Walsh to request to be assigned to a space at the end of room selection.

If a room is selected by your roommate group or individually by you, the housing deposit is not refundable.

Students who pay the deposit and do not select a room will receive a $300 credit on their student account for the fall semester. When there is a past due balance on a student’s account, any deposit made for a future term may be transferred to the student’s account to cover the outstanding balance.

To request housing accommodations, complete the application on the Disability Services website in accordance with specified deadlines. Once approved, Disability Services will contact the Office of Residence Life & Housing.  All housing accommodations are subject to availability.

Fall 2025 study abroad students: You will not be participating in room selection. If you are confident you will study abroad, do not pay the housing deposit. If there is some question if you will study abroad, pay the housing deposit so that you can participate in room selection if your study abroad plans change. The housing deposit does not impact your request for spring housing. Don’t forget to follow these steps to request housing for when you return in the spring semester.

Spring 2026 study abroad students: If you want on-campus housing for the following fall semester, you may participate in the on-line room selection from abroad. To participate in room selection, pay the housing deposit by the deadline. Room selection information is on the Housing website and in StarRez.

The roommate selection page will open in StarRez on the specified dates. The roommate selection page will reopen on again after apartment selection and remain open until the room selection process ends.

To sign on to StarRez, click the following link:

https://richmond.starrezhousing.com/StarRezPortalX/InitiateLogin/StarNet.Core.AuthProviders.Shibboleth

You must pay the deposit or be approved for the waiver to join a roommate group or select individually (single room).

The following students should not select a roommate in StarRez as you will be pre-assoigned through a seperate process:

• Resident Assistants (RA)
• RA roommate(s)
• Students in Gender Flexible Housing

Apartment Selection will occur on the specified date. Timeslot emails will be sent out in advance of apartment selection.

• Open to seniors and juniors only anmd all beds in the apartment must be filled.
• To select an apartment, you must form/join a roommate group of 4 in StarRez. Detailed instructions are in StarRez.
• Roommate groups including a sophomore will not be eligible for the apartment selection and the members of the group will not be assigned time slots for the apartment selection.
• You may search for roommates in StarRez.
• Each student in the group will be assigned an individual time slot. Any member of the group may select for the group at their individual time slot; however, it will benefit the group for the student with the best time slot to make the selection for the group.
• Seniors will be assigned priority time slots. The more seniors in your roommate group, the better your chances of an earlier time slot.
• Your UR email must be active to receive the time slot email.
• Students must be eligible to participate in room selection to join a group and be assigned a time slot. Eligible means that you have paid the deposit or are approved for a waiver of the deposit and you have completed the required pages in StarRez.
• Only Gateway and UFA will be available during the apartment selection. Spaces in the residence halls will not be available.
• Students who participate in the apartment selection and do not choose an apartment will be assigned a new time slot for selecting in the residence halls.

Residence Hall Selection will take place on the specified dates. Timeslot emails will be sent out in advance of room selection.

• Seniors will have priority time slots, followed by juniors, followed by sophomores.
• Each student will have an individual time slot. Your UR email must be active to receive the time slot email.
• Students must be eligible to participate in room selection to join a group and be assigned a time slot. Eligible means that you have paid the deposit or are approved for a waiver of the deposit and have completed the required pages in StarRez.
• A roommate group may select on the best time slot. Any member of the group may select for the group at their individual time slot; however, it will benefit the group for the student with the best time slot to make the selection for the group. A double is a group of 2; a triple is a group of 3; etc. All beds in the room/suite must be filled.
• To select a double, triple or suite, you must form/join a roommate group in StarRez. Detailed instructions are in StarRez.
• You may search for roommates in StarRez.
• A single room is the only selection that does not require a roommate/group.
• Students who participate in the single selection and do not pick a room or if a single is not available should contact Taylor Walsh to be assigned to a space at the end of room selection.

Please Note - Gray, Keller, Lakeview, North, Residence Hall 1, Residence Hall 2, Residence Hall 3, South, and Westhampton have:

• Suites (rooms that share a bathroom) that must be selected as a suite and
• Rooms that share a bathroom but are selected separately.
• The room descriptions and floor plans on the website will indicate which rooms are chosen as suites and which are chosen as separate rooms.
• All beds must be filled to select the "suite" or "room".

We will be offering a Room Change Request Form in the StarRez Portal that will open beginning May 1st for returning students seeking a room change for the next academic year. Requests will be reviewed on a rolling basis after the following dates: June 1st, June 15th, July 1st, July 15th, and August 1st. The form will close on July 31st at 11:59 P.M., and further requests will not be reviewed until after all move-in processes and fall occupancy checks have occurred.

To be consistent with our room change policies and to ensure all incoming students in need of housing can be appropriately housed for the upcoming academic year, we are keeping a waitlist of all returning students interested in a room change for the fall semester/academic year. If room changes can occur prior to the start of the school year students will be contacted if there is a space available for a room change per the schedule outlined. Assignments will be based on space availability with priority for placement based on the date of form submission.

Thank you in advance for your patience and understanding. If we are able to make any room changes prior to the start of the school year you will be notified via email and will have 72 hours from notice of the change to decline the change. Failure to decline the change within 72 hours will make the change permanent for the academic year.